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.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; Professional qualification such as CMA, CPA, ACCA, CFA, or SOCPA