MENA Finance - Financial Planning & Analysis Lead - Pakistan

The opportunity As we roll out ‘All In” across our firms, the FP&A function becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability and provide strategic insights. The support role will be instrumental in helping the Tax FP&A Lead to carry out this role. This role requires a finance professional offering support to the MENA Tax FP&A Lead on P&L analysis and other KPIs. The role will be best in class support, functional expertise and reporting solutions with a particular focus on analytics and financial modelling. Your key responsibilities: Develop a good understanding of the FP&A cycle in a year, along with SL performance KPIs. Conduct data analysis on large sets of data, to give leadership insights on performance and profitability, to drive business decisions. Lead in development of financial models for different scenarios to assess impacts of changing levers. Apply strong analytical judgement to translate complex financial and operational data into clear insights, trends and recommendations for leadership decision-making. Leverage AI-enabled tools and techniques to build, enhance and automate analytical models that improve forecasting, scenario analysis and business performance insights. Support Operations team in various reporting and analytical requirements. Collaborate with GDS, Experience Management, Talent and Markets team to ensure accurate financial input. With time, develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and Tax leadership team. Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within FP&A space. Be the Go-to Person for all analysis and financial modelling. Skills and attributes for success: Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution. Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders. Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail. Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency. Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and ask questions. Well-developed listening skills. Confident communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders and senior management, present insights clearly and influence discussions constructively. To qualify for the role, you must be: Willing to work in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic. Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships. Having strong knowledge of MS Office Packages. Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI and Word in particular. Having excellent communications and organizational skills. Detail oriented and eager to analyze and solve complex cases Have a finance-related degree or qualified accountant Have 4-6 years of relevant work experience Be innovative, confident and creative thinker with ability to make quick decisions.