Summary
Velora is seeking a Finance Business Partner in Abu Dhabi to support financial planning, analysis and reporting. The role covers actual-versus-budget and forecast reporting, variance and cost analysis, budget cycles, business plans, financial models and performance benchmarking. Applicants must have a master’s degree in Business or Finance and a professional qualification such as CA, CIMA, MBA or ACCA, with at least 6 years of work experience, including 4 years in accounting, finance, budgeting or forecasting. Three years of airline experience is preferred; strong MS Excel modeling skills and advanced spoken and written English are required.
The posting
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JOB PURPOSE
Responsible for effective management reporting of financials to internal and external stakeholders within stipulated timelines, as required – includes but is not limited to actuals tracking, ad-hoc analyses, as well as accurate and reliable development of short and long-term forecast development against board and internal targets
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Overall management Reporting of Company performance and periodic tracking of performance against planned targets:
- Support with the financial planning, analysis, and reporting function by providing comprehensive reports detailing actual versus budget and forecasted results which includes clear and concise variance explanations - drive cost analysis and highlight key variances to targets and historical trends
- Preparation & provision of various management reports, support on the budget cycle, preparing current estimates, long term forecasts and business plans.
- Supporting in the financial modelling for projects and investment decisions together with the maintenance of budget and budgetary controls by prepare ad-hoc analysis on restructuring scenarios and impact on cashflows for the management
- Manage the generation, review, delivery and release of monthly consolidated financial data to business stakeholders & other Finance teams.
- Provide historical trend analysis reviewing current performance and KPIs versus historical data
- Recommend and track benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance
- Work closely with Financial Reporting to identify opportunities to restructure balance sheet and provide economical value to the business
- Set-up projects in an objective to be agile in producing outputs (eliminate manual intervention) to senior management by flexing key operational and performance indicators. Set up system & templates to provide reports detailing actual versus budget and forecasted results which includes clear and concise variance explanations.
Education & Experience
- Must have at least a master’s degree in Business/Finance and a professional qualification such as CA, CIMA, MBA or ACCA
- Minimum of 6 years of work experience with at least 4 years in accounting, finance, budgeting and/or forecasting (preferred 3 years airline experience)
- Rigorous and analytical thinking
- Proficient in building and managing large MS Excel models, detailed PowerPoint and other planning system tools
- Big four experience is a plus
- Strong experience in financial planning and control
- Advanced communication skills – English (verbal and writing)