Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Role: Director – FP&A

Reporting to : CFO / Finance Director

Location: Saudi Arabia

Sector: Finance

Employment Type: Full-Time

Salary : SAR 55,000 – 60,000

Language Preference : English/Arabic

About the Company:

A fast-growing Saudi technology and cyber-security services business is looking for a commercially strong FP&A leader to support its next phase of growth. The business serves large enterprises and critical sectors, offering a mix of managed security, advisory, incident response, OT/IT security, and integration services across a dynamic model of recurring and project-based revenue.

Role Purpose:

The Director – FP&A will lead financial planning, executive reporting, performance management, and strategic decision support across the business. This is a high-impact role partnering closely with senior leadership to drive planning, profitability, pricing, cash visibility, and performance discipline in a fast-scaling, commercially dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budget, rolling forecast, and long-range planning processes across the business.
• Translate business strategy into robust financial plans, targets, and actionable insights.
• Build scenario models to assess risks, opportunities, and growth investments.

Executive Reporting & Business Performance

• Own executive reporting, monthly business reviews, and leadership dashboards.
• Provide clear analysis of revenue, margin, costs, cash, and key business performance drivers.
• Deliver timely variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Support leadership with insight-led recommendations to improve business performance.

Commercial Finance & Profitability

1. Drive profitability analysis across customers, services, business units, and strategic deals.
2. Support pricing decisions, commercial proposals, and investment cases with sound financial analysis.
3. Partner with sales and business leaders to improve margin quality and decision-making.

Cash Forecasting & Working Capital

• Lead cash forecasting and short- to medium-term liquidity planning.
• Provide visibility into working capital performance and cash conversion.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen cash discipline and forecasting accuracy.

Performance Management

• Establish and track KPIs across growth, margin, utilization, recurring revenue, and cash.
• Support a performance-driven operating rhythm across the business.
• Drive accountability for delivery against plan and highlight corrective actions where needed.

Team & Stakeholder Leadership

• Act as a trusted finance partner to the CFO and executive team.
• Lead and develop FP&A capability, processes, and reporting standards.
• Work cross-functionally with commercial, operations, and finance teams to improve planning and decision support.

Experience

• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, with strong depth in FP&A and business finance.
• Proven experience in executive reporting, business planning, forecasting, and performance management.
• Strong track record in profitability analysis, pricing support, and cash forecasting.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders in a growth-oriented, performance-led business.
• Background in technology, cyber-security, cloud, SaaS, managed services, or related sectors preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.