FP & A Director

Job Description : FP &A DIRECTOR DUBAI The mission of the Director, FP&A is to contribute to GMG’s profitability and growth initiatives through diligent financial planning, proper prioritization of team resources and fostering a data-driven decision-making culture. Reporting to the Group CFO, the Director FP&A will work with many facets of the business to provide visibility on all things financial to key stakeholders, surfacing new insights and improving processes. The successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to communicate financial insights and recommend appropriate actions. Key Insights · Partner with the GMG leadership team to develop and maintain a robust financial model that is accurate and up to date at all times · Meet with business and operations managers to review our financial performance, and to assist those leaders in developing plans to address areas of concern or further accelerate positive trends. · Participate in the monthly financial close process to quickly identify and explain variances. · Drive GMG’s company goal setting, KPI development and measurements of success. · Help maintain enterprise planning software to facilitate a collaborative annual planning process, timely internal reporting and serve external reporting needs. · Perform Ad-hoc financial projects and analysis (i.e. unit economics). · Analyze complex data sets to identify trends, meaningful insights, and overall business implications. · Establish and maintain forecast accuracy KPIs to continuously reduce variation and improve forecasting. · Commercial acumen and ability to spot trends in wider market · Process Oriented and Data Driven · Partner with Accounting on monthly and quarterly close process to track results and implications of accounting changes Key Qualifications: · CA/CPA/CFA with more than 10 years of experience · 15+ years of FP&A experience which must include forecasting/modeling · Advanced skills in both MS Excel (including cohort and scenario analyses) and Power BI · Ability to design and craft executive level presentations sufficient to support and inform the GMG board of directors · Strong and persuasive communication skills with the ability to create clarity and direction within the organization · Self-starter, deadline driven, organized and able to multitask · A robust analytical skill-set, endless curiosity and a passion to find elegant, unexpected solutions to complex problems · Able to work well and build rapport with others in a dynamic

---

Back