About the role:
Finance Business Partner - is responsible for all strategic and operational finance activities for the business unit. Working closely with internal stakeholders to drive operational excellence and continuous process improvement. The FBP steers the business unit towards its strategic goals, through performance management and disciplined decision making.
Responsibilities:
- Oversees the preparation of the annual budget and annual operating plan for the business unit.
- Measures performance against financial and non-financial KPIs for the business unit and provides guidance for the achievement of targets.
- Maintain relationships with key business and finance stakeholders
- Report any risk, compliance, or legal issues to the CFO.
- Define goals and key performance indicators for the business unit’s finance team and ensure effective implementation of the group’s performance management process.
- Provide input to Group level finance and tax planning.
- Prepare and present monthly business performance reports to the business leaders
- Prepare business reports in multiple dimensions (strategic metrics, operational metrics, process performance metrics, sales channel performance analysis, etc.)
- Perform analysis on business performance revenue, expenses, products, customers, business segments, market etc.
- Support and provide necessary insights for management reporting as requested
- Perform benchmark analysis to identify potential improvement opportunities
- Identify potential gaps/issues related to process and systems, which are over/understating business performance; support/propose improvement initiatives and corrective actions as needed .
Requirements:
- 5 years of relevant experience with at least 2 years in a similar role
- Experience in operational planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- Strong ability to understand business processes and identify risks associated with the same
- Proficient in system-driven reporting (ERP based) and analysis
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and scenario analysis
- Strong relationship management skills
- Fluent written and spoken Arabic amp; English is essential
- Excellent communication skills required
- Good project management skills are required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders
- Understanding of cost drivers and cost-cutting strategies
- Relevant certification such as CPA, CA, CIMA, ACCA is an advantage Bachelor’s degree in finance / Accounting or related field.