Financial Planning And Analysis Manager

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

https://www.mncjobsgulf.com/company/sephora

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Job Description

EN - JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION PURPOSE:
To lead the financial planning and controlling department, coordinating a team of 4 people. To oversee the overall financial performance of the middle east region (6 retail countries and 7 legal entities), through insightful analysis, proactive risk management, and providing decision support to both local management and the headquarters in France.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Financial Planning Oversight: Manage and improve key financial planning processes.
Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the development of annual budgets, estimates, in collaboration with retail managers and department heads.
Business Review Support: Assist in the preparation of market-level business reviews.
Weekly and Monthly Reporting & Analysis: Deliver accurate sales and financial reports, including KPIs. Provide insightful analysis of variances against budget and prior year performance.
Profitability Management:
Investigate and address significant budget overspends and deviations, recommending corrective actions.
Conduct gross margin and stock depreciation analysis, offering optimization strategies.
Analyse market performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
Team Development: Coach and mentor finance team members.
Project Leadership: Lead financial projects as required.
Process Improvement: Optimize existing financial processes and tools to support business development.
Pricing process Coordination
Financial Modelling: Develop financial models
Capital investments preparation, submission and assessment

SKILLS, QUALITIFCATIONS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Master degree in Finance or Business administration
10+ years as Finance Leader in multinational and large-scale companies; a previous experience in retail industry is preferred
Strong analytical and Finance skills
Proven experience as a successful team leader
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with ability to influence at various organizational levels
Dynamic profile, agile & proactive, problem solver, team player
Fluent in English, French is a plus
Advanced Excel and Power Point is mandatory
Expert knowledge of SAP & Power BI is a plus