Senior Manager - FP&A

Role Overview

Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at Al Ghurair. This is a leadership position responsible for the FP&A function across the business unit.

Role Purpose

Lead and manage the Financial Planning & Analysis function to deliver insightful financial analysis that supports management decision-making and drives business performance. Ensure business strategies and financial plans align with the Company's overall objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Understand broader macroeconomic trends impacting the business unit 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, providing relevant business unit inputs.
• Contribute to the development of financial strategies for the business unit that align with the Group's overall vision and current and long-term business objectives.
• Work in close coordination with commercial and operations teams to share insights and enhance FP&A with real value-add outputs.

Operations

• Collaborate with business unit teams regarding project feasibility studies and development planning.
• Orchestrate long-term planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in the business unit within the respective frameworks set out by Group FP&A.
• Prepare advanced analyses and reports for business unit leadership.
• Set recurring management reporting frameworks for the business unit covering financial and operational metrics and KPIs, within the broader framework set out by Group FP&A.
• Collaborate with Group FP&A and Advanced Analytics Centre of Excellence on the progress of advanced analytics in the business unit, including design and rollout of analytics use cases.
• Collaborate with IT and other relevant stakeholders regarding the rollout 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 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.
• Ensure recommendations and reports from the team are accurate and timely.

Qualifications & Experience

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or similar field (minimum requirement).
• Relevant professional qualification such as Chartered Accountant (CPA, ACCA, CA, or similar), CIMA, CMA, or CFA (minimum requirement).
• Master's degree in a related field (preferred).

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of total work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in an FP&A role.
• Experience in the Middle East (preferred).

Skills & Competencies

• Financial planning and strategic planning.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and modelling.
• Capital budgeting, business case analysis, and advanced analytics.
• Corporate Finance.
• Development project feasibility studies, DCF modelling, cost of capital modelling, funding analysis, and project cash flow preparation and monitoring.
• Strong business acumen and end-to-end understanding of the business unit value chain.
• Familiarity with advanced analytics, quantitative methods, econometric methods and tools, and data.
• Strong critical thinking and strategy development skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Personal gravitas and ability to interact with senior leadership.
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams.