Budgeting and MIS Manager

An organisation that is a well-established and highly respected organisation operating across multiple business lines within the services sector. With a strong market presence and a focus on operational excellence, the business continues to invest in innovation, financial discipline, and long-term sustainable growth across the region in the industrial/manufacturing sector, located in Dubai.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end annual budgeting process across the group, including planning timelines, assumptions, consolidation, reviews, and final approvals.
• Collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders to develop detailed budgets covering revenue, costs, headcount, capital expenditure, and cash flow.
• Manage regular forecasting cycles and rolling forecasts, identifying business risks, opportunities, and key assumption changes.
• Enhance and maintain financial planning models, cost allocation frameworks, budget controls, and reporting structures.
• Support financial planning for strategic projects, business transformations, new contracts, investments, and expansion initiatives.
• Ensure budgets are accurately maintained and integrated within ERP and reporting systems.
• Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc management information reports for executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.
• Develop insightful reporting covering revenue performance, profitability, EBITDA, overheads, working capital, cash flow, capital expenditure, and operational KPIs.
• Conduct detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, historical performance, and business targets, providing clear recommendations.
• Establish and maintain standardised reporting methodologies, governance frameworks, and data quality controls.
• Design executive-level dashboards and visual reporting tools that simplify complex financial information.
• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, pricing reviews, business cases, investment decisions, and operational improvements.
• Analyse business performance trends and identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, productivity, and cost management.
• Partner with leadership teams to improve forecasting accuracy and support commercial decision-making.
• Prepare presentations, briefing packs, and financial analyses for senior executives and key stakeholders.
• Monitor approved business cases and track the delivery of expected financial benefits.
• Strengthen budgeting and reporting governance through robust controls, accountability, and compliance processes.
• Work closely with Finance, Treasury, HR, Procurement, IT, and operational teams to align financial and business data.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives across planning, reporting, and dashboarding processes.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of ERP, BI, and reporting technologies.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of commercially sensitive financial information.
• Lead and develop finance team members while fostering a high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• Must be currently based in the UAE.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting or finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CMA, or equivalent is mandatory.
• 8 to 12 years of experience within FP&A, budgeting, management reporting, commercial finance, or business performance management.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a managerial or leadership capacity.
• Proven experience leading annual budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Strong background in executive-level MIS reporting and performance analysis.
• Advanced financial modelling and scenario planning capabilities.
• Experience working within a diversified group or multi-business environment is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with ERP and reporting platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Power BI, or similar tools.

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