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