Financial Analyst

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Job Purpose:

Assist management by providing accurate and timely financial business support. This position is an opportunity to provide financial analysis support to various business functions to help them maximize business performance.

Functional Accountabilities:

• Build financial models using data from financial systems and other sources, to support business decisions and the execution of strategic and tactical initiatives.

• Partner with management to understand expense and OI drivers and monitor performance against established targets.

• Establish and maintain strong business partnerships and cross-functional relationships to provide decision support.

• Think creatively to assist the business in generating ideas to control costs

• Collaborate with business partners to deliver accurate and timely results, including relevant variance explanations.

• Actively participate in the Annual Planning process, quarterly review and Latest Estimate processes by providing support and analytics.

• Initiate continual process improvement efforts that enhance timeliness and accuracy

• Assist in the preparation of business plans/business case analysis for new projects or initiatives

• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis as needed

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent

Experience, Skills & Competencies

• 2 - 4 years of experience in the same role with medium or large size business Excellent computer skills (MS-Office & Oracle Discoverer).

• Strong communication abilities

• Strong analytical and interpretation skills with strong financial modeling skills

• Proficiency in English Language and Arabic knowledge is essential plus.