Senior Financial Analyst (Qatarization)

Qatar Airways Group; Doha; On-site; QAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Qatar Airways Group is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support performance through financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, KPI and variance analysis and management reporting. The role also covers DSP initiatives, building business cases, and driving savings to realized outcomes.

You will partner with Commercial, Technical, Flight Operations and Inflight Services to influence decisions, define key KPIs, and drive improvements while ensuring margins are protected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with minimum 4 years of job-related experience.
• Experience as a financial analyst.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must; able to interact with employees at all levels.
• Strong eye for detail and analytical skills; able to review variances and interpret data.
• Excellent command of English.
• Strong computer skills: Excel, Word, MS Access, PowerPoint and PowerBI.
• Ability to set priorities, handle multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently.
• Good interpersonal skills; maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Innovative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of internal finance systems.
• Knowledge of cost centre accounting, preparing budgets and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Own a defined section of the P&L; analyze actual revenue and costs, identify root causes of variances and implement corrective actions.
• Drive the DSP agenda: identify cost-saving and revenue initiatives, build business cases, embed benefits into forecasts and track realisation.
• Act as a trusted business partner to QE Commercial, Technical, Flight Operations and Inflight Services - influencing decisions.
• Define and own KPIs that matter and use them to steer performance.
• Challenge budget and forecast submissions against strategy and targets; test assumptions.
• Protect margin by challenging spending and closing gaps.
• Build and challenge investment appraisals (NPV, IRR, payback, break-even).
• Review contracts and commercial agreements for financial impact and risk flags.
• Prepare monthly and annual performance reporting with actionable commentary.
• Present financial performance to senior leadership and support ad hoc analyses.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

English proficiency

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

MS Access

Power BI

PowerPoint

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Confidentiality

Independent worker

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

MS Access

Power BI

PowerPoint

Job description

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will be supporting the business to influence the performance with financial analysis and insights, budgeting / forecasting, KPI and variance analysis, management reporting and financial appraisal. A key part of this role is the DSP (Delivering of Sustainable Profitability) programme, identifying savings and revenue opportunities, building the case for them, and driving them through to banked benefit. This is a business partnering role for someone who wants to create a positive impact on the financial performance of the business.

Job Responsibilities

• Own a defined section of the P&L: analyse actual revenue and cost performance, get to the real root causes of variances, and identify the corrective actions to improve the performance.
• Drive the DSP agenda: identify and appraise cost-saving and revenue initiatives, build the business case, embed the benefit into forecast, track realisation against target and accelerate slippage early so committed savings are delivered.
• Act as a trusted business partner to any of the QE Commercial, Technical, Flight Operations and Inflight Services areas - influencing decisions in a proactive manner.
• Define and own the KPIs that matter with the business and use them to steer performance.
• Challenge annual budget and forecast submissions against management strategy and targets - test the assumptions and challenge the targets.
• Protect margin by challenging spending against target, quantifying the gap and recommending the actions to close it.
• Build and challenge investment appraisals and business cases (NPV, IRR, payback, break-even and sensitivity) with attention to detail and make a clear, defendable recommendation to senior management.
• Review contracts and commercial agreements for financial impact and flagging risks.
• Prepare monthly and annual performance reporting for Qatar Executive, with commentary that explains what is driving the results and what corrective actions are needed.
• Present financial performance and initiative delivery to senior leadership, and support ad hoc analysis that shapes divisional decisions.

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Qualification

About you

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 4 years of job-related experience
• Experience as a financial analyst
• Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must, as is the ability to work effectively and interact with employees at all levels across the organization.
• Strong eye for details and analytical skills with the ability to review variances, analyses and interpret data, understand business cycle and their impact on the profit and loss account.
• Excellent Command of English language.
• Must have excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, MS Access, Power Point and PowerBI
• Must have excellent organizational ability to be able to set priorities, handle multiple responsibilities [work interruptions, and meet deadlines.
• Must be a self-starter and have the ability to work independently with minimal instruction.
• Must have good interpersonal skills.
• Must have the ability to maintain strict confidentiality of records and information. Able to add value to internal customer
• Innovative thinking ability with high degree of motivation and problem-solving skills required
• Good knowledge of internal finance system.
• Knowledge of cost Centre accounting, preparing budgets and forecasts