Regional Lead Financial Planning Analysis and Reporting - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - APCO Worldwide
Description
Lead the Regional Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting; supports Regional Finance Director to provide information, data, analysis, and insights to result in data-driven, profit-increasing decisions.
Actively partners with Regional Finance Director to support financial and capital budgeting/forecasting and other high value analysis.Supports, creates, and delivers enhanced management reports / dashboards that allow business partners to better understand their business and make informed decisions.
Works closely with the Regional Finance Director to provide senior executive management with regular feedback and communication with respect to variations between plan and actuals, including the projected impact to future results, and communicates regularly with senior management throughout the reporting cycle, providing timely updates, expert analysis, and responses to inquiries.
Provides substantive analytical support to the wider team as part of the monthly and quarterly earnings cycle, including helping executives understand trends and anomalies in the business results.
Partners closely with counterparts in Europe, North America and Asia, under the direction of the Global Head, FP&A and Reporting, to help push forward best practices and support special projects.
Helps develop overall long-term strategic plans requiring in-depth knowledge of the company, competitive landscape, trends, and economic and social implications of organizational activities.
Role Requirements
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration or alternative workplace experience required, with 8+ years in a Financial-related field.