Senior Financial Analyst

Job description / Role

Position Description:

This position is for professional with experience in electricity and water utility company with background in business development and electricity and water Tariff

key Responsibilities:
• Studies and analyses the impact of changing market conditions in order to understand their
financial implications on Kahramaa’ s operations
• Performs valuation analysis on a wide range of target investment opportunities using accepted and relevant approaches and theory
• Establishes the future cost of power (MW, MWh) and Water (M3) based on the available market data with changing fuel and other costs and conditions
• Develops new financial models and enhances existing models in order to provide more accurate financial analysis for sound financial decisions.
• Coordinates with Finance and Customer Services Departments to monitor/get the electricity and water consumption pattern for each sector in order to analyze the tariff and recommend the best tariff structure for each sector in KAHRAMAA
• Studies and analyses the existing tariff structure and recommend methods of optimizing the overall tariff in line with overall organization objectives
• Updates and develops tariff models applied to different customers
• Provides analysis, assessment, and advice on the financial and commercial risk aspects of power and water sales agreements
• Studies and analysis the current commercial agreements and identify the key challenges and gaps of Kahramaa’ s agreements benchmark against global best practices in a similar environment.
• Studies and analysis the existing connection and other services fees and recommend improvement on the current fees benchmark against GCC countries and global best practices in a similar environment.
• Assists senior management to appoint external Consultants and to contribute to the management of the consultancy services.
• Works in cooperation with Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement department on securing and maintaining the ISO 9001 certification
• Carries out and ensures compliance of all activities within the Business Development and Tariffication Section are in line with Kahramaa health and safety regulations
• Defines performance goals at the start of the year in discussion with the reporting manager and ensures that the goals are achieved during the year
• Identifies the training and development requirements for self and agrees on them with the reporting manager to ensure that the required trainings are arranged and attended
• Keeps abreast of professional developments, new techniques and current issues through continued education and professional growth.

Requirements

Education and Experience:
• Must have achieved minimum bachelor’s degree business, accounting, finance, economics, or related field from a reputed university.
• CFA certificate preferred.
• Minimum 7 years’ Experience in a similar role, with GCC countries experience is plus
• Commercial Awareness
• Proven experience in solar, PPP and IPP projects funding by bank is preferred.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, and financial software applications.
• Presentation, reporting, and communication skills.
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance, and information analysis.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Deep understanding of the financial system and institutions
• Ability to present financial information to a non-financial audience.
• Working knowledge of financial strategies.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Detail-oriented and able to perform in a high-pressure environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Arabic.

About the Company

We are Qatar’s licensed professional Human Resource Recruitment Service and Staff Outsourcing firm committed to serving our valuable clients with the highest standard of excellence and professionalism in a legal, ethical, cost-effective and timely manner. Our employment services covers all levels of professional experience and a wide range of industries and willingly assist companies of all sizes.

Thus, we are dedicated to building long-term relationships with both clients and candidates whilst living by our core values; Integrity, Excellence, Commitment & Determination, Teamwork, Respect, Innovation and Change!

At United, we take our obligations towards Quality at the same time, taking care not to conflict with those policies of our clients and the government authorities in Qatar and other countries. This ensures that provision of manpower fits in seamlessly with the operation of our clients.