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Global Director FP&A
WhiteCrow Research
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Director
2 weeks ago
Financial Planning & AnalysisBudgetingForecastingFinancial ModelingScenario PlanningBusiness Intelligence
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About the Role
WhiteCrow Research is partnering with a global manufacturing leader to hire a Global Director FP&A in Dubai. Reporting to the CFO, this strategic leadership role drives financial planning, business performance, commercial insights, and business intelligence.
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Financial Planning & AnalysisBudgetingForecastingFinancial ModelingScenario PlanningBusiness Intelligence
Responsibilities
- Lead the Group's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long term planning processes
- Develop robust financial models and scenario planning to support strategic decision making
- Partner with senior leadership to establish financial objectives, KPIs, and multi year operating plans
- Deliver timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis to support commercial and operational decision making
- Monitor business performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency
- Prepare executive level financial reports and presentations for senior leadership, Board members, investors and lenders
- Lead monthly business performance reviews and provide actionable insights on financial performance, risks and opportunities
- Partner closely with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and other functional teams to support business performance and strategic initiatives
- Support key strategic initiatives including M&A, investments and corporate development projects
- Lead the Business Intelligence function and drive improvements in reporting, analytics and data accessibility
- Champion automation, AI enabled reporting and continuous improvement initiatives across Finance
- Lead, coach and develop a high performing team of Finance Business Partners and Business Intelligence professionals
Requirements
- Professional Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Minimum 15 years of Finance experience with at least 10 years in senior leadership positions
- Demonstrated expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis within a multinational organisation
- Strong background in manufacturing finance, including standard costing
- Experience leading regional or global finance teams
- Proven experience in executive level business partnering and stakeholder management
- Exposure to Board reporting, investor presentations and executive financial reporting
- Experience driving strategic finance initiatives and organisational performance improvements
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About WhiteCrow
- We are global talent research, insight and pipelining specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India.
- Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level.
About our client
- Our Client is the global market leader in the design, testing, and manufacture of specialty filter solutions for the tobacco industry.
- Headquartered in Singapore, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
- With a workforce of approximately 2,000 employees, Our Client serves customers in more than 120 countries worldwide.
About the role
- We are partnering with a leading global manufacturing organization to appoint a Global Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A).
- Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving financial planning, business performance, commercial insights, and business intelligence across a global footprint.
- The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting executive decision making, leading FP&A activities, enhancing business intelligence capabilities, and partnering with senior leadership to drive sustainable business growth.
As a Global Director FP&A, you will be responsible for...
- Leading the Group's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long term planning processes.
- Developing robust financial models and scenario planning to support strategic decision making.
- Partnering with senior leadership to establish financial objectives, KPIs, and multi year operating plans.
- Delivering timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis to support commercial and operational decision making.
- Monitoring business performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
- Preparing executive level financial reports and presentations for senior leadership, Board members, investors and lenders.
- Leading monthly business performance reviews and provide actionable insights on financial performance, risks and opportunities.
- Partnering closely with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and other functional teams to support business performance and strategic initiatives.
- Building strong cross functional relationships and influence decision making across the organisation.
- Supporting key strategic initiatives including M&A, investments and corporate development projects.
- Conducting financial analysis and scenario modelling to support investment decisions.
- Contributing to organisation wide strategic planning and transformation initiatives.
What you already have...
- Professional Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Minimum 15 years of Finance experience with at least 10 years in senior leadership positions.
- Demonstrated expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis within a multinational organisation.
- Strong background in manufacturing finance, including standard costing.
- Experience leading regional or global finance teams.
- Proven experience in executive level business partnering and stakeholder management.
- Exposure to Board reporting, investor presentations and executive financial reporting.
- Experience driving strategic finance initiatives and organisational performance improvements.
- Business Intelligence leadership experience.
- Finance transformation and process improvement experience.
- Exposure to M&A, investments or corporate development activities.
- Experience working with SAP and modern reporting platforms such as Power BI.
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