Financial Analyst
at AlFuttaim
Dubai, دبي, United Arab Emirates -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 03 Oct, 2024 | Not Specified | 04 Jul, 2024 | 4 year(s) or above | Presentations | No | No |
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Description:
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day
REQUIRED SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
- Automotive experience, preferably with strong understanding of aftersales operations and KPIs
- Strong planning experience
- Good working knowledge of ERP’s, preferably SAP - hands-on experience building Alteryx workflows.
- Proven track record of preparing presentations for senior stakeholders
Responsibilities:
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:
This role will support the Sr. Financial Controller – FP&A with respect to business budgeting, forecasting & monthly reporting.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Budgeting and Forecasting
- Support in the preparation of budgets for AFM in conjunction with the commercial business department to ensure reliability of the key assumptions.
- Control and monitoring of operating budget, investigating variances where necessary.
- Support in the re-forecasting of the budget during quarterly financial reviews recommending upward or downward adjustments considering market conditions and business requirements.
- Support with the budgeting and forecasting:
o Calendar, and process
o Templates and requirements
o Guidelines and assumptions
o Power Point Presentations
Management Reporting
- To support Finance Managers, manage and maintain month end actual reporting process, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timeliness.
- Perform analysis; Prepare standalone and aggregated periodic Management Packs
- Support and maintain minimum KPIs and Metrics to be reported on a periodic basis at the level of:
o Divisions
o Business Unit
P&L and Balance Sheet Management and Substantiation:
- Ensure that all guidelines are followed related to governance of P&L and Balance sheet FS items
- Ensure all related transaction are posted before the closure of books during each month-end.
- Trend report and schedules should be updated monthly with relevant KPIs.
- Review & analyze on monthly basis the misstatements under each Balance sheet G/L.
- Liaise with various teams to identify the key issues and resolve the misstatements.
- Support Audit requirements both Internal and External Audit.
Commercial Finance and Business Support Analysis:
- Support in analysis of Investments and Capex
- Support in Principal analysis e.g., yen impact, payment terms.
- Analysis of Inventory, Sales (Pricing) and GM by channel.
- Prepare analysis by Showroom / Facility.
- PCP and lease analysis.
- Support in Strategic sourcing and cost optimization opportunities.
FP&A Financial Reporting Systems & Dashboards:
- Understand the full end to end process of SAP, BPC and BIW system.
- Understand dashboards using Power BI, Tableau and Alteryx resolving data reconciliation differences and advise on enhancements
Others:
- Support the FP&A team in any adhoc project.
- Support in P&L and BS reporting and uploading in the respective IT system for budgets, Forecasts, Group Half yearly and Annual reviews.
- Co ordinating with various stakeholders for maintaining the accuracy and effective accounting.
WHAT EQUIPS YOU FOR THE ROLE:
- Qualified in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent.
- Automotive experience preferable.
- 4 -5 years of relevant experience
- Excellent communication, analytical, written, and interpersonal skills, and proven ability to work with business finance teams and various stakeholders.
- Established record in managing multiple and competing priorities. Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Present concepts, recommendations, and analyses to senior management in a clear, concise, and actionable manner.
- Able to identify, act and implement ideas that drive continuous improvement
- Hold expertise in designing all kinds of PowerPoint presentations for multiple stakeholders and in various styles. Technical know-how to maximize Microsoft PowerPoint’s functions, and the creative background needed to beautify presentations that drive clear objectives using “think cell” to create financial charts.
- Strong capabilities in complex financial modelling.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Knowledge of SAP BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Tableau, Alteryx and Power BI preferable.
- Work independently with limited supervision. A Self-starter, with a passion to act while focusing on delivering results.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:4.0Max:5.0 year(s)
Financial Services
Accounts / Finance / Tax / CS / Audit
Finance
Graduate
Proficient
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates