Summary
Al Ghurair is hiring a Senior Manager, FP&A to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance management and MIS reporting for a business unit. The role provides financial insights for leadership, supports strategy and M&A activities, and evaluates project feasibility and investment proposals. It also oversees management reporting frameworks, analytics initiatives and a team of finance professionals. Applicants need a relevant bachelor's degree, a professional finance qualification, and at least 7 years of total experience, including 3 years in FP&A; Middle East experience is preferred. The role is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The posting
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Responsible for leading and managing the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, business performance management and MIS reporting. Provide insightful financial analysis to support management decision-making and drive business performance. Develop and ensure business strategies and financial plans are aligned with the Company’s overall objectives.
Strategic:
- Understand broader macroeconomic trends impacting the BU and provide relevant insights to business leadership.
- Drive the business performance review and analysis agenda by provide retrospective and prospective insights to business leadership.
- Support M&A, portfolio analysis and corporate strategy development activities in the Group (provide relevant BU inputs).
- Contribute to the development of financial strategies for the BU that align with the Group's overall vision and its current and long-term business objectives.
- Work in close coordination with commercial & operations to share insights and enhance FP&A with real value-add outputs.
Operational:
- Collaborate with BU teams regarding project feasibility studies and development planning.
- Orchestrate LT planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in the BU, within the respective frameworks set out by Group FP&A.
- Prepare advanced analyses and reports for BU leadership.
- Set recurring management reporting frameworks for BU (, financial, and operational metrics, KPIs), within the broader framework set out by the Group FP&A.
- Collaborate with Group FP&A / Advanced Analytics CoE on the progress of advanced analytics in BU ( design and roll out of analytics use cases).
- Collaborate with IT and other relevant stakeholders regarding the roll out of technology tools that impact the FP&A remit.
- Manage large, complex projects evaluate findings, prepare reports, and make recommendations to senior management about the financial implications of the proposed investments and transactions.
- Establish and maintain positive, ongoing relationships with the external finance community.
People Management:
• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of financial professionals to ensure financial planning and analysis projects are conducted credibly and that recommendations and reports are accurate and timely.
Product/Process Improvement:
N/A
Education & Certifications:
- MINIMUM :
- Relevant Bachelor's degree , Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting or similar.
- Relevant professional qualification , Chartered Accountant (CPA / ACCA / CA and similar), CIMA/CMA, CFA.
- PREFERRED :
- Master's degree in related field.
Knowledge & Skill:
- Financial planning.
- Strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting financial analysis and modelling.
- Financial analysis and modelling (, capital budgeting, business case analysis, advanced analytics).
- Corporate Finance.
- Conducting development projects feasibility study, DCF / cost of capital modelling etc. funding and project cash flow preparation and monitoring.
- Strong business acumen and end to end understanding of the BU value chain.
- Familiar with advanced analytics, quantitative and econometric methods and tools, data etc.
- Strong critical thinking and strategy development skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Personal gravitas and ability to interact with senior leadership of an organization.
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams.
Experience:
- MINIMUM : 7 years of total work experience with 3 years of experience in an FP&A role
- PREFERRED : Experience in the Middle East.