Financial Planning Analyst Dubai UAE

Position: Financial Planning Analyst

Date posted: 2023-11-16

Industry: other

Employment type: Full Time

Experience: 3 to 5 year

Qualification: Qualified Chartered Accountant / ACA, ACCA, CPA etc

Salary: AED 5000 to 10000

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company: Confidential

Description:

Financial Planning Analyst

Beehive Fintech · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About Beehive and Peer-to-Peer Lending:

Launched in 2014 by entrepreneur Craig Moore with the support of Rick Pudner, former Group CEO of Emirates NBD, Beehive is the largest peer-to-peer lending platform in the GCC. Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is based on crowdfunding principles, connecting a business with a crowd of many investors to eliminate the cost and complexity of conventional finance. The result is a more efficient, streamlined process that gives businesses faster access to lower-cost finance and investors better returns on their money.

Beehive has rapidly grown into a leading disruptor in the fintech industry, providing an alternative finance solution for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In May 2023, e& acquired a majority stake in Beehive, presenting a huge opportunity to increase and accelerate SME financing and innovation. Beehive currently has a team of 70+ professionals based across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman. The team is a group of tenacious, passionate and driven individuals who possess a wealth of experience in financial markets and innovation, both in the GCC and internationally. We are excited to enter our next stage of growth and expand our team to help fulfil our business goals.

Your mission:

• To provide fast, accessible and digital financial solutions for SMEs across MENA. In this role, that means:
• You support on major business decisions through financial planning, analysis and forecasting
• You act as a business partner across the organization, and a strategic advisor for the Finance Director

Success for you means:

• Provide actionable insights to senior leadership through performance and financial analysis
• Inputs to this success metric are:
• Cross departmental collaboration
• Delivery of monthly reporting pack internally and externally
• Creating dynamic dashboards for internal and external use

Day-to-day you will:

• Provide FP&A support to the finance team and senior leadership team related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts, variance analyses, long-term planning, risk/opportunity assessments, and periodic/ad hoc reporting
• Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
• Dive deeply into both financial and non-financial data and become a subject matter expert to provide additional insights.
• Work on corporate projects and initiatives that impact the entire organization.
• Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
• Partner with the accounting team during the close process, which includes reviewing departmental general ledgers, recording transactional activity, preparing revenue and expense accruals, and providing P&L and Cash variance explanations to budget and forecasts
• Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.
• Support with necessary account and system reconciliations
• Support the wider finance team with regulatory and group reporting

This might be you if:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 year of experience in finance or accounting or a related area
• General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics
• Experience working with financial services products
• Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture
• Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization

Bonus points for:

• Self starter attitude
• Experience with reporting data to a large corporation
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA etc.)

Why join us?

• With Beehive, you have the opportunity to join an exciting, fast growth company with immense opportunity for growth. This role gives you the opportunity and ownership over various functions of the Finance function within the company. This is a great role for someone looking for a new challenge, and willing to experience working within a high performing team.