Kearney
Client Finance Analyst
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
- Urgent
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Job expiry date: 12/09/2025
Job overview
Date posted
29/07/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED Undisclosed per month
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
12/09/2025
Job description
As an Analyst within Kearneyâs Dubai office, you will play a vital role in supporting the Client Finance and Operations function for the Middle East region. Reporting to the Client Finance Manager and guided by a Senior Analyst, youâll be responsible for financial operations across the full project lifecycleâfrom pipeline management and job activation to invoicing and time/expense management. You will serve as an internal advisor to Practice leadership and other key stakeholders. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Staffing, HR, Legal, and Office Management, and work closely with finance colleagues across Dubai, South Africa, and Turkey.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Ensure complete and accurate tracking of potential sales opportunities in SAP in collaboration with project leadership
- Use judgment and understanding to challenge pipeline attributes for reliable inputs into financial planning and forecasting
- Track, monitor and review documentation requirements at the proposal stage of a project
- Present pipeline status and outlook to Practice Leaders regularly
- Ensure timely creation of billable job codes aligned with Project Officers and revenue recognition policies
- Collect and validate pricing tools/budgets and other documentation to activate projects per internal policies
- Liaise with FST to accurately record budget, dates, and schedules in SAP
- Coordinate with Translations team for Arabic contracts
- Align with Staffing function on resources vs budget
- Create and maintain invoice schedules in SAP
- Issue client invoices timely, coordinating with project teams, FST, and Translations where needed
- Support Senior Analyst with cash forecasting dates, collections follow-ups and invoice portal management
- Review, validate and process time or expense recharges from project teams
- Support Senior Analyst with WIP management where needed
- Assist with financial tool access and usage (e.g. pricing tool, budget creation)
- Fulfill RFP data requests
- Support client creation in accordance with internal policies
- Assist with local audit requests
- Contribute non-practice specific tasks across broader Client Finance function
- Support Senior Analyst on ad hoc reporting and analysis
Experience & skills
- Bachelorâs degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Progress toward or completion of a professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, CPA, ACA) preferred
- 2â4 yearsâ experience in finance, commercial operations, or similar function
- Consulting or professional services industry background is a plus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- High attention to detail, accuracy, and organization
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP R3, Oracle)
- Familiarity with tools like Power BI or Alteryx is a bonus
- Effective communicator with senior stakeholders
- Team player able to work independently and handle multiple priorities
- Excellent verbal and written communication in English
- Arabic language skills desirable
