About the Role
The role involves leading and managing the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, with a focus on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, business performance management, and Management Information System (MIS) reporting. The successful candidate will provide insightful financial analysis to support management decision-making and drive business performance. This position requires the development and alignment of business strategies and financial plans with the organization's overall objectives.
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Responsibilities
Strategic:
- Understand broader macroeconomic trends impacting the business unit (BU) and provide relevant insights to business leadership.
- Drive the business performance review and analysis agenda by providing retrospective and prospective insights to business leadership.
- Support M&A, portfolio analysis, and corporate strategy development activities in the Group by offering 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 and operations teams to share insights and enhance FP&A with value-added outputs.
Operational:
- Collaborate with BU teams regarding project feasibility studies and development planning.
- Orchestrate long-term 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 Group FP&A.
- Collaborate with Group FP&A / Advanced Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) on the progress of advanced analytics in BU (design and rollout of analytics use cases).
- Work with IT and other relevant stakeholders regarding the rollout of technology tools impacting the FP&A remit.
- Manage large, complex projects, evaluate findings, prepare reports, and make recommendations to senior management about the financial implications of 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, with accurate and timely recommendations and reports.
Product/Process Improvement:
Qualifications
Education & Certifications:
- Minimum:
- Relevant Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a similar field.
- Relevant professional qualification (Chartered Accountant, CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA, CMA, CFA, etc.).
- Preferred:
- Master's degree in a related field.
Knowledge & Skill:
- Financial planning and analysis.
- Strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
- Corporate finance knowledge, including conducting project feasibility studies and capital budgeting.
- Strong business acumen and a comprehensive understanding of the BU value chain.
- Familiarity with advanced analytics, quantitative and econometric methods, and tools.
- Strong critical thinking and strategy development skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Personal gravitas and ability to engage with senior leadership.
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams.
Experience:
- Minimum:
- 7 years of total work experience, including at least 3 years in an FP&A role.
- Preferred:
- Experience in the Middle East.
