Create detailed financial models to evaluate business scenarios, profitability, and investment opportunities.
Conceptualise and prepare insightful MIS information packs for the Board of Directors, investors, and other stakeholders.
Lead the development of dashboards and KPIs for monitoring business health and operational efficiency at branch, entity, and Group level.
Identify and evaluate the key challenges and gaps in business performance and evolving business needs, to deliver analysis that provides a foundation for management understanding and action.
Provide decision support as required including meaningful, value-added profitability analysis for new product lines, promotional campaigns, restructuring initiatives etc., to guide the management in developing business and pricing strategies.
Add value through professional, independent and objective financial analysis and advice enabling informed strategic decisions and choices.
Lead, manage and develop a team of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) professionals.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Operations, Marketing, Business Development) for financial reporting and decision support.
Focus on identifying and implementing process improvements to streamline FP&A activities including automating and streamlining manually routine reports.
Collaborate with IT and various stakeholders in data warehousing initiatives, data integrity including optimising extraction of relevant data from the database using data extraction tools.
Ensure timeliness and accuracy of reporting in addition to working closely with regulatory accounting team to ensure compliance with IFRS and corporate policies.
Any additional tasks as required by the immediate line of authority.
Requirements
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field
CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Minimum 8 years of post-qualification experience in MIS aspects.
CORE COMPETENCIES.
Ability to inspire and manage a high-performing team.
Effective communication and presentation skills to tailor insights for tactical and strategic decision-making.
Highly analytical with strong data analysis and data storytelling skills.
Excellent business acumen and understanding of financial concepts that impact business performance.
Experienced in digital transformation initiatives.
Familiarity with emerging trends in Artificial Intelligence and its impact on financial reporting.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment performing deep-dive analysis using large data sets with tight deadlines for submission of inputs.
Financial modeling and financial reporting using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Business Communication English (Oral & Written), Arabic would be an added advantage
Computer Proficiency: Advanced level of proficiency in MS Excel and Powerpoint.
Sound knowledge in data analytics software preferably Power BI with the ability to develop dashboards and analysis packs.
