Group Head of FP&A
About our client
Our client is a leading global investment fund based in Abu Dhabi, with a diversified portfolio spanning multiple sectors and geographies. This is a newly created, high-profile role with responsibility for building and establishing the Group's FP&A and performance-management operating model from the ground up.
The successful candidate will provide executive leadership with a clear, forward-looking view of financial performance, strategic priorities, capital deployment, key risks and opportunities across a complex and diversified organisation. Operating as a senior strategic finance partner to executive leadership, the Group Head of FP&A will bring the financial insight, commercial judgement and constructive challenge required to support enterprise-level decision-making.
The role offers the opportunity to shape how performance is measured, understood and managed across the Group, positioning FP&A at the centre of strategic planning and decision-making.
What the job involves
Lead the Group's annual budgeting, multi-year planning and rolling forecasting processes across a diversified portfolio of businesses
Establish an enterprise-wide performance management framework, linking financial outcomes to strategic priorities and operational drivers
Deliver scenario analysis, sensitivity modelling and forward-looking insight to support executive decision-making, identifying key risks, opportunities and emerging performance trends
Develop meaningful KPIs and performance measures to drive transparency, accountability and performance across the organisation
Act as a trusted strategic finance adviser to senior leadership, providing independent insight and constructive challenge
Lead the development of high-quality executive and Board-level reporting, translating complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable business narratives
Support strategic decision-making around performance, capital allocation, resource prioritisation, investment opportunities and portfolio optimisation
Assess the financial and commercial implications of major business and investment decisions, including business cases, strategic opportunities and organisational trade-offs
Establish a consolidated Group-wide view of performance, ensuring consistent planning, forecasting and performance-management disciplines across individual businesses and entities
Challenge business plans, assumptions and forecasts, while building strong and effective relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation
Design and build the FP&A and performance-management operating model, including the relevant processes, governance, frameworks, systems and ways of working
Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team, while driving greater automation, data quality and analytical sophistication across planning and management reporting
Position FP&A as a strategic business partner at the centre of decision-making, rather than a traditional reporting or control function
Who we are looking for
Significant experience in strategic finance, FP&A, enterprise planning and/or performance management at Group level
A background in a strategic environment such as strategy consulting, investment banking, corporate development or another strategic finance role would be highly relevant
Experience operating across a complex organisation with multiple businesses, entities, geographies or asset classes
Strong exposure to executive and Board-level decision-making
Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial analysis into clear commercial insight, strategic recommendations and actionable decisions
Strong understanding of capital allocation, performance optimisation and enterprise-level financial decision-making
Experience building or materially transforming FP&A capabilities, including teams, processes, operating models and performance-management frameworks
Highly developed financial modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis and performance-management capabilities
Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to understand the broader business implications behind financial performance
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