About this role
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.