Financial Planning & Analysis Manager - EPC Telecommunication Company | Saudi Arabia

Rawaj HCM Jobs; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown holding company in Saudi Arabia seeks an FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting. The role partners with executive management to deliver profitability analyses and strategic recommendations across telecom infrastructure and EPC projects.

Responsibilities include building financial models, driving reporting automation, and mentoring the FP&A team to enhance forecasting accuracy and business insight.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
• Professional certification preferred: CFA, CMA, CPA, ACCA, SOCPA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance experience.
• Strong experience in telecom, EPC, infrastructure, construction, or project-driven environments.
• Proven budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, business partnering, and reporting expertise.
• Solid understanding of project financial analysis, CAPEX planning, and performance management.
• Experience in high-growth or investment-backed companies.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (Dynamics, SAP, Oracle).
• Advanced Excel with strong financial modeling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial planning.
• Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and Board presentations.
• Conduct variance analysis against budgets and prior periods with actionable insights.
• Build financial models, business cases, and investment evaluations.
• Partner with Operations, Projects, Commercial, Procurement, and Execs to drive performance.
• Monitor project profitability, margins, revenue, costs, WIP, backlog, and CAPEX use.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, Opex, working capital, profitability.
• Support pricing strategies, proposals, and investment analysis.
• Drive process improvements in planning, forecasting, and reporting.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Management reporting

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Business partnering

Excel modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Admin)

CFA, CMA, CPA, ACCA, SOCPA or equivalent certification

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP

Oracle

Excel

Job description

Join a leading Saudi holding company driving large-scale EPC telecom infrastructure projects across the Kingdom.

The FP&A Manager will lead the company's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and commercial finance activities. The role will act as a strategic business partner to executive management, providing financial insights, profitability analysis, and decision support across telecom infrastructure, EPC projects, and investment initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial planning across all business units.
• Prepare monthly management reports, executive dashboards, and Board presentations highlighting financial and operational performance.
• Perform detailed variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, providing actionable recommendations to management.
• Develop financial models, business cases, investment evaluations, and scenario analysis to support strategic decision‑making.
• Partner with Operations, Projects, Commercial, Procurement, and Executive Management to provide financial insights and improve business performance.
• Monitor project financial performance including project profitability, margins, revenue, cost analysis, WIP, backlog, and CAPEX utilization.
• Analyze revenue trends, gross margins, EBITDA, operating expenses, working capital, and overall business profitability.
• Support pricing strategies, commercial proposals, and investment evaluations through financial analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement of planning, forecasting, and reporting processes to increase forecasting accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Lead reporting automation initiatives and optimize ERP reporting capabilities, ensuring full utilization of Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent ERP systems.
• Build and standardize financial dashboards, KPIs, and performance reporting frameworks across the organization.
• Support executive leadership in strategic planning, business expansion, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, and Treasury teams to ensure consistency between financial reporting and planning activities.
• Support due diligence exercises, banking requirements, investment activities, and strategic projects as required.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the FP&A team while fostering a high-performance, analytical, and business‑partnering culture

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
• Professional certification preferred: CFA, CMA, CPA, ACCA, SOCPA, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Finance.
• Strong experience within telecom, EPC, infrastructure, construction, engineering, or project‑driven environments.
• Proven expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, business partnering, and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of project financial analysis, profitability analysis, CAPEX planning, and performance management.
• Experience working in high‑growth organizations, investment‑backed companies, or rapidly expanding businesses.
• Strong hands‑on experience with ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Experience building FP&A functions, reporting frameworks, dashboards, and planning processes.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate financial information into strategic recommendations.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of accountability, ownership, and execution discipline.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and support executive decision‑making in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem‑solving ability, and attention to detail.