Director of FP&A

Foodics; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Foodics seeks a commercially minded, analytical finance leader to own the FP&A agenda. This Director/Head of FP&A will partner with the CFO/CEO to translate performance into decisions, improve forecast quality, and build a scalable AI-enabled FP&A function in a SaaS/FinTech business.

The role covers budgeting, long-range planning, rolling forecasts, and governance of investments, with senior-executive exposure and opportunities to shape strategic growth across geographies and product lines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years sales experience in SaaS/FinTech
• 10-15+ years FP&A/finance with leadership responsibility
• CMA certification or CFA charter is mandatory
• Experience using Claude in day-to-day finance work
• Partner with senior executives and present to Exec Committee/Board
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets; BI, SQL, planning tools and finance automation desirable

Responsibilities

• Own annual budgeting and long-range planning
• Lead rolling forecasts and reforecast cycles with full-year landing views
• Run monthly performance reviews across revenue, ARR, gross profit, margins, EBITDA, OPEX, cash flow, headcount and key metrics
• Translate results into executive insights and recommended actions
• Build driver-based financial models and scenarios to support decisions
• Partner with Commercial, Product, Technology, Operations and People teams
• Govern OPEX headcount, CAPEX and strategic investments with clear ownership
• Evaluate pricing, new products, expansion, partnerships and M&A with business cases
• Upgrade FP&A systems and automation to reduce manual processes
• Use Claude to accelerate performance analysis, scenario modelling and management commentary
• Analyze large datasets to identify drivers, trends, risks and opportunities
• Create repeatable AI workflows for recurring FP&A tasks and ad-hoc analyses
• Combine Claude with Excel/Sheets/BI/SQL/planning tools for outputs
• Define where AI should automate work and where human judgment remains essential

Skills

Executive partnership

Leadership

Strategic finance

Stakeholder management

Education

CMA or CFA certification

Tools

Claude AI

Excel

Google Sheets

BI tools

SQL

Job description

The Job in a Nutshell

Foodics is looking for a commercially minded analytical and technology-forward finance leader to own the company s FP amp A agenda. This is not a traditional budgeting and reporting role. The Director Head of FP amp A will be a strategic partner to the CFO, CEO and leadership team—translating performance into decisions, challenging assumptions, improving forecast quality and building a scalable AI-enabled FP amp A function across a business operating at the intersection of SaaS fintech and payments.

Main Task amp Responsibilities

• Own annual budgeting
• long-range planning
• rolling forecasts and reforecast cycles with clear full-year landing views and disciplined forecast accuracy
• Lead monthly performance reviews across revenue, ARR, gross profit, margins, EBITDA, OPEX, cash flow, headcount and key operating metrics
• Translate results into concise executive insights — what changed, why it changed, what it means and what management should do next
• Build driver-based financial models and base upside downside scenarios to support strategic and operating decisions
• Act as senior finance partner to Commercial, Product, Technology, Operations and People teams, challenging assumptions and improving resource allocation
• Strengthen OPEX headcount CAPEX and strategic-investment governance with clear ownership and accountability across the business
• Evaluate pricing, new products, geographic expansion, partnerships, major commercial initiatives and M amp A opportunities through robust business cases and post-investment reviews
• Upgrade FP amp A systems, reporting and automation so the function scales with Foodics and relies less on manual spreadsheet-heavy processes
• Use Claude to accelerate performance analysis, scenario modelling, business cases and management commentary
• Interrogate large financial operating datasets and identify drivers anomalies trends risks and opportunities
• Create repeatable AI workflows or agents for recurring FP amp A tasks and ad-hoc executive analysis
• Combine Claude with Excel, Google Sheets, BI tools, SQL, planning systems or other finance technology
• Define where AI should automate work, where human judgment remains essential and how outputs should be validated

Experience & Qualifications

• 5+ years sales experience in SaaS /FinTech industry
• 10-15+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, business finance or strategic finance, with meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Professional qualification is mandatory: active CMA certification or CFA charter.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of both SaaS and Fintech industries, including recurring-revenue economics, retention, churn, unit economics, payments economics, margins and the key operating drivers of technology-enabled financial services.
• Demonstrated current and sophisticated use of Claude in day-to-day finance work; basic AI exposure is not sufficient.
• Direct partnership with senior executives and experience presenting to Executive Committee / Board audiences.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets; BI, SQL, planning tool and finance automation experience are highly desirable.