Senior Finance Analyst

This role sits within the Commercial Finance department of a consulting firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, the position is a full-time hire suited to a finance professional with strong analytical capability, a business-partnering mindset, and a genuine interest in automation and data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with commercial and sales teams to build, challenge, and refine budgets, forecasts, and business cases.
• Prepare monthly management reporting, including variance analysis of revenue, gross margin, and operating costs against budget and forecast.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support pricing, customer profitability, and investment decisions.
• Analyse sales performance by event, customer, and region, and clearly communicate the drivers behind the numbers.
• Support the annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting cycles, consolidating inputs from across the business.
• Track and report on key commercial KPIs, identifying risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Evaluate capital expenditure and new business proposals, providing ROI, payback, and sensitivity analysis.
• Identify and lead opportunities to automate manual reporting and processes using tools such as Power Query, Python, or AI-driven assistants to improve speed, accuracy, and data quality.
• Champion the adoption of data, analytics, and AI tools within the Commercial Finance team, building dashboards and self-service reporting that place insight directly in the hands of the business.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies, and applicable UAE financial regulations.
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification — or active progression towards one — such as ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or CPA is strongly preferred.
• Three to five years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or commercial finance, ideally within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Demonstrable experience business-partnering with non-finance stakeholders.
• Prior experience in the UAE or wider GCC region is an advantage.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modelling; proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complex data into clear, concise recommendations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with confidence presenting to senior leadership.
• Experience with BI and visualisation tools such as Power BI or Tableau is desirable.
• Genuine interest in AI, automation, and data, with curiosity about emerging tools including generative AI assistants, Python, SQL, and Power Query.
• Commercial acumen, attention to detail, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
  
  

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