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About the Role / About the Job The company is building the Middle East’s leading used-car platform and expanding into adjacent services and new markets. This role serves as the CFO’s right hand for planning, modelling, and decision support. You will own the financial models behind the business plan, turn data into clear recommendations, and present them to the GM and Group CFO. We seek an analytical, commercially minded modeller who can build, stress-test and explain a model, while also maintaining it. Key Responsibilities: - Financial modelling and planning. Build and own the business plan, annual budget, and rolling forecast: integrated three-statement models, driver-based unit economics (price, margin per car, days-to-sell, inventory financing, CAC) and scenario and sensitivity analysis. - Model governance. Maintain model integrity: clear inputs, calculations and outputs, version control, checks, and documented assumptions. Review and challenge models built by others. - Feasibility and expansion. Evaluate feasibility, investment cases, and commercial viability for new business verticals and new markets (market sizing, funding needs, payback, IRR), and provide input into go-to-market plans. - Analysis and insight. Analyse performance versus plan, identify the drivers behind variances, and provide leadership with clear, quantified recommendations along with ownership and timelines. - Data, reporting and dashboards. Build finance reports and dashboards that track financial and operational performance; extract data directly from source systems and databases using SQL. - Presentation and stakeholders. Prepare materials for the board, GM, and Group CFO, presenting analysis with clarity and confidence to senior internal and external stakeholders. - Automation and partnering. Lead process improvement and workflow automation (including AI-assisted analysis and reporting), and coordinate cross-functional planning with Sales, Operations, Legal, and external partners. Requirements Skills and Qualifications: - 5-7 years of experience in FP&A, business planning, strategy, consulting, corporate finance, or performance management. Consulting, investment banking, or strategy experience is welcome. - Expert in Excel and financial modelling; capable of building a model from scratch with dynamic formulas, data tables, scenario switches, and error checks. Working knowledge of Google Sheets is also required. - Advanced data extraction and analysis skills: SQL (read and write; Postgres or BigQuery experience is an advantage) and proficiency in a BI tool such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker. Strong presentation skills in PowerPoint or Google Slides, with the ability to translate numerical data into actionable recommendations. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to influence and, where necessary, challenge commercial teams with data-driven insights. - Solid understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and inventory economics. - Self-driven and organized, capable of working independently with minimal supervision. Flexibility in hours during peak periods (e.g., month-end, budget cycles, board packs) is necessary. - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems, or another quantitative field. Nice to Have - Experience in the automotive, marketplaces, e-commerce, lending, or other financial services sectors. - Proficiency in Python or another data tool; interest in AI and automation (e.g., Google Apps Script, workflow automation, AI for data analysis and reporting). - Professional qualification or MBA (CFA, CA, CMA, ACCA). - Experience with GCC markets and multi-currency models. - Prior experience leading or mentoring analysts.
