DFF - FPA Associate Manager

Organization: Dubai GovernmentEducational-level Beginning of the main content section.Return to the home pagePrintable Format Job Description - DFF - FPA Associate Manager (26003080)Job Description DFF - FPA Associate Manager - (26003080) About Dubai Future Foundation:Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) was established in 2016 to institutionalize future-shaping for Dubai and strengthen the city’s position as a leading global city of the future. The Foundation works in partnership with government and private-sector entities to imagine, design and accelerate Dubai’s future. Its work spans five strategic areas: future foresight, knowledge dissemination, capacity building, future design and future acceleration. At the heart of DFF’s mandate is turning future-focused ideas and opportunities into tangible outcomes. The Foundation embraces risk-taking, agility and foresight as key attributes in navigating emerging opportunities and challenges. DFF is guided by a core belief that leading in the present is not enough; the future must be actively imagined, designed and executed.Job Description LIFE AT DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATIONDubai Future Foundation (DFF) aims to realize the wise vision of Dubai’s leadership to keep Dubai 10 years ahead, institutionalizing future-oriented thinking and forward-looking methodologies that position Dubai as the leading city of the future.In collaboration with government entities, global institutions, startups, and innovators, DFF drives collective efforts to imagine, design, and execute the best possible future for humanity.Under the supervision of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of DFF, the Foundation oversees a portfolio of initiatives that include the Museum of the Future, Area 2071, Dubai Future Accelerators, Dubai Future Labs, Dubai Future Academy, Dubai Future Forum, Dubai Centre for AI, and the Dubai RDI Program.Through these platforms, DFF institutionalizes foresight, enables innovation, builds talent, and designs the systems and industries that will keep Dubai 10 years ahead in every dimension of its future.For more information on the initiatives, projects, and programs of Dubai Future Foundation, please visit www.dubaifuture.ae.WHERE DOES THIS ROLE FIT INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE?This role is the financial backbone of DFF’s portfolio. The FP&A Associate Manager owns the financial insights that underpin how DFF plans, spends, and invests.The role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Foundation’s accounts, developing and safeguarding the annual budget, and maintaining a forward-looking view of financial performance through rigorous forecasting and analysis.Embedded across project teams and corporate services, the role translates financial data into actionable insights that enable leadership to allocate resources effectively, fund strategic initiatives, and ensure financial discipline across the portfolio.The role combines strong financial stewardship with analytical thinking, requiring the ability to manage financial reporting, challenge forecasts, and assess the financial rationale behind major investments.FP&A ASSOCIATE MANAGERFINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP & ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE• Support the maintenance and integrity of DFF’s accounts, ensuring financial records are accurate, complete, and reconciled.• Maintain a reliable and up-to-date view of the Foundation’s financial position across entities, initiatives, and cost centres.• Partner with Accounting and Corporate Services to support month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, and reporting cycles.• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, controls, and approval frameworks, proactively identifying and flagging gaps or risks.• Maintain clean and well-structured financial data and a single source of truth for downstream analysis and reporting.BUDGETING & ANNUAL PLANNING• Lead the development of DFF’s annual budget, working with project teams and Corporate Services to build accurate, bottom-up plans.• Translate strategic priorities and initiatives into funded and appropriately resourced budget lines.• Manage the annual planning cycle end-to-end, including templates, timelines, consolidation, review, and sign-off.• Constructively challenge budget submissions, testing assumptions and ensuring expenditure is justified and aligned with strategic priorities.• Establish clear budget ownership and accountability across departments, with defined baselines against which performance can be measured.FORECASTING, SPEND ANALYSIS & PERFORMANCE• Develop and maintain rolling budget forecasts, updating them as actuals, commitments, and business conditions change.• Track and analyze DFF’s expenditure across projects and corporate functions, understanding what is being spent, where, why, and against which budget.• Conduct variance analysis across budget, actuals, and forecasts, identifying key drivers and

FP&A ASSOCIATE MANAGER FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP & ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE • Support the maintenance and integrity of DFF’s accounts, ensuring financial records are accurate, complete, and reconciled. • Maintain a reliable and up-to-date view of the Foundation’s financial position across entities, initiatives, and cost centres. • Partner with Accounting and Corporate Services to support month-end and year-end close, reconciliations, and reporting cycles. • Ensure compliance with internal financial policies, controls, and approval frameworks, proactively identifying and flagging gaps or risks. • Maintain clean and well-structured financial data and a single source of truth for downstream analysis and reporting. BUDGETING & ANNUAL PLANNING • Lead the development of DFF’s annual budget, working with project teams and Corporate Services to build accurate, bottom-up plans. • Translate strategic priorities and initiatives into funded and appropriately resourced budget lines. • Manage the annual planning cycle end-to-end, including templates, timelines, consolidation, review, and sign-off. • Constructively challenge budget submissions, testing assumptions and ensuring expenditure is justified and aligned with strategic priorities. • Establish clear budget ownership and accountability across departments, with defined baselines against which performance can be measured. FORECASTING, SPEND ANALYSIS & PERFORMANCE • Develop and maintain rolling budget forecasts, updating them as actuals, commitments, and business conditions change. • Track and analyze DFF’s expenditure across projects and corporate functions, understanding what is being spent, where, why, and against which budget. • Conduct variance analysis across budget, actuals, and forecasts, identifying key drivers and