Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

HALA; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

HALA is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to join the Group FP&A team in a fast-paced fintech environment. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting, while building models and automating processes with AI and SQL-enabled insights.

Oracle EPM implementation support and cross-functional collaboration will be key, shaping strategic financial decisions across the business. You will partner with finance, operations, and commercial teams, ensuring data integrity and timely, credible

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A or financial analysis role, preferably in fintech, payments or startup/faster-moving environment.
• Proven budgeting and forecasting experience.
• SQL or reporting automation experience preferred.
• Experience with Oracle EPM or similar planning system is a strong plus.
• Comfort using AI tools to support financial analysis and reporting.
• Accounting qualification such as ACCA or Saudi SOCPA.
• Strong stakeholder management across the business.
• Highly analytical and detail-oriented with large datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication in Arabic & English.
• Saudi National (Saudization).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting with business unit stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis and leadership commentary.
• Build and maintain financial models for planning and decision making.
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline reporting with AI.
• Support rollout of Oracle EPM for budgeting and planning.
• Partner with SQL/BI to extract and present data.
• Collaborate with finance, operations and commercial teams.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and business cases for strategic initiatives.
• Ensure data integrity across financial reports.
• Contribute to FP&A process improvements and controls.
• Prepare commentary and materials for quarterly board reporting.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Analytical

Communication (Arabic & English)

Proactivity

Self-motivation

AI-enabled analysis

Education

ACCA or Saudi SOCPA

Tools

SQL

Oracle EPM

Reporting automation

AI tools

Job description

We are looking for a Senior FP&A Analyst to join the Group FP&A team. This role suits an experienced finance professional from a fintech, payments or startup background who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The successful candidate will support budgeting and forecasting cycles, drive improvements to reporting through automation and AI-enabled analysis, support Hala's ongoing Oracle EPM implementation for the planning process, and act as a trusted finance partner to stakeholders across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes, working closely with business unit stakeholders
• Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis and commentary for senior leadership
• Build, maintain and improve financial models to support business planning and decision-making
• Identify opportunities to automate and streamline reporting processes, including the use of AI tools, to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy
• Support the rollout and ongoing use of Oracle EPM for budgeting, forecasting and planning
• Partner with SQL/BI tools to extract, analyze and present financial and operational data
• Liaise with stakeholders across finance, operations and commercial teams in a positive, collaborative manner
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and business cases for key strategic initiatives
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across financial reporting outputs
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of FP&A processes, tools and controls
• Prepare commentary and presentation materials for quarterly board reporting

Requirements

• Previous experience in an FP&A or financial analysis role, ideally within a fintech, payments or startup / fast-moving environment
• Proven experience with budgeting and forecasting processes
• SQL and/or reporting automation experience strongly preferred
• Experience with Oracle EPM or a similar EPM/planning system is a strong plus
• Comfortable using AI tools to support and accelerate financial analysis and reporting
• Accounting qualification such as ACCA, or an equivalent Saudi-recognized qualification (e.g. SOCPA), preferred
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships across the business
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented and comfortable working with large datasets
• Self-motivated, proactive and keen to drive improvements to reporting and processes
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, in Arabic & English
• Saudi National (role designated for Saudization)