Planning, Budgeting and Financial Analysis Lead - Riyadh

The opportunity

As we roll out our Acceleration Strategy across various Service Lines (SL), the role of the PBFA becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability.

Reporting into Finance, this role requires the individual to also support the SL COO on P&L management and other KPIs. Establishing best in class support, functional expertise and reporting solutions, with occasional involvement on various SL initiatives as well.

Your key responsibilities:

• Lead a team of PBFA analyst(s) to ensure timely completion of below activities
• Produce weekly and monthly reporting on business performance for the SL.
• P&L management and ownership for that SL
• Actual vs Plan tracking on KPIs to identify and explain variances.
• Provide financial analytics and insights to help drive business decisions.
• Support Operations lead in the root cause analysis of identified variances and identification of possible solutions to resolve issues.
• Lead in development of financial models for different scenarios to assess impacts of changing levers.
• With time, develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and SL Leadership.
• Be the ‘Go To’ person for any financial data relating to the SL.
• Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within PBFA space.
• Support in Adhoc requests from the Finance team and SL Leadership

Skills and attributes for success:

• Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution.
• Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and ask questions.
• Well-developed listening skills.

To qualify for the role you must be:

• Willing to working in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic.
• Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships.
• Having strong knowledge of MS Office Packages. Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word in particular.
• Having excellent communications and organizational skills.
• Either have a finance related degree, be studying for an accountancy qualification or experience working in the finance department.
• Be innovative, confident and creative with ability to challenge.