Senior Manager - FPandA

Al Ghurair; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Ghurair is seeking a senior FP&A leader to head financial planning & analysis, budgeting, forecasting and MIS reporting, ensuring alignment with the group's objectives.

You will provide insightful analysis to support management decisions, collaborate with commercial and operations, and lead a team of financial professionals to deliver credible, timely insights. Experience in the Middle East is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance or accounting.
• Professional qualification CPA/ACCA/CA/CIMA/CFA.
• Master's degree in related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead FP&A including planning, budgeting, forecasting and MIS reporting.
• Provide insightful financial analysis to support management decisions.
• Coordinate with Group FP&A and IT on analytics/tools.
• Manage a team of financial professionals and ensure timely, credible insights.
• Support strategic initiatives, M&A, portfolio analysis and strategy development.
• Establish and maintain senior leadership relationships and reporting frameworks.

Skills

Financial planning

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Capital budgeting

Corporate Finance

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/economics/finance/accounting

CPA/ACCA/CA/CIMA/CFA

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Job Description:

Responsible for leading and managing the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, business performance management and MIS reporting. Provide insightful financial analysis to support management decision-making and drive business performance. Develop and ensure business strategies and financial plans are aligned with the Company’s overall objectives.

Strategic

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand broader macroeconomic trends impacting the BU and provide relevant insights to business leadership.
• Drive the business performance review and analysis agenda by provide retrospective and prospective insights to business leadership.
• Support M&A, portfolio analysis and corporate strategy development activities in the Group (provide relevant BU inputs).
• Contribute to the development of financial strategies for the BU that align with the Group's overall vision and its current and long-term business objectives.
• Work in close coordination with commercial & operations to share insights and enhance FP&A with real value-add outputs.

Operational

• Collaborate with BU teams regarding project feasibility studies and development planning.
• Orchestrate LT planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in the BU, within the respective frameworks set out by Group FP&A.
• Prepare advanced analyses and reports for BU leadership.
• Set recurring management reporting frameworks for BU (, financial, and operational metrics, KPIs), within the broader framework set out by the Group FP&A.
• Collaborate with Group FP&A / Advanced Analytics CoE on the progress of advanced analytics in BU ( design and roll out of analytics use cases).
• Collaborate with IT and other relevant stakeholders regarding the roll out of technology tools that impact the FP&A remit.
• Manage large, complex projects evaluate findings, prepare reports, and make recommendations to senior management about the financial implications of the proposed investments and transactions.
• Establish and maintain positive, ongoing relationships with the external finance community.

People Management

• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of financial professionals to ensure financial planning and analysis projects are conducted credibly and that recommendations and reports are accurate and timely.

Product/Process Improvement

N/A

Education & Certifications

• MINIMUM :
• Relevant Bachelor's degree , Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting or similar.
• Relevant professional qualification , Chartered Accountant (CPA / ACCA / CA and similar), CIMA/CMA, CFA.
• PREFERRED :
• Master's degree in related field.

Knowledge & Skill

• Financial planning.
• Strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting financial analysis and modelling.
• Financial analysis and modelling (capital budgeting, business case analysis, advanced analytics).
• Corporate Finance.
• Conducting development projects feasibility study, DCF / cost of capital modelling etc. funding and project cash flow preparation and monitoring.
• Strong business acumen and end to end understanding of the BU value chain.
• Familiar with advanced analytics, quantitative and econometric methods and tools, data etc.
• Strong critical thinking and strategy development skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Personal gravitas and ability to interact with senior leadership of an organization.
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams.

Experience

• MINIMUM : 7 years of total work experience with 3 years of experience in an FP&A role
• PREFERRED : Experience in the Middle East.