Finance Manager FP&A

Job Role

Al Futtaim is looking for an experienced Business Presentation Specialist to join our FP&A team within the Automotive Division. Based in Dubai and reporting to the Sr. Finance Manager for FP&A, the ideal candidate will have strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to organize and present data in a compelling manner. This role requires an individual who is creative, organized and detail oriented.

The successful candidate will ideally be a qualified accountant and have experience in developing presentations and leading meetings with senior stakeholders. If you are a motivated professional with a passion for creating presentations that drive results, this is the job for you!

• Budgeting and Forecasting
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting calendar and process
• Support with the budgeting and forecasting templates and requirements
• Support with the budgeting guidelines and assumptions (e.g., Manpower Planning)
• Review budgets by LE (P&L, BS, and Cash Flow) and Profit Centre (P&L, WC, Capex) for Group Functions and Group Consolidation
• Review budgets by LE and Profit Centre for Division Functions and Divisional Consolidation
• Review budgets by LE and Profit Centre for BUs within existing Divisions
• Review budgets by LE and Profit Centre for Incubated Businesses – New Sectors
• Support budget challenge reviews – reviewing outputs, scrutinizing assumptions and drivers, assessing sensitivity of drivers for Division, BUs within existing Divisions, Incubated Businesses – New Sectors
• Support in defining the budget cost recharges and allocation framework for Group services provided to business, Division services provided to business, Shared services provided to business
• Support in ensuring the true-up is completed two times per year and reflected correctly in business forecast
• Support in the preparation of budgets for GDA in conjunction with the commercial business department to ensure reliability of the key assumptions
• Control and monitoring of operating budget, investigating variances where necessary
• Support the re-forecasting the budget during quarterly financial reviews recommending upward or downward adjustments considering market conditions and business requirements
• To support Finance managers, manage and maintain month end actual reporting process, budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning submissions ensuring accuracy, integrity and timeliness

• Support management reporting process, cadence and overall framework
• Support and maintain minimum KPIs and Metrics to be reported on a periodic basis at the level of Division and Bus
• Perform analysis; prepare standalone and aggregated periodic management rep. packs for Group and Incubated Businesses – New Sectors, Division, BU
• Conduct periodic business performance review for performance at the level of Incubated Businesses – New Sectors, Division, BU
• Support the controlling functions for GDA 2060 – Validity of Census Headcount Report, Review of Total Rewards posting every payroll processing, Verification of balance sheet schedules (e.g., prepayment, accruals), Oversee ICM review, acceptance and escalation, True‑up activities (AAA, Group Housing, GDA allocable cost and Group Cost), Review of open POs to ensure appropriate accruals

• Automotive Like‑for‑Like Analysis
• Credit Card transaction Analysis
• Automotive Balance Scorecard
• Automotive EBIT Adjustment Review Analysis
• Automotive Bonus/Incentive Pay‑out Analysis

• Support the development of strategic plan and its financial implications
• Support to identify and drive cross‑business synergies as an input to strategic planning process across Divisions and across BUs within a Division
• Support strategic plan challenge sessions at the level of Division and BU

• Periodically analyse country wise performance/exposure of the business – Division wise within a country
• Periodically analyse and categorise portfolio into the portfolio segments as per the framework (e.g., performing – stable, growth; non‑performing – turnaround, exit)
• Perform divestment impact/feasibility…