Planning and Reporting Manager

GG Selection

UAE

Ref: RP506-198

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A very rare opportunity to join one of the world's leading and most respected Fortune 500 Professional Services firms. This role requires a dynamic, hardworking and tenacious individual to manage financial planning and forecasting process, strategic planning and delivering insight through management reporting and analysis ensuring that this evolves to meet the needs of the business.

You will be supporting and providing leverage to the Head of Finance by holistically monitoring the P&L, implementing initiatives and effectively meeting business objectives in key areas. Working closely with Commercial, Finance and Accounting Managers, you will monitor the business performance and early detection of issues. You will work to deliver timely and meaningful financial reporting to management as a basis for business decisions including modelling/scenario planning.

Key Areas of Job Responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Analysis
• Develop TOMs based on internal inputs and external market factors
• Coordinate and prepare the strategic and financial plans and forecasts in accordance with global and regional guidelines
• Work closely with the Head of Finance on scenario planning
• Act as a Change agent for the FIM Planning roll out by working closely with Global and in turn providing the relevant local training and support to the office
• Work closely with the Commercial team to identify and track variances

Reporting
• Provide timely and meaningful management reporting for the partner group and ensure that the reporting continually evolves to meet the needs of the business
• Continually update and evolve reporting to tell a compelling story and engage the end-user using available tools.
• Support Partners and Principals with PA or client specific reporting on a monthly or ad hoc basis.
• Support the Head of Finance with ad-hoc financial analysis’ and act as a source for the local office management reporting and analysis needs

Firm performance in collaboration with the Head of Finance and Heads of Functions
• Working closely with Commercial Manager, implement pipeline and process to enhance forward look on business performance
• Partner closely with the ME Commercial Manager, provide back up and together identify opportunities to streamline processes
• Continuously identifying and implementing programs for reducing "Other costs" and profit improvement measures. Also responsible for office Capital Expenditures budgets
• Prepare monthly reports to monitor other costs and address questions for the Heads of Functions; early detection of potential overruns

Requirements

Basic Job Requirements:

Essential Skills & Attributes
• Excellent written and oral communication; must have the ability to partner and communicate well at all levels within the organization
• Should exhibit strong analytical skills, structured and accurate
• Ability to see the big picture and provide support to Head of Finance and Office Leadership, but also be hands-on and willing to get involved in the detail where necessary
• Strong time management skills needed to work towards aggressive deadlines and fluctuating priorities
• Independent work style, with strong organization capabilities
• Advanced knowledge of Alteryx and Tableau and US GAP

Desirable Skills & Attributes
• Multinational experience preferably with a US company
• International experience a plus
• Experience with Oracle, Business Objects and other Accounting and Analysis Tools
• Flexibility to work in an environment that has short-term shifts in priorities to meet a diverse customer base

About the Company

GG Selection is a search partner with an international presence, clients in diverse industries, and a network of talent for all levels of seniority and experience. We’re not limited by industry or geography, and we treat every brief and every client like the individual case it is — never making assumptions or taking anything for granted, and always tailoring our service to the needs we discover.

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