Manager Business Finance

About the Role
As Manager Business Finance, this role is responsible for the preparation of financial and strategic information, monitoring variance against the budget, evaluating opportunities/risks, and implementation of cost control. Supporting the middle management business with financial business cases, dashboards and analyses. Focus on value-added, meaningful, and insightful reporting and analyses for Senior Management in Finance and middle management Business. Organize and manage requests from Senior Management Finance, set priorities and manage daily work of team members. Ensuring compliance with accounting policies and procedures.

Your duties would include:

• Develop, monitor and review Internal Accounting Policies and Standard Operating Procedures for each area of operation within the business unit, in line with business needs, with focus on process improvement and internal control.
• Facilitate risk management process and mitigation activity through appropriate trend analysis and impact modelling on company business operations, initiatives, projects, strategic goals and objectives.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods for financial accounting and oversee month end / year end closing activities.
• Develop advanced financial models and conduct analysis using a broad range of quantitative tools and techniques (trend analyses on past financial and operational performance, root cause analyses, analysis of profitability drivers, scenario modelling for future options, unit-cost benchmarking).
• Participate in the annual strategic planning process, encompassing industry and market trends and analysis, SWOT analysis, scenario analysis and planning, budgeting and forecasting, strawman development and sensitivity analysis.
• Develop business partner relationship functionality with leaders of assigned area of responsibility.
• Introduce a culture of thinking that causes people with the authority to recommend feasible projects to consider the value, risk and relative priority as a fundamental element of submitting the project proposal.
• Prepare, analyse, enhance and present on a monthly basis KPI performance to budget holders, analysing revenue/expenditure variance ensuring that actual income and expenditure remains in line with plan, and analyses are submitted on a timely manner for both the user department and Finance Department.
• Prepare, analyse and present on a quarterly basis rolling forecast to business and financial stakeholders.
• Analyse actuals, forecasts, and budgets and prepare analyses for senior management of Cargo and corporate performance against benchmarks.
• Review commercial contracts and business proposals to ensure alignment with policies and procedures.
• Present an objective view of the financial situation and provide sound recommendations for the allocation of resources in the most efficient way to achieve business objectives.
• Deliver ongoing financial analysis and insight-driven guidance through a continuous review, analysis, cost reduction initiatives and targets.
• Lead, direct and manage the preparation, execution and analysis of the budgeting process in a timely manner, in accordance with the CFO directives on cost efficiencies for Direct Operational Costs, Manpower and Overheads, challenging budget holders to ensure optimum resource utilization.
• Enhance the presentation and analysis submitted to the Cost Management Committee (CMC) and conduct post CMC analysis for major capital projects and expenses.
• Conduct in-depth analysis on a variety of complex strategic and business projects/issues, extracting and analysing data, presenting findings and making recommendations directly to the business.
• Monitor expenditure variances on an ongoing basis and ensure actual expenditure aligns with the planned/budget. Lead investigation when variances are significant and take necessary control action.
• Prepare/review financial forecasts and address the risks and opportunities arising from the forecast.
• Control over Inventory processes and ensure that stock levels are within acceptable order and reorder quantities.

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Qualification
The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 8 years of job-related experience.
• Experience in B2C, Loyalty & Marketing.
• Ability to analyse, interpret data and present effectively.
• At least 5 years in a management role.
• Experience working to tight internal reporting timescales and managing responsibilities/work interruptions, while meeting deadlines.
• Good knowledge of internal finance systems.
• Knowledge of cost center accounting, preparing budgets, and forecasts.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to review variances, understand the business cycle and their impact on the profit and loss account.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, MS Access, and PowerPoint, with proficiency in Oracle Financials.
• Managerial skills: ability to delegate work, set clear direction, and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills. Ability to train and develop subordinate skills. Ability to foster teamwork among team members.

General Information

• Location: Qatar-Doha
• Job Family: Corporate & Commercial
• Closing Date: 2026-10-25