Corporate Finance Business Partner

Green Umbrella Recruitment; Muscat; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Umbrella Recruitment in Muscat seeks a Corporate Finance Business Partner to lead OPEX/CAPEX budgeting for corporate functions, deliver rolling forecasts, and provide insights to optimize the bottom line.

You will partner with Corporate, HR, IT, Facilities and Internal Audit, evaluate proposals and drive cost governance, CAPEX ROI, and monthly close using SAP, SAC, Concur and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience in budgeting and forecasting for corporate functions.
• Ability to provide cost analysis and variance analysis.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual OPEX and CAPEX budgeting for Corporate Functions in alignment with business priorities and cost optimization targets.
• Deliver rolling forecasts and analyze variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Provide clear insights on cost drivers, value leakage, and bottom-line improvement opportunities.
• Support Planning, Latest Estimate (LE), and management reporting requirements.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to Corporate, HR, IT, Facilities, Corporate Relations, and Internal Audit.
• Provide commercial and financial evaluation for proposals, tenders, and initiatives.
• Challenge assumptions and influence trade-off decisions using data-driven analysis and scenarios.
• Own OPEX governance, ensuring spend control, transparency, and compliance with policies and delegations of authority.
• Balance cost efficiency with operational effectiveness through proactive stakeholder engagement.
• Strengthen cost control frameworks and identify opportunities for simplification and efficiency.
• Review and validate CAPEX business cases, including NPV, ROI, and payback analysis.
• Track approved investments, capitalization, and post-implementation financial performance.
• Support capital prioritization decisions under constrained funding environments.
• Lead monthly financial close activities for Corporate Functions, ensuring accurate accruals, allocations, and reporting.
• Prepare management reports and performance commentary within agreed timelines.
• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure audit readiness.
• Oversee employee expense validation through Concur, including corporate card and out-of-pocket claims.
• Ensure expenses and vendor payments comply with policies, contracts, and accounting standards.
• Partner with Accounts Payable and Procurement to resolve issues and improve payment cycle efficiency.
• Leverage ERP and digital tools (SAP, SAC, Concur, Power BI) to improve reporting quality and automation.
• Drive process improvements in budgeting, forecasting, expense management, and financial reporting.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Cost optimization

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP

SAC

Concur

Power BI

Job description

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman | Posted on 10/12/2026

• Job Role Corporate Finance Business Partner
• City Muscat
• Country Sultanate of Oman

Job Description

Scope & Key Accountabilities:

Financial Planning, Forecasting &Performance Management

• Leadannual OPEX and CAPEX budgeting for Corporate Functions in alignment withbusiness priorities and cost optimization targets.
• Deliverrolling forecasts and analyze variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Provideclear insights on cost drivers, value leakage, and bottom-line improvementopportunities.
• SupportPlanning, Latest Estimate (LE), and management reporting requirements.

Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Act as atrusted finance partner to Corporate, HR, IT, Facilities, Corporate Relations,and Internal Audit.
• Providecommercial and financial evaluation for proposals, tenders, and initiatives.
• Challengeassumptions and influence trade‑off decisions using data‑driven analysis andscenarios.

Cost Governance & OPEX Management

• Own OPEXgovernance, ensuring spend control, transparency, and compliance with policiesand delegations of authority.
• Balancecost efficiency with operational effectiveness through proactive stakeholderengagement.
• Strengthencost control frameworks and identify opportunities for simplification andefficiency.

CAPEX & Investment Governance

• Reviewand validate CAPEX business cases, including NPV, ROI, and payback analysis.
• Trackapproved investments, capitalization, and post‑implementation financialperformance.
• Supportcapital prioritization decisions under constrained funding environments.
• Leadmonthly financial close activities for Corporate Functions, ensuring accurateaccruals, allocations, and reporting.
• Preparemanagement reports and performance commentary within agreed timelines.
• Maintainstrong internal controls and ensure audit readiness.
• Overseeemployee expense validation through Concur, including corporate card and out‑of‑pocketclaims.
• Ensureexpenses and vendor payments comply with policies, contracts, and accountingstandards.
• Partnerwith Accounts Payable and Procurement to resolve issues and improve paymentcycle efficiency.
• LeverageERP and digital tools (SAP, SAC, Concur, Power BI) to improve reporting qualityand automation.
• Driveprocess improvements in budgeting, forecasting, expense management, andfinancial reporting.