Senior Finance Business Partner

NTS Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading executive search firm is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This critical role involves partnering with Sales and Marketing leadership to develop commercial strategies, managing financial performance and reporting, and enhancing profitability through insightful analysis. The ideal candidate will bring 8 to 12 years of FMCG finance experience, particularly in commercial finance, and possess strong analytical skills to drive key initiatives across the GCC region.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 to 12 years’ experience in FMCG finance, ideally in business partnering or commercial finance role.
• Strong understanding of pricing, promotions, trade spend, and commercial ROI.
• GCC experience preferred, with exposure to distributor models.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales and Marketing to shape commercial strategy and drive decision making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Own commercial performance reporting and identify risks and opportunities.
• Build business cases for pricing and innovation initiatives.
• Drive cost and working capital discipline to support profitability.

Skills

FMCG experience

Commercial finance knowledge

Analytical skills

Strong understanding of trade spend

Job description

Overview

The leading Executive Search, Outplacement and Career Transition firm across the Middle East and Asia Pacific, with over 25 years of regional expertise and a strong track record supporting both clients and candidates. From our offices in Dubai, London and Singapore, we deliver specialist talent solutions across multiple sectors, including contingency and executive search, outplacement and redundancy support, RPO projects, talent mapping, Women in Leadership, leadership development, and our award winning executive career transition programs.

We are currently working with a leading FMCG organisation to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner, GCC, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This position will act as a strategic finance partner to the commercial organisation, owning end to end financial planning, performance management, and decision support across the GCC, with a strong focus on driving profitable growth, margin expansion, and disciplined investment behind the brand portfolio.

What You’ll be Doing

• Partner with Sales and Marketing leadership to shape commercial strategy, challenge assumptions, and drive fact based decision making across the GCC


• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and rolling outlooks, ensuring clear visibility on topline, margin, trade spend and ROI


• Own commercial performance reporting, identifying risks and opportunities and translating insights into actions with stakeholders


• Build business cases for key initiatives including pricing, promotions, innovation, and route to market changes, ensuring strong governance and value delivery


• Drive cost and working capital discipline across the commercial agenda, supporting sustainable profitability and cash generation


• Support distributor and customer performance reviews where relevant, ensuring commercial terms and execution are aligned to financial targets

Who You Are

• Minimum requirement of 8 to 12 years’ experience within FMCG (or related) finance, ideally in a business partnering or commercial finance role


• Strong understanding of trade spend, pricing, promotions, and commercial ROI, with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders


• GCC experience is strongly preferred, with exposure to distributor models and complex multi market environments a plus


• Highly analytical, commercially minded, and able to translate data into clear recommendations and actions

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we can only respond to candidates who have been shortlisted for the position. If you haven’t had a response within 5 working days, please assume you have not been shortlisted. Many thanks and good luck in your job search.