Senior Vice President, Finance and Portfolio Performance

Job description / Role

Location: Abu Dhabi

Our client, an institutional investment firm in Abu Dhabi, is hiring for a senior finance leader to oversee financial planning, performance analysis, and strategic decision support. The role will be focused on driving financial transformation, digitalisation, and long-term value creation across the portfolio.

The ideal candidate will bring deep FP&A expertise, strong commercial insight, and a passion for enabling smarter, faster business decisions through analytics and collaboration.

The successful candidate is likely to be a CFA holder or MBA from a reputable institution, with experience in either group FP&A across multiple sectors in complex group structures, or from an economist/corporate finance background with broad-ranging experience. Applicants should be able to demonstrate a track record of driving change, improvements, and a proactive approach to budgeting, business planning, and senior/exco stakeholder management.

Experience in utilising data, analytics, and implementing new technology to streamline data collection and analysis is highly desirable.

This role requires a native Arabic speaker due to the nature of stakeholder relationships across the group.