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:

1. Lead the annual budgeting, business planning, and rolling forecast process.
2. Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts and performance outlooks.
3. Analyze actual results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, providing clear variance explanations.
4. Prepare financial reporting packs for management, the CFO, CEO, Board of Directors, and Audit Committee.
5. Develop and monitor key financial and operational KPIs and performance dashboards.
6. Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, net profit, and cash flow performance.
7. Conduct profitability analysis by business unit, channel, product, brand, customer, and store.
8. Support quarterly and annual reporting for listed companies, including CMA, Tadawul, and investor relations requirements.
9. Prepare financial models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and strategic business cases.
10. Evaluate investments, CAPEX, new projects, and expansion opportunities using ROI, IRR, NPV, and payback analysis.
11. Monitor working capital, cash flow, liquidity, inventory, receivables, and payables.
12. Partner with business functions to control costs, improve margins, and identify profitability opportunities.
13. Monitor departmental spending and ensure compliance with approved budgets and financial targets.
14. Support external audits, regulatory reviews, and financial analyses required by management or regulatory authorities.
15. 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.