Al Tayer Group
Senior Financial Analyst ā Joint Venture Portfolio
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 04/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
20/09/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
04/11/2025
Job description
Al Tayer Insignia, the retail division of Al Tayer Group and a leader in luxury retail in the Middle East, represents top global brands across fashion, jewellery, home, department stores, beauty, lifestyle, and hospitality, including Bloomingdales, Harvey Nichols, Armani, Gymshark, and The White Company. The Senior Financial Analyst ā Joint Venture Portfolio is responsible for providing financial insights, performance analysis, and strategic support across a portfolio of joint ventures in the luxury retail sector. The role reports JV financial status, ensures compliance and alignment with corporate objectives, and builds strong relationships with JV partners and internal stakeholders. It supports decision-making and planning through analysis and reporting of financial performance, maintains effective controls over JV financial processes, and oversees management information and budgets in line with Al Tayer Insignia guidelines. Located in Garhoud, Dubai, UAE.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Liaise with JVsā finance team to gather financial information to compute the companyās share in profits and share relevant information with the booking teams to accrue the same
- Support finance team with relevant inputs and analytics to be included in the monthly MIS
- Support booking of investments and loan related transactions with the JVs including computation of interest charges
- Support finance team to ensure timely collection of receivables from the JVs
- Support external auditors by providing relevant information and analytics for audit of the JV related items in the financials
- Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate new JVsā performance, profitability, and investment returns
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for each JV entity
- Conduct variance analysis and provide actionable insights to senior leadership highlighting any emerging concerns and recommending potential resolutions
- Analyse and review G&A recharge by JV companies to ensure compliance, integrity, and alignment to ATIās guidelines
- Support to track and manage invoicing and recharges for services provided to JV companies by ATI
- Track and report key financial and operational metrics across the JV portfolio
- Prepare monthly and quarterly performance updates and board packs
- Build and maintain JV performance database and dashboards
- Identify risks and opportunities within JV operations and financials
- Collaborate with JV partners to understand financial goals, reporting standards, and governance
- Support Associate Director ā Joint Ventures with preparation for JV board meetings with financial presentations and strategic recommendations
- Liaise with internal departments (e.g., Legal, Tax, Treasury) to ensure JV compliance and alignment
- Assist in evaluating new JV opportunities, including financial due diligence, financial modelling and sensitivity analysis
- Support restructuring, divestment, or expansion initiatives within the JV portfolio
- Contribute to strategic projects such as digital transformation, cost optimization, and capital allocation
- Assist with due diligence review on potential JV partners, summarize key findings and suggest way forward including risk mitigation strategies
- Support the Associate Director ā Joint Ventures to ensure that ATIās interests and rights, as the JV partner, are protected throughout the JV lifecycle
- Support in managing documentation, approvals and governance activities of new and existing JVs
- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with IFRS
- Monitor adherence from a financial perspective to JV agreements, shareholder rights, and governance frameworks
- Coordinate with the external audit process including preparation of year end and interim financial statements
- Facilitate connections with external advisors on tax requirements if needed without providing advice
Experience & skills
- Bachelorās degree with relevant professional qualification, such as CIMA, CFA, ACCA etc.
- Minimum 3ā5 yearsā experience in FP&A or commercial finance, preferably in a JV, retail environment
- Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modeling, and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI)
- Proficient in English language; Arabic would be an advantage
- Knowledge of JV structures, governance, and financial reporting standards
- Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in accordance with IFRS
- Coordinate with external audit process including preparation of year end and interim financial statements
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects; strong organizational skills
- High integrity with strong work ethic; exceptional attention to detail
- Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
