Financial Planning and Analysis Director
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About the Role
Who Are We HALA is a leading fintech player in the MENAP region that aims to redefine financial services and build the future bank of SMEs. HALA aims at empowering SMEs to start.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long range financial planning
- Build and maintain company wide financial models, including revenue, cost, cash flow, profitability, and valuation scenarios
- Develop financial scenarios to support strategic decisions, including growth plans, cost optimization, funding, and IPO readiness
- Track company performance against budget, forecast, and strategic targets
- Prepare monthly and quarterly management reports for leadership, board, and investors
- Identify financial risks, opportunities, and performance gaps, and recommend corrective actions
- Partner with business units to evaluate commercial initiatives, product profitability, pricing, and unit economics
- Support strategic projects such as fundraising, IPO preparation, market expansion, M&A, and new business lines
- Analyze revenue trends, gross margins, contribution margins, CAC, LTV, payback period, and other fintech/business KPIs
- Monitor operating expenses and support cost control initiatives
- Build, lead, and develop a high performing FP&A team
- Improve FP&A processes, systems, dashboards, and reporting quality
Requirements
- Extensive experience in FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling
- Proven leadership and team management skills
- Strong analytical and data driven decision making skills
- Experience in fintech or financial services (preferred)
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Role Purpose
- The FP&A Director will lead HALA's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance management.
- The role is responsible for providing strategic financial insights, building scalable financial models, supporting leadership decision making, and ensuring HALA has strong financial visibility as the company continues to grow, mature, and prepare for future strategic milestones.
- This role will act as a key finance partner to business leaders, helping translate company strategy into financial plans, performance targets, and actionable insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long range financial planning.
- Financial Planning & Forecasting: Build and maintain company wide financial models, including revenue, cost, cash flow, profitability, and valuation scenarios.
- Financial Planning & Forecasting: Develop financial scenarios to support strategic decisions, including growth plans, cost optimization, funding, and IPO readiness.
- Business Performance Management: Track company performance against budget, forecast, and strategic targets.
- Business Performance Management: Prepare monthly and quarterly management reports for leadership, board, and investors.
- Business Performance Management: Identify financial risks, opportunities, and performance gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
- Strategic Finance & Decision Support: Partner with business units to evaluate commercial initiatives, product profitability, pricing, and unit economics.
- Strategic Finance & Decision Support: Support strategic projects such as fundraising, IPO preparation, market expansion, M&A, and new business lines.
- Strategic Finance & Decision Support: Provide data driven recommendations to improve profitability, efficiency, and capital allocation.
- Revenue, Cost & Profitability Analysis: Analyze revenue trends, gross margins, contribution margins, CAC, LTV, payback period, and other fintech/business KPIs.
- Revenue, Cost & Profitability Analysis: Monitor operating expenses and support cost control initiatives.
- Revenue, Cost & Profitability Analysis: Drive deeper visibility into segment, product, channel, and customer level profitability.
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