Financial Analyst

Job Purpose

Provide timely, accurate, and forward-looking financial analysis to the CFO and senior management, supporting performance management, strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and listed-company reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual budgeting, business planning, and rolling forecast process.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts and performance outlooks.
• Analyze actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, providing clear variance explanations.
• Prepare financial reporting packs for management, the CFO, CEO, Board of Directors, and Audit Committee.
• Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs and performance dashboards.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, net profit, and cash flow performance.
• 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.
• Monitor departmental spending and ensure compliance with approved budgets and financial targets.
• Support external audits, regulatory reviews, and financial analyses required by management or regulatory authorities.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting, planning, dashboards, and financial systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Professional qualification such as CMA, CPA, ACCA, CFA, or SOCPA is preferred.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis.
• Experience in a listed company or large corporate group is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of financial modeling, IFRS, ERP systems, Excel, and Power BI.
• Strong communication, analytical, and presentation skills.