Strategic Business Analyst - Ops & Finance

Al Faris United For Trading Services; Dubai; On-site; AED 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Faris United For Trading Services seeks a highly analytical Business Analyst with an engineering background and finance orientation to support commercial and financial performance across the Lifting & Transport Division. The role links Operations and Finance to drive profitability and resource optimization.

You will develop MIS reports, KPI dashboards, and management reports while monitoring budgets and project margins, supporting budgeting and planning, and performing profitability analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering is required; MBA in Finance or related field mandatory.
• 2-5 years of experience in business/financial analysis in heavy lifting, transport operations, or asset-intensive industries.
• Strong understanding of operational and financial performance management.
• Experience with ERP and BI tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze divisional performance, profitability, operating costs, revenue trends and project margins.
• Prepare operational MIS reports, KPI dashboards and management reports.
• Monitor project budgets, cost variances, billing status and operational efficiencies.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, annual business planning and performance reviews.
• Conduct profitability analysis by project, customer service line and business unit.
• Track fleet utilization, asset deployment, workforce productivity and project execution progress.
• Identify performance gaps, bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
• Support resource optimization, manpower planning and equipment deployment strategies.
• Develop analytical reports and dashboards using Excel, Power BI and ERP systems.
• Coordinate with Operations, Finance, Procurement, Maintenance and Commercial teams.
• Support strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Financial analysis

Operational analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

MBA in Finance/Business Management

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/Dynamics)

Job description

Al Faris United For Trading Services seeks a highly analytical Business Analyst with an engineering background and finance orientation to support commercial and financial performance across the Lifting & Transport Division. The role links Operations and Finance to drive profitability and resource optimization.

You will develop MIS reports, KPI dashboards, and management reports while monitoring budgets and project margins, supporting budgeting and planning, and performing profitability analysis