Financial Planning Analyst

Job Purpose

You will partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and regional finance teams.

Responsibilities:

• Financial planning and analysis operations:
• Consolidate and interpret company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
• Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
• Manage the preparation of the company’s budget and rolling forecasts
• Finance and business partnership
• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement One sentence about main responsibility
• Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput
• Engage in ongoing cost efficiency in all areas of the company
• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
• Support decision making process at operational level with the area managers and department heads.
• Assist in the determination of product pricing and value chain analysis
• Strategic guidance
• Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction
• Lead business cases for strategic initiatives

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, other certification:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

MBA / MSc is a plus

Experience (years):

• Minimum 5 years of experience

Experience in Middle East markets required

Technical Skills:

• Strong financial analysis and forecasting
• Advanced SAP and Excel skills
• Experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI)
• IFRS knowledge

Languages Skills:

Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus

Soft/Behavioral Skills:

• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced matrix organization
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Ownership and accountability
• Ability to simplify complex financial concepts