Finance Business Partner

 

Description:

Skills and experience

  • Prior experience in leading a finance team for a large organization, preferably in the travel industry
  • 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 & English is essential
  • Excellent communication skills required
  • Good project management skills required to coordinate 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

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the implementation of business/corporate unit strategy, in line with the group’s strategy.
  • Oversees the preparation of the annual budget and annual operating plan for the business/corporate unit.
  • Measures performance against financial and non-financial KPIs for the business/corporate unit and provides guidance for the achievement of targets.
  • Maintain relationships with key business, finance and other corporate unit stakeholders • Evaluate risk, compliance or legal challenges facing the business/corporate units and disclose to the CFO/senior leadership with relevant recommendations.
  • Define targets and key performance indicators for the business/corporate unit’s finance team and ensure effective implementation of the group’s performance management process.
  • Manage the FBP organization by evaluating the performance of each member, providing feedback on an on going basis, identifying development needs, and coaching them to ensure capability development.
  • Ensure adequate internal controls are in place for proper process implementation
  • Ensure the accuracy of numbers reported in SAP
  • Define and maintain the profit center/cost enter structure of the business/corporate unit
  • Provide input to Group-level finance and tax planning.
  • Prepare and present monthly unit performance reports to the business/corporate unit leaders • Prepare management reports in multiple dimensions (strategic metrics, operational metrics, process performance metrics etc.)
  • Perform analysis on business/corporate unit performance – descriptive and diagnostic as well as predictive and prescriptive.
  • 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/corporate unit performance; support/propose improvement initiatives and corrective actions as needed
  • Support design, development and roll out of new business/corporate unit initiatives
  • Support business/corporate unit transformation/expansion related activities/initiatives pertaining to growth or profitability i.e. opening and closures of new markets etc.
  • Support operational expense process in terms of assigning/validating proper GL and cost centers

Organization Pink Camel Recruitment
Industry Accounting / Finance / Audit Jobs
Occupational Category Finance Business Partner
Job Location Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Intermediate
Salary 40000 - 50000 | SAR
Experience 2 Years
Posted at 2023-11-15 4:20 pm
Expires on 2024-12-24