Strategic Finance Partner for Performance & Growth

Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd.; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd. in Dubai is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead the partnership between Finance and Gulf business directors, aligning with Company strategy and driving performance cycles.

You will provide financial insight, guidance, and decision support to enable optimal outcomes across the Gulf region. The role emphasizes consolidated management reporting, governance, and proactive collaboration with regional and global finance teams to shape business strategy, manage

Responsibilities

• Working proactively with the business to understand future financial information needs and producing efficient solutions to meet these needs
• Business Case Development Benefits tracking KPIs etc
• Effective communication across teams and business units and with external parties to achieve a positive outcome
• Being actively involved in review and development of short long-term strategy in area of accountability and maintaining an up-to-date understanding of all developments which may affect the organisation's operations and policies and proactively advising customers of all relevant matters to achieve business requirements and objectives
• Having joint accountability with the business for the accuracy of forecasts and using a good understanding of the business model and financial drivers to challenge and influence the key cost drivers
• Developing reliable operational and financial forecasts ensuring resources are allocated to maximise value creation for AZ
• Leading the local regional financial planning cycle in area of accountability setting stretch but achievable performance targets aligned with strategy and operational plans
• Highlighting opportunities risks and delivering timely accurate and granular reporting and commentary on performance linking business drivers to actual spend and forecast
• Leading on technical forecast of cash DSO and stock
• Proactively driving efficiencies including seeking cross functional process solutions
• Exploring needs of internal customers and suppliers and utilising this information to improve business results showing significant commercial and business acumen
• Post deal management on agreements in area of accountability ability to analyse and interpret financial statements understand complex company valuations and contribution to deal-related commercial analysis
• Preparation of all presentations for key business and finance review meetings
• Working closely with Project Capacity Managers to model and plan for volatile cost and resource demands

Job description

Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd. in Dubai is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead the partnership between Finance and Gulf business directors, aligning with Company strategy and driving performance cycles.

You will provide financial insight, guidance, and decision support to enable optimal outcomes across the Gulf region. The role emphasizes consolidated management reporting, governance, and proactive collaboration with regional and global finance teams to shape business strategy, manage