Financial Analyst – FP&A

About the role

The Financial Analyst will provide timely, accurate and forward‑looking financial analysis to support the CFO and senior management in performance management, strategic decision‑making and listed‑company reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, business planning and rolling forecast processes.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial forecasts and performance outlooks.
• Analyse actual results versus budgets, forecasts and prior periods, delivering clear variance explanations.
• Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs and performance dashboards.
• Conduct profitability analysis by business unit, channel, product, brand, customer and store.
• Support quarterly and annual reporting for listed companies, including CMA, Tadawul and investor‑relations requirements.
• Prepare financial models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and strategic business cases.
• Evaluate investments, CAPEX, new projects and expansion opportunities using ROI, IRR, NPV and payback analysis.
• Monitor working capital, cash flow, liquidity, inventory, receivables and payables.
• Partner with business functions to control costs, improve margins and identify profitability opportunities.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting, planning, dashboards and financial systems.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting or financial analysis.
• Professional qualification such as CMA, CPA, ACCA, CFA or SOCPA preferred.
• Experience in a listed company or large corporate group is a plus.

Required skills

• Financial modeling
• IFRS knowledge
• ERP systems
• Advanced Excel
• Power BI