Senior Financial Analyst - Finance

Senior Finance Analyst enable senior leadership to remain commercially focused and can make strategic business decisions based on accurate and timely information.

In this role you will produce regular and ad hoc reports as well as analyse information and pro-actively investigate any additional management information requirements.

This is a varied and diverse role which will enable you to make a valuable contribution to the growth of Alshaya as a whole.

As an SFA, you will be responsible for providing relevant, timely and accurate financial and management information to senior management in adherence with strict deadlines. Responsibilities include:

• Annual Business plan and forecasts
• Work in conjunction with corporate Finance and support function teams to build robust annual Business Plan based on previous, current, and forecasted financial performance and market information.
• Assist directors and function heads to present final budgets to the CEO and CFO
• Ensure that KPIs (Targets) are achieved tactfully and strategically.
• Assess performance results for accuracy and use information to interpret and build models for future performance.
• Identify critical success factors and the Key performance indicators for the business.
• Review and report budgets against trading performance periodically i.e. daily, weekly, or annually on the KPI`s.
• Focus on maximising business opportunities and market potentials.
• Provide financial and strategic advice to Vice President and Senior leadership.
• Contribute to the Business decision-making process by undertaking detailed decision support analysis for brand, channel and country profitability and ongoing costs reviews.
• Provide sound financial and strategic advice to Leadership team to support critical business decisions.
• Critical business decisions may include new brands, new channel, or market enhancements.
• Re-forecasts contribution expectations to highlight most probable performance on a periodic basis.
• Deliver feedback and coaching to the function teams where necessary.
• Report lagging and leading performance indicators to highlight performance issues and
• Concerns for the Business Managers for them to act quickly and appropriately.
• Illustrate results, trends or conditions, which impact profitability.