A leading semi-government company based in Abu Dhabi is looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join its Business Partnership team on a renewable 6 month contract.
This is a broad, commercially focused finance role combining FP&A, business partnering, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and financial controllership. The successful candidate will work closely with business and senior stakeholders, providing financial insight and supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
We are searching for a qualified accountant with strong commercial finance experience and hands-on expertise in Oracle Fusion and Hyperion/EPM. Candidates who have moved across different areas of finance, particularly from finance consultancy, FP&A, financial planning or commercial finance, would be well suited to the role.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes across the business.
- Provide regular financial performance reporting, variance analysis and gap analysis, identifying key drivers, risks and opportunities.
- Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to business leaders, developing a strong understanding of their operations, objectives and financial requirements.
- Provide financial insight and consultancy to support strategic decisions, investments, business cases and commercial initiatives.
- Develop and maintain detailed financial models, forecasts and scenario analyses to support decision-making.
- Analyse key business value drivers, including revenue, tariffs, contracts, operating costs and capital projects.
- Support commercial negotiations and contract structuring, providing financial analysis and recommendations.
- Build and review bottom-up budgets, ensuring assumptions are robust and aligned with business plans.
- Review and approve purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) from a budget and financial control perspective.
- Maintain effective budgetary controls, including the appropriate allocation of profit centres, cost centres and natural accounts.
- Support month-end and year-end financial close and controllership activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial information.
- Assess the financial impact of regulatory, tax and other external developments and communicate implications to relevant stakeholders.
- Support audit activities, internal controls, financial governance and compliance requirements.
- Prepare clear and compelling management presentations and financial decks for business leaders, C-suite stakeholders, regulators, vendors and customers.
- Support internalisation initiatives and portfolio expansion activities, providing financial analysis and commercial insight.
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability, operational efficiency and long-term financial sustainability.
- Leverage financial systems and reporting tools to improve the quality, efficiency and automation of financial planning and reporting.
Requirements
- Professional accounting qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA or equivalent.
- Strong experience across FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering and financial analysis.
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Fusion and Hyperion / Oracle EPM is essential.
- Strong understanding of financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and scenario analysis.
- Solid understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles and financial controls.
- Experience working with complex business environments, ideally within infrastructure, utilities, energy, waste management or other capital-intensive industries.
- Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into commercial insights and actionable recommendations.
- Experience supporting contracts, negotiations, business cases and investment decisions.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively with business leaders and senior management.
- Experience preparing financial presentations and reporting packs for a variety of audiences, including C-suite, regulators, vendors and customers.
- Strong Power BI and data visualisation skills are preferred.
- Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills.
- Comfortable working in a broad role that combines FP&A, business partnering, commercial finance and controllership.
- Experience in a consulting/finance advisory environment combined with in-house FP&A or commercial finance experience would be advantageous.
Availability: Preference will be given to candidates available immediately.
We are looking for a candidate who will be able to work in United Arab Emirates. Please apply with your resume and remember to provide us with your contact details.
We will review your job application within 7 working days. Should your profile fit the requirements of the role a consultant from Edari will be in touch with you to get a deeper understanding of your profile, to discuss the role in more detail and potential next steps.
