Strategic FP&A Leader for UAE Retail & F&B

Bateel International; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Bateel International in the UAE seeks an experienced FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting for the UAE entity. You will partner with the Chief Accountant and divisional teams to deliver timely monthly closes, enhance governance, and drive process improvements across the finance function.

Responsibilities include owning the FP&A calendar, leading planning cycles across Retail, Cafés, and support functions, and delivering insightful analysis to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in FP&A, commercial finance or business finance; includes managerial experience.
• Big 4 background with strong audit and financial reporting grounding.
• F&B, retail, multi-outlet experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FP&A for UAE business: budgeting, forecasting, reporting.
• Publish FP&A calendar and manage deadlines across divisions.
• Lead annual budgeting and business planning across Retail, Cafés and support functions.
• Prepare rolling forecasts with P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Oversee monthly close with accuracy and governance.
• Review packs for Group Consolidation and Corporate.
• Conduct monthly management reviews with CFO/CEO and divisional heads.
• Perform variance analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Act as finance business partner to Retail, Cafés, Marketing, Supply Chain and Production.
• Lead profitability analysis for stores and cafés.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Decision support

ERP systems

Power BI

Tableau

Excel advanced

Communication

Education

CA / ACCA / ICAEW

Bachelor in Accounting/Finance/Economics

Power BI certification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Power BI

Tableau

Anaplan

TM1

Job description

Bateel International in the UAE seeks an experienced FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting for the UAE entity. You will partner with the Chief Accountant and divisional teams to deliver timely monthly closes, enhance governance, and drive process improvements across the finance function.

Responsibilities include owning the FP&A calendar, leading planning cycles across Retail, Cafés, and support functions, and delivering insightful analysis to senior stakeholders.