Summary
EMSTEEL is seeking a Senior Analyst to support financial planning and controlling across its group entities. The role covers management reporting, budgets and forecasts, financial models, cost and margin analysis, and consolidated reporting. The analyst will also help improve reporting processes and automate reports, and support pricing and procurement-related calculations. Applicants should have a finance or commerce degree, be a Chartered Accountant, and bring 5–7 years of post-qualification experience; manufacturing or industrial experience is preferred.
The posting
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Role Purpose
Develop and implement Financial Planning & Controlling strategies, policies, and procedures across Emsteel group entities. Contribute to the execution of key deliverables within the Planning & Controlling function. Drive enhancements in MIS reporting, financial planning, and control processes
Accountability & Activities
Key Activities
Record Keeping:
- Ensure accurate & timely preparation of daily, weekly and monthly management reports related to all areas of Finance Planning and Control.
- Maintain detailed record of all periodic reports submitted to LIMAD and other external agencies
Business Improvement:
- Support to implement approved financial planning & internal control systems at new Emsteel Sites to ensure productivity and efficiency in terms of Finance planning & function
- Help to design and implement automated procedures and reports to facilitate periodic reporting to LIMAD and other external parties.
- Conduct periodic inter plant/site comparative analysis of cost, efficiency and other KPIs as per plan of the Planning & Control Department
Monitoring:
- Review cost centres of all Departments of Emsteel. Help to support cost centres owners in providing details of expenses and budgets as per Emsteel requirement
- Monitor the various pricing and margin calculations being prepared and maintain strict version control
FP&A and controlling:
- Prepare and maintain Weekly and Monthly Management Report (MRM) presentations, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely submission.
- Prepare Monthly Steel Performance Report in Excel and PowerPoint, highlighting key business performance indicators, variances and value drivers
- Responsible for preparation of annual business plan and monitoring adherence of the same on a periodic manner. Preparation of long term, five-year plans, and financial models.
- Preparing & updating other management reports and business planning models as required by the finance planning and control function
- Study financial reporting process of Emsteel to propose improvements in process and outputs to facilitate the reporting for Finance planning and control function.
- Assist in accurate consolidation and group reporting to LIMAD and BOD
- Assist in timely preparation of all periodic finance and costing reports for LIMAD in required format
- Prepare financial outlooks and financial forecasts with ensured compliance of local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements
Value+ Transformation Project
- Assist to achieve sustainable annual EBITDA enhancement as per Value+ Programme
Sales, Commercial and Marketing Facilitation:
- Calculate estimated margins based on proposed pricing for various products.
- Assist to prepare back up workings for sales pricing task force and pricing committee.
Procurement & Logistics Facilitation:
- Costing of back-to-back billet price linked fixed sales price for short term contracts with suppliers through Procurement and Logistics liaison with finance planning and control function.
- Assist in calculating financial impact of IOP shipment planning
Safety, Quality & Environment
- Ensure compliance with all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls within the Digital COE department of ES to ensure employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality services and a responsible environmental attitude.
Qualifications/Experience
Minimum Qualification
(Educational Qualifications, Trainings, or Certifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in finance/commerce
- Chartered Accountant
- Additional Cost Accounting qualification is preferred
- AI / BI Dash boards certifications preferred
Professional Experience
- 5-7 years of post-qualification work
- Working experience in financial planning and controlling function
- Experience in UAE/Middle East and manufacturing / industrial environment (steel industry preferred)
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP S4Hana and financial data extraction
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including data analysis, financial modelling and reporting is essential
- Proficiency in PowerPoint for preparation of management reports and presentations
- Working knowledge of BI tools and AI applications, with demonstrated ability and interest in using latest technology to automate and enhance financial reporting
Language(s) Known
- Proficiency in English; Arabic is an added advantage