Senior Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis

About This Role

Join Our Team: Senior Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis at EtihadWE

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Analyst Financial Planning & Analysis. In this key role, you will support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and monthly performance insights for a large utilities’ environment. The role partners with internal stakeholders to challenge assumptions, improve forecast accuracy, perform variance/root‑cause analysis, and build models for scenario planning and business cases.

The ideal candidate is ACCA/CA/CIMA/CMA/ICWA qualified, has 4–6 years’ FP&A experience, strong Excel/modelling capability, and is comfortable working with ERP data (SAP preferred). Strong communication skills and the ability to translate numbers into actionable insights are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the annual budget cycle end-to-end (templates, timelines, BU engagement, review, challenge, consolidation, and commentary).
• Partner with assigned Business Units to challenge assumptions, improve cost visibility, and strengthen forecasting discipline and accountability.
• Review and approval of PR and POs for assigned business partnering units in line with delegated processes.
• Prepare rolling forecasts and periodic reforecasts by incorporating performance trends, business inputs, and key drivers.
• Prepare management performance insights (dashboards/scorecards/pack commentary) highlighting KPIs, drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Draft concise performance commentary (MTD/YTD/QTD) translating financial results into ‘what happened / why / so what / actions’ for senior stakeholders.
• Calculate unit economics and evaluate volumes, margins, and cost-to-serve to clarify operational factors driving financial results for stakeholders.
• Perform variance and root-cause analysis (Actual vs Budget/Forecast), translating movements into clear drivers and recommended actions.
• Support monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and link outcomes to financial impact.
• Preparation of executive presentation packs (e.g., ARC and Board), including executive summaries, performance storytelling, and clear written commentary on key drivers, variances, risks, and outlook.
• Support coordination of inputs across entities/functions for consolidated governance packs (e.g., ensure subsidiary slides and commentary are complete, consistent, and aligned with Group performance narrative).
• Preparation of financial models for scenario planning, sensitivities, investment evaluations, and operational initiatives.
• Support business cases (CAPEX/OPEX), including benefits tracking, affordability analysis, and post‑implementation performance monitoring where required.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate FP&A outputs (standardised templates, controlled driver files, dashboards), reducing manual effort and improving turnaround time.
• Ensure FP&A outputs meet internal quality standards (accuracy checks, reconciliations, commentary completeness) and support management decision-making.
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and decision support for management requests and strategic initiatives where it's required to collect, validate, and analyse financial and operational data (ensuring data quality and consistency).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related.
• FP&A / financial modelling certification (FMVA/AFM) is an advantage.
• 4–6 years in FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, performance insights), ideally in utilities/infrastructure/large asset environments.
• Advanced Excel (Power Query/Pivots), strong financial modelling and scenario/sensitivity analysis.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and comfort working with large datasets; exposure to dashboards/BI is a plus.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management (ability to explain drivers, challenge assumptions constructively).

Why Join EtihadWE?

At EtihadWE, we’re shaping the future of the utilities sector while fostering an inclusive and innovative work environment. Be part of a team that values integrity, excellence, and collaboration.