Sr Finance Officer - FP&A

EDGE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE Group is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst for LAHAB in the UAE to lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. The role collaborates with Finance, Operations, and other clusters to deliver accurate insights and drive performance improvements.

The candidate will develop costing, margins, and pricing analyses, build financial models for new products and strategic initiatives, and support audits and ERP-based cost reporting across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Management, or related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, CIMA, CA, or ACCA is highly desirable.
• 5–10 years of FP&A experience in budgeting, forecasting and management accounting.
• Experience in manufacturing/defense/high-technology industries is advantageous.
• Strong financial modelling and advanced Excel experience is essential.
• Experience with Power BI/Tableau or similar tools for analytics and reporting.
• Hands-on ERP experience with SAP or Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual financial planning and budgeting cycle across functions.
• Prepare and maintain budgets and forecasts, review estimates, and monitor performance against plans.
• Prepare and analyse monthly and quarterly management reports with variances and trends.
• Analyse financial and operational performance to provide insights and recommendations.
• Prepare product costing including standard/actual costs and margins; support pricing decisions.
• Review costs and support sales pricing based on cost/margin analysis.
• Develop business cases, feasibility studies, and financial models for strategic initiatives.
• Monitor cost variances and identify root causes for cost management actions.
• Review accounts, accruals, and trial balance for accuracy.
• Support inventory closing and reconciliation; reflect values in GL.
• Review PO and CAPEX against budgets; monitor project costs in ERP.
• Prepare monthly financial information for EDGE Cluster and management.
• Support internal and external audits, especially costing and inventory.

Skills

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Budgeting

Forecasting

Costing analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Management, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a Sr. FP&A Analyst to support LAHAB’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and performance analysis activities. The role will work closely with Finance, business functions, cluster teams, and management to provide accurate financial insights, identify performance improvement opportunities, and support informed business decisions.

External Job Description

Sr. FP&A Analyst
Department: Finance
Location: LAHAB, UAE

About The Role

We are looking for a Sr. FP&A Analyst to support LAHAB’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and performance analysis activities. The role will work closely with Finance, business functions, cluster teams, and management to provide accurate financial insights, identify performance improvement opportunities, and support informed business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual financial planning and budgeting cycle, including timelines, templates, submissions, and consolidation across functions.
• Prepare and maintain budgets and forecasts, review estimates for accuracy and completeness, and monitor performance against approved plans.
• Prepare and analyse monthly and quarterly management reports, including actual vs. budget, cost centre performance, financial trends, and key variances.
• Analyse financial and operational performance and provide meaningful insights and recommendations to management.
• Prepare and maintain product costing, including standard and actual costs, bill of materials, overhead allocation, product margins, and cost of goods sold.
• Review product costs and support the development of appropriate sales pricing based on cost and margin analysis.
• Prepare business cases, feasibility studies, and financial models for new products, business plans, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives.
• Monitor and analyse cost variances, identify their root causes, and recommend appropriate cost management actions.
• Review accounts, accruals, and trial balance reconciliations to ensure financial information is accurate and complete.
• Support inventory closing and reconciliation, ensuring inventory values are appropriately reflected in the General Ledger.
• Review and validate purchase orders and CAPEX requests against approved budgets and commercial values.
• Upload and monitor project costs within the ERP system and support the cost disbursement approval process.
• Prepare required monthly reports and financial information for the EDGE Cluster and management.
• Support internal and external audits, particularly in relation to costing, inventory, and financial reporting.
• Develop and improve financial reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical models to provide management with timely and actionable information.
• Work closely with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and other stakeholders to improve financial performance and support business objectives.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Management, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, CIMA, CA, or ACCA is highly desirable.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in FP&A, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management accounting, or financial analysis.
• Experience in a manufacturing, defence, high-technology, global, or publicly traded organization is an advantage.
• Strong experience in financial modelling and advanced Excel is essential.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics and reporting tools.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting LAHAB’s financial performance and strategic decision‑making, while working across a dynamic defence and advanced manufacturing environment within the EDGE Group.