Finance Data Analytics & Automation Consultant (m/f/d)
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Seeking a hands-on Finance Data Analytics & Automation Consultant for a six-month, full-time project in Dubai. The role involves building automated, AI-enabled reporting using Excel, Power BI, and workflow automation.
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Responsibilities
- Review Finance reporting processes, management packs, and models to find opportunities to simplify and automate reporting
- Work with complex Excel financial models and reporting files; improve model structure, formulas, links, and efficiency
- Build structured Finance datasets from trial balance, budget, entity, GL, cost centre, and other inputs using Power Query
- Develop Power BI data models and Finance dashboards with drill downs, variance, trend, KPI, and executive views
- Use Power Automate and related tools for reporting refresh, review, and distribution
- Support AI enabled Finance reporting, commentary, summaries, and exception analysis using approved AI tools
- Document data flows, model logic, assumptions, and refresh processes; prepare handover notes and training materials
Requirements
- Hands on experience in Finance modelling: Advanced Excel, model optimization, P&L, Balance Sheet, budget versus actuals, variance, trend, trial balance, and GL mapping
- Analytics and automation: Power Query, Power BI, DAX, Power Automate, dashboards, reporting automation, reconciliation, and validation
- AI workflows: AI assisted reporting or business analysis using Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools
- Preferred experience: 6–10 years in Finance analytics, FP&A automation, business modelling, Power BI, Finance transformation, or reporting automation
- Understanding of trial balance, chart of accounts, GL mapping, cost centre reporting, entity, facility, P&L, Balance Sheet, budgeting, and forecasting structures
- Hands on, practical, structured, and solution oriented
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Role Overview
- Our client is seeking a hands on Finance Data Analytics & Automation Consultant for a six month, full time Finance transformation assignment.
- The consultant will partner with the Group Finance Director and Finance team to build a more automated, data led, AI enabled reporting environment.
- The role requires Finance reporting expertise, advanced Excel, Power BI, workflow automation, and practical AI enabled reporting skills.
- This is not an IT only, dashboard only, or advisory only role; the consultant must convert Finance logic into practical automated outputs.
Key Responsibilities
- Review Finance reporting processes, management packs, and models.
- Assess trial balance, GL, entity, cost centre, budget, and reporting outputs.
- Find opportunities to simplify and automate reporting.
- Optimize Excel based Finance models as needed.
- Work with complex Excel financial models and reporting files.
- Improve model structure, formulas, links, and efficiency.
- Convert model outputs into clean datasets for automation, dashboards, and analysis.
- Support model simplification and documentation.
- Build structured Finance datasets from trial balance, budget, entity, GL, cost centre, and other inputs.
- Use Power Query to automate data cleansing, transformation, refresh, and validation.
- Build reconciliation checks and move reporting from manual Excel files to automated workflows.
- Develop Power BI data models and Finance dashboards.
Required Skills and Experience
- Finance modelling: Advanced Excel, model optimization, P&L, Balance Sheet, budget versus actuals, variance, trend, trial balance, and GL mapping.
- Analytics and automation: Power Query, Power BI, DAX, Power Automate, dashboards, reporting automation, reconciliation, and validation.
- AI workflows: AI assisted reporting or business analysis using Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools.
Ideal Profile
- Preferred experience: 6–10 years in Finance analytics, FP&A automation, business modelling, Power BI, Finance transformation, or reporting automation.
- Relevant backgrounds may include Big 4, consulting, business modelling, or Finance transformation.
- The ideal candidate combines Finance knowledge with practical technical delivery.
Finance Knowledge Required
- Trial balance, chart of accounts, GL mapping, and cost centre reporting.
- Entity, facility, P&L, Balance Sheet, budgeting, and forecasting structures.
- Management packs, variance analysis, consolidation, and financial model structures.
Preferred Additional Exposure
- Oracle/ERP reporting, SQL, database fundamentals, or Python automation.
- Multi entity, financial statement, audit support, healthcare, services, or multi site reporting.
- Senior Finance or CFO level reporting requirements.
Candidate Attributes
- Hands on, practical, structured, and solution oriented.
- Strong in Finance logic, automation, Excel models, and reporting packs.
- Comfortable working with senior Finance stakeholders under tight timelines.
- Able to translate business requirements into automated outputs.
- Disciplined in confidentiality, documentation, handover, and knowledge transfer.
Assignment Duration and Work Arrangement
- Duration: Initial six month assignment
- Capacity: Full time, five days per week
- Location: Onsite with the Finance team in Dubai UAE
- Reporting line: Group Finance Director
- Any extension will depend on project needs and performance.
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