Senior FP&A Manager

We are NTS Group.The region’s leading Executive Search, Outplacement and Career Transition firm across the Middle East, bringing over 25 years of local expertise and a track record of exceptional service for our clients and candidates. Operating from our offices in Dubai, London, and Singapore, we offer a comprehensive range of services delivered by industry experts, including contingency and executive search campaigns, outplacement and redundancy support, RPO projects, talent mapping, Women in Leadership and leadership development, and our award winning executive career transition programs.We are currently working with a leading FMCG company in Dubai to recruit a Senior Manager FP&A. This position will play a critical role in driving planning and performance across the business, partnering closely with commercial and functional leaders to improve decision making, strengthen forecasting accuracy, and support profitable growth. A key focus will be tackling systems and data consolidation across markets, sharpening business performance visibility, and helping introduce AI enabled reporting at scale to modernise how insights are delivered to leadership.What you will be doingLead the budgeting, forecasting, and long range planning processes, ensuring alignment to business priorities and clear ownership across functionsOwn the monthly performance cadence including management reporting, variance analysis, and insight driven recommendations to leadershipAct as a key business partner to Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain and Category teams, translating commercial activity into financial outcomesDrive systems and data consolidation across markets, improving consistency, governance, and quality of performance reportingSupport the build out of AI enabled reporting and analytics, partnering with Finance, IT and key stakeholders to scale automation and insight generationBuild business cases for new initiatives including pricing, promotions, innovation, and channel expansion, with clear ROI disciplineSupport revenue and margin management through strong analysis on mix, pricing, trade spend and profitability by customer and channelPartner with Demand Planning and Supply Chain on volume assumptions, risks and opportunities, and rolling forecastsDrive continuous improvement in FP&A tools, reporting frameworks, and planning processes, improving speed, accuracy, and clarity of insightsPresent clear, confident updates to senior stakeholders and influence decisions through data and commercial judgementWho you areMinimum 7 to 10 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business finance within FMCGStrong planning and performance management capability across budgets, forecasts, and management reportingComfortable working across systems, data, and transformation initiatives, with an interest in leveraging AI and automation to improve reporting and decision supportProven business partnering skills with the confidence to challenge, influence, and support senior stakeholdersAdvanced financial modelling and analytical capability, comfortable building business cases and scenario planningStrong systems and Excel skills, experience with ERP and planning tools is preferredClear communicator with a structured, proactive, and hands on approach#J-18808-Ljbffr