UAE-based FP&A Leader: Budgeting & MIS

Client of Michael Page; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading organisation

High visibility to executives

Career progression

Multi-business exposure

Reporting transformation

Job summary

Client of Michael Page in the UAE is seeking a Lead finance strategy and decision support at executive level to drive impactful change across a diverse business portfolio. You will own the end-to-end budgeting process, manage rolling forecasts, develop FP&A models, and deliver executive MIS reporting and dashboards to senior leaders.

Applicants must be based in the UAE with 8–12 years FP&A experience, a professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA/CMA), and hands-on ERP/Power BI

Qualifications

• Based in the UAE and eligible to work locally.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or related field.
• Professional accounting/finance qualification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA/CMA) mandatory.
• 8–12 years experience in FP&A, budgeting, management reporting or business performance management.
• At least 3 years in a managerial or leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end annual budgeting process across the group.
• Collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders on budgets.
• Manage regular forecasting cycles and rolling forecasts.
• Enhance and maintain financial planning models and reporting structures.
• Deliver monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc MIS reports for executives and the board.
• Develop executive dashboards and perform variance analysis against targets.
• Drive automation and improvements across planning and reporting.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

Financial modelling

Scenario planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Admin

ACA / ACCA / CPA / CIMA / CMA qualification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Power BI

Job description

Client of Michael Page in the UAE is seeking a Lead finance strategy and decision support at executive level to drive impactful change across a diverse business portfolio. You will own the end-to-end budgeting process, manage rolling forecasts, develop FP&A models, and deliver executive MIS reporting and dashboards to senior leaders.

Applicants must be based in the UAE with 8–12 years FP&A experience, a professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA/CMA), and hands-on ERP/Power BI