Strategic FP&A Analyst: Profitability & Growth

Al Kabeer Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Kabeer Group is seeking a Financial Planning Analyst to develop and maintain financial models for the AOP, rolling forecasts, and long-term strategic plans, leading revenue and profitability planning at SKU, customer and channel levels.

You will build assumptions for sales volumes, ASP, trade investments, rebates, discounts, and margins, ensuring forecasts align with commercial strategies and business objectives. Conduct variance analysis to explain drivers and profit deviations.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline (MBA/CMA/CPA preferred).
• 4–6 years of FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Business Finance experience within FMCG, Manufacturing, or Consumer Goods.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end value chain, commercial drivers, and business profitability.
• Proven experience in SKU, customer, and channel-level planning and profitability analysis.
• Good understanding of sales systems, pricing, trade spend management, rebates, promotions, and contribution margin analysis.
• Advanced financial modelling skills with excellent proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.) and reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Strong analytical, presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially driven with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial models for the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), rolling forecasts and long-term strategic plans.
• Lead revenue and profitability planning at the SKU, customer and channel levels in collaboration with Sales and Marketing.
• Build financial assumptions for sales volumes, ASP, trade investments, rebates, discounts and contribution margins.
• Ensure forecasts are aligned with commercial strategies and business objectives.
• Perform variance analysis against Budget, Rolling Forecast and Prior Year with explanations of drivers and profit deviations.
• Prepare monthly performance reports, dashboards and management presentations with actionable insights.
• Develop and enhance reporting dashboards and KPIs to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning, reporting and analytics through automation and ERP/BI tools.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Education

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related (MBA/CMA/CPA preferred)

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Al Kabeer Group is seeking a Financial Planning Analyst to develop and maintain financial models for the AOP, rolling forecasts, and long-term strategic plans, leading revenue and profitability planning at SKU, customer and channel levels.

You will build assumptions for sales volumes, ASP, trade investments, rebates, discounts, and margins, ensuring forecasts align with commercial strategies and business objectives. Conduct variance analysis to explain drivers and profit deviations.