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Strategic Finance Manager
Job summary
A leading regional technology platform is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager in Dubai to enhance its financial planning and analysis capabilities. This role involves developing financial models, driving accuracy in cost forecasting, and collaborating with multiple teams to support profitable growth. Ideal candidates should have 7-9 years of strategic finance experience in high-growth environments along with strong analytical and communication skills.
Qualifications
- 7-9 years in strategic finance, corporate finance, or financial planning within high-growth tech, fintech, or platform businesses.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; familiarity with ERP or FP&A systems.
- Strong business partnering, communication, and presentation skills; ability to influence stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain unit-economics and capex-payback models covering various operational areas.
- Identify variances in fulfillment costs and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement of financial tools, dashboards, and reporting processes.
Skills
Education
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Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.
Careem’s Finance vertical is responsible for financial planning and analysis, performance management, and strategic financial insights across high-growth lines of business. The team champions robust financial discipline, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration in support of Careem’s mission to elevate everyday experiences.
As a Strategic Finance Manager based in Dubai, you will be the go-to individual contributor for unit-economics stewardship across Quik’s dark-store network. You will drive accuracy in cost forecasting, capex planning, and operational KPI reporting—partnering daily with Supply Chain, Last-Mile, Real-Estate, and central Finance teams to shape data-driven decisions that unlock profitable growth in the UAE and our new KSA market
- Build and maintain unit-economics and capex-payback models covering inbound freight, warehousing, last-mile, and site roll-outs.
- Identify and explain variances in fulfillment cost, labour productivity, shrinkage, wastage, and inventory turns, turning data into clear, actionable insights for Ops and Leadership Team.
- Partner closely with Supply-Chain, Dark-Store, Last-Mile, and Real-Estate leads to embed financial discipline in capacity planning, routing, staffing, and site-selection decisions.
- Provide scenario modelling and investment appraisals for new store launches, automation projects, and process improvements.
- Collaborate with central finance and strategy teams to align on strategic priorities and support ad‑hoc analyses.
- Drive continuous improvement of Ops FP&A tools, dashboards, and reporting processes to boost data accuracy, reporting speed, and decision-making transparency across the organisation.
- Experience: 7-9 years in strategic finance, corporate finance, or financial planning within high‑growth tech, fintech, or platform businesses.
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau.
- Finance Systems: Familiarity with ERP or FP&A systems (e.g. Oracle, MS Dynamics).
- Analytical Capability: Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets and distill actionable insights.
- Soft Skills: Strong business partnering, communication, and presentation skills; ability to influence stakeholders across levels.
- Other: High ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in dynamic environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field.
- Professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, CFA) is a plus.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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