Regional FP&A Head - EMEA

Role overview

Planning and performance reporting

• Lead regional Annual Operating Plan, long-term strategic plan, and rolling forecast processes across markets and business units.
• Consolidate plans, align them with corporate strategy, and improve forecast accuracy through data-driven insights and standardized frameworks.
• Oversee management reporting, MIS, financial reviews, variance analysis, and KPI-based leadership insights.
• Manage month-end performance reporting through HFM and prepare executive financial presentations.

Business support and coordination

• Advise regional leaders and business teams on commercial initiatives, operational performance, and strategic investments.
• Conduct financial analysis, scenario modeling, and feasibility assessments to support decisions and mitigate risk.
• Support working-capital efficiency and cash-flow visibility across receivables, payables, inventory, and operations.
• Coordinate site and global FP&A teams on planning assumptions, variance analysis, and performance management.

Process and team leadership

• Improve and standardize FP&A processes, reporting frameworks, and analytics capabilities.
• Promote automation, AI, and business intelligence tools for financial reporting and decision support.
• Lead and mentor the regional FP&A team, building analytical capability and a culture of accountability, collaboration, and improvement.

Qualifications and experience

• Professional finance qualification such as CA or an MBA from a reputed institute; substantial FP&A or finance leadership experience.
• 10–12 years of experience, including multinational regional or global work.
• Strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning experience in a complex multinational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to convert financial data into actionable strategic and operational insights.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills; experience leading multi-location FP&A teams.
• Proficiency with financial systems and analytics tools such as HFM, BI tools, Oracle Cloud, and advanced financial modeling.
• Executive leadership and Board reporting exposure is noted; the source does not state it as mandatory.
• Excellent English communication skills; must be based in Dubai.