Agility Logistics
Analyst - FP&A
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job overview
Date posted
24/04/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Compensation
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
08/06/2025
Job description
The FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Specialist is a key member of the finance team responsible for providing financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making. This role involves budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and performance reporting. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in developing detailed financial forecasts, performing scenario and sensitivity analyses, and preparing insightful performance reports. The position also supports strategic planning efforts, including long-term business modeling and potential mergers and acquisitions. This is an on-site role based in Abu Dhabi and offers exposure to high-level financial strategy within a dynamic logistics and supply chain environment.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
- Analyze variances between actual and budgeted results.
- Identify trends and provide insights to improve forecasting accuracy.
- Build detailed financial forecasts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow projections.
- Build and maintain complex financial models to evaluate business opportunities and support valuations.
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.
- Support strategic planning initiatives with financial modeling.
- Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
- Evaluate the financial impact of different assumptions and variables.
- Critically evaluate financial information, identifying issues and suggesting solutions.
- Conduct market research on industry trends, competition, and opportunities.
- Analyze competitor financials to benchmark performance and identify opportunities.
- Develop KPIs and dashboards to support business monitoring.
- Provide performance insights to management.
- Support development of long-term strategic plans.
- Evaluate mergers and acquisition opportunities with financial analysis.
Experience & skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- MBA or professional certification such as CFA, CA, or ACCA preferred.
- 3–4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis or related field.
- Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and VBA/macros.
- Experience developing complex financial models.
- Understanding of data science applications and business intelligence tools.
- Knowledge of valuation methods such as DCF and comparable company analysis.
- Strong attention to detail for financial accuracy.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- High ethical standards and integrity.