Senior Financial Planning Specialist

3 weeks ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Talent Pal Full time
Job Purpose:

As a Senior Finance Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis, you will provide dedicated financial services to a department by ensuring that all income and expenses are effectively managed and controlled through the provision of accurate financial information and the analysis and tracking of cost and expenditure. You will contribute towards the enhancement of performance monitoring through the production of standard business performance reports, identifying key issues and KPIs for exception reporting to management, and providing subject-specific reports that enable a more granular understanding of the key drivers that impact cost and revenue. In addition, you will provide financial decision analysis recommendations to the business.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide front-line advice to complete the annual budget submission to Cost Centre holders for timely completion of budget consolidation at a division level, demonstrating productivity improvements year on year. Provide backup evidence to Business Finance Managers/Finance Managers with detailed analysis in order to appropriately challenge budget assumptions. Ensure that the budget focuses on KPIs for each part of the business and is aligned to the long-term plan.
  • Collate information monthly of cash inflows and cash outflows that is incorporated into the model developed to report business-specific cash flow forecasts on a monthly 3-year rolling basis and perform analysis to reconcile deviations, highlighting reasons for changes. Changes to the cash flow model for new developments and periods are incorporated at the appropriate time when cash commitments are approved and known.
  • Provide continuous hands-on guidance to business managers in terms of financial awareness by educating on financial systems and procedures that govern best practices specific to business domain cost and revenue drivers, building business cases with financial terminologies such as Net Present Value (NPV) and Return On Investment (ROI), etc.
  • Produce requisite reports at regular specified intervals and focus on diagnosis to provide alternative solutions for achieving change. (Reports include DCRs, MFRs, weekly reports, revenue/cost reports, and subject-specific granular-level reports, etc.).
  • Generate and analyze periodic reforecasts at the department (cost centre and profit centre) level and corporate level that will include the impact of any post-budget development not originally planned, e.g., unbudgeted routes, aircraft acquisitions, delayed recruitment, etc., in order to highlight the reasons for deviations.
  • Provide financial information to the business managers to initiate workflow processes such as RFPs, P2P, ITS, MREs, recommending for approval in line with pre-approved authority limits. Provide guidance to business managers in new business initiatives to secure financially acceptable solutions, highlighting issues where new ventures and initiatives impact existing finance processes, procedures, and policies.
  • Perform financial accounting activities (applicable in EK Engineering, Skywards Service Delivery, and Corporate Communications). Ensure adequate validation of invoices, accrual generation, and reconciliations with appropriate analysis in order to justify accounting activities to internal and statutory auditors.
  • Assist the business in establishing end-to-end financial accounting procedures consequent to new initiatives or new information and provide data capture for new analysis needs using appropriate changes to the chart of accounts. Provide detailed analysis of new projects to be covered in the project register, enabling effective communication within Finance and in turn ensuring the business gets the best overall financial delivery.
  • Research and maintain updated relevant benchmarking statistics on key performance indicators of the business competitors and industry, providing analysis for opportunities to enhance revenue, reduce costs, and optimize resources. Provide support to the business in the evaluation of high-value contracts to ensure financial risks are adequately covered.
  • In consultation with Business Finance Manager/Finance Manager, work towards development and coaching of staff directly reporting into the jobholder.
Qualifications & Experience:
  • Degree or Honours in a relevant discipline
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in Finance Management OR A qualified accountant with 3 years of experience
  • Experience in Finance/Management Accounting in a large organization

At Talent Pal, we are committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop in their careers. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team.

Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotel stays around the world. You can find out more information about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website.

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