Assistant FP&A Manager
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Date posted
October 23, 2026
Hiring location
Dubai
Career level
Mid-Senior
Qualification
ACCA or CMA CA
Experience
7 Years
Gender
Any
Description
The Assistant FP&A Manager combines financial planning with data analytics and reporting automation. The role supports budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis and management decision-making while improving the speed and quality of business insight through dashboards, data models and appropriate AI-enabled tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and continuously improve Power BI dashboards, automated management reports, data models, SQL queries and DAX measures.
- Coordinate annual budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans with relevant business units and support functions.
- Analyse actual results against budget, forecast and prior-year performance, identifying major drivers and explaining variances.
- Review sales by business unit, brand, branch, product and customer, including revenue, volumes, gross profit, discounts and product mix.
- Prepare P&L, profitability and KPI reports, flash updates and executive dashboards that highlight key risks and opportunities.
- Develop financial models, scenarios and sensitivity analysis to inform planning and strategic decisions.
- Partner with Sales, Operations, Procurement, HR and Finance to validate data and translate performance results into actions.
- Identify responsible AI opportunities for forecasting, variance analysis and repetitive reporting tasks.
Requirements and Skills
- A professional finance qualification such as CA, ACCA or CMA.
- At least seven years of relevant experience in FP&A or a closely related finance role.
- Strong skills in SAP, Power BI, SQL, SAP Analytics Cloud, advanced Excel and financial modelling.
- High standards of data reconciliation, financial analysis and management reporting.
- Ability to explain numerical findings clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Interest in using automation and AI to improve reporting quality and decision speed.
Qualifications
CA, ACCA or CMA. Candidates should also demonstrate the role-related skills listed above and be able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and other stakeholders.
Employment Details
This is a full-time opportunity with Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group. The listed location is Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Daily priorities will depend on operational requirements, team coordination and the standards relevant to the role.
The position suits a commercially minded finance professional who can move beyond routine reporting and turn reliable data into recommendations that support business performance.
Skills
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