Financial Analyst

My client is one of the largest employers in the Middle East. They are looking for a Financial Analyst to join their growing team based in Dubai.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reports and analysis of performance against historical, budgeted, and forecasted results to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of the budget and strategic plan
• Provision of business analysis and KPI management
• Adopting a business partnering approach and providing essential financial advice and support to key stakeholders
• Ensure business growth objectives are achieved through planning, coordination and production of budgets and forecasts in a timely manner
• Maintain and develop financial models to aid planning processes, ensuring quality, accuracy, and focused analytical review
• Manage the successful delivery of process improvement initiatives by identifying non-value add activities and implementing solutions which create operational efficiencies across the business
• Responsible for the preparation and execution of month end reporting tasks, ensuring the necessary information is provided in an accurate and timely manner i.e. MIS reporting
• Support the interim and year end audit process, liaising with external auditors and preparing and consolidating relevant information as required in a timely manner
• Preparation of periodic reports for OEM requirements and compliance
• Ensure processes and procedures are fully documented in a clear and concise manner and always maintained
• Support in the preparation of board presentations for management
• Preparation of ad hoc reports and analysis as required by management
• Participate in the automation of processes and system implementation for Finance as a key project member (i.e. ERP, BI Tool)
• Managing adhoc reports for OEM's and internal stakeholders

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification i.e. CMA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance or equivalent experience
• 5 years + financial analysis and modeling experience
• Advanced knowledge of Excel