The Role
We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Senior Financial Planning and Analysis to support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and strategic financial analysis across the organization. Acting as a key financial business partner, you will coordinate with internal departments and client representatives to align operational plans, contractual requirements, and financial commitments while providing clear insights that support management decision-making.
Your Responsibilities
- Support and coordinate the annual budgeting process, five-year rolling budgets, forecasts, and long-term business plans across all departments.
- Consolidate departmental budget submissions and review and challenge underlying assumptions to ensure accuracy, realism, and alignment with operational plans.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts, variance analyses, management reports, and financial planning reviews.
- Support client budget processes, including submissions, clarifications, approval cycles, discussions, and negotiations within delegated authority limits.
- Identify and analyse major cost drivers, financial risks, budget overruns, and potential non-reimbursement by the client, and recommend appropriate countermeasures.
- Develop and improve financial models, business cases, reporting tools, and management dashboards to strengthen planning and decision support.
- Prepare clear financial presentations and evidence-based narratives for executive management, the Board, committees, and clients.
- Monitor contract financial performance and ensure compliance with corporate financial policies, procedures, and client contractual requirements.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, Operations, Maintenance, IT, Quality, and Services on budget submissions and performance reviews.
- Drive process improvements and automation opportunities in budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis.
Your Profile / Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- 3–5 years of professional experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, controlling, or a related finance field.
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, variance analysis, and financial performance management.
- Advanced financial modelling and business-case development skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, and financial reporting tools.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to accuracy, data integrity, and detail.
- Excellent presentation, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to translate financial insights into clear recommendations and influence operational and commercial decisions.
- People-management capability and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Professional proficiency in English and Arabic.
