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Client: Consulting Firm operating in GCC

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Our Partner is seeking an experienced Project Management Officer (PMO) to support a strategic operational improvement initiative within the airport facility services domain, specifically focusing on firefighting operations. The PMO will provide structure, governance, and analytical support for a project aimed at cost analysis, efficiency improvement, and resource optimization while ensuring compliance with aviation safety standards and operational requirements.

• Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, reporting standards, and documentation.
• Coordinate and monitor project activities, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and timelines are met.
• Conduct and support cost analysis and optimization exercises for firefighting operations, including staffing, equipment, and process efficiency.
• Collaborate with operational managers, finance teams, and airport stakeholders to collect and analyze relevant data.
• Identify and track risks, issues, and dependencies; propose mitigation strategies.
• Support decision-making by providing accurate reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics to senior management.
• Ensure project alignment with airport authority regulations, safety standards, and operational best practices.
• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and stakeholder meetings to maintain engagement and alignment.
• Prepare business cases, cost-benefit analyses, and progress reports to support optimization recommendations.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or related field; advanced degree or PMP / Prince2 certification is a plus.
• Proven experience as a PMO, Project Manager, or Business Analyst in operational improvement, cost optimization, or similar projects.
• Experience in transportation, aviation, or critical infrastructure environments (preferably airport operations).
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and reporting tools (MS Project, Power BI, Excel, etc.).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex operational and financial data.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and regulatory bodies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic and high-safety environment.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.

Full time, Abu Dhabi, no travel required

Immediate need: the candidate needs to give availability within 15-20 days after Engagement Confirmation Letter

Consulting Assignment + hiring possibility

Able to attract qualified candidates

A leading organization is undergoing a comprehensive technical transformation from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, and we are seeking a Senior SAP S/4HANA and SAP PaPM Lead Consultant to lead the implementation and optimization of SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) solutions.

This Technical Consultant role requires in-depth knowledge of SAP PaPM, enabling the design, implementation, and fine-tuning of profitability models and analytics within the SAP S/4HANA environment. The consultant will be responsible for ensuring that data accurately reflects business insights and can guide decision-making.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• SAP PaPM Implementation & Configuration: Lead the end-to-end implementation and configuration of SAP PaPM, focusing on profitability and performance management with an emphasis on Route Profitability reporting.
• Design and configure SAP PaPM models to calculate and analyze profitability data for airline routes, ensuring that data is accurate, comprehensive, and actionable.
• Ensure that the SAP PaPM models are tailored to meet specific business needs, integrating with operational, financial, and performance data from various sources (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, non-SAP systems).
• Create and configure SAP PaPM data flows and integrations to ensure efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) for profitability calculations.
• Route Profitability Reporting: Lead the development of Route Profitability reports that assess the financial performance of different flight routes, analyzing revenue, costs, and profitability metrics.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, such as finance, operations, and commercial teams, to define the specific KPIs and metrics needed for route profitability reporting.
• Design and implement SAP PaPM-based reports that reflect key business insights, focusing on factors such as route revenue, operating costs, fuel efficiency, load factors, and other performance metrics.
• Optimize the route profitability calculation process to ensure accurate and timely reporting for decision-making at both strategic and operational levels.
• Data Integration and Modelling: Work closely with the SAP data integration team to design and implement robust data models for SAP PaPM, integrating data from SAP S/4HANA and other business systems.
• Ensure seamless data integration between SAP PaPM and other core modules in SAP S/4HANA (e.g., Finance, Controlling, and Supply Chain).
• Collaborate with SAP S/4HANA functional teams to establish data flows that provide accurate and complete data for profitability and performance calculations.
• Optimize data integration and transformation processes for real-time data updates and minimize latency in profitability reporting.
• SAP PaPM Customization & Optimization: Customize SAP PaPM models to suit the organization's business structure, including configuring allocation rules, cost drivers, and profit center models tailored to route profitability analysis.
• Work with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve the current profitability model, ensuring that SAP PaPM reflects the latest business strategies, cost structures, and operational requirements.
• Conduct thorough testing and optimization of SAP PaPM models to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and accuracy.
• Perform ongoing fine-tuning of profitability calculations based on feedback from business users and financial analysts.
• Profitability Analytics and Insights: Enable advanced profitability analysis and scenario modelling to support decision-making processes related to route profitability, pricing strategies, and cost management.
• Develop analytical tools and dashboards using SAP PaPM to provide business users with visual insights into profitability trends, forecasts, and anomalies.
• Conduct profitability simulations and what-if analysis to explore different scenarios and optimize decision-making regarding route operations.
• Create detailed reports and presentations that communicate profitability insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Collaboration with Stakeholders: Work closely with business users, functional teams, and stakeholders across finance, operations, commercial, and strategy departments to gather requirements, define KPIs, and ensure alignment on route profitability metrics.
• Engage with senior leadership to ensure that the route profitability reports are in line with business goals, strategy, and financial performance targets.
• Provide subject matter expertise in profitability reporting, helping business teams understand the impact of various cost and revenue factors on route profitability.
• Testing, Validation, and Documentation: Lead testing efforts for SAP PaPM models, ensuring that the configured profitability models deliver accurate data, reports, and insights as expected.
• Manage the user acceptance testing (UAT) process for route profitability reports, ensuring that key users validate the accuracy of the reports before go-live.
• Document configuration settings, business rules, and models to ensure consistency and to provide future maintenance and updates.
• Training & Support: Provide training and support to business users, ensuring they understand how to use SAP PaPM models for route profitability analysis and reporting.
• Create user manuals and training materials to help end-users leverage profitability reports effectively.
• Offer ongoing support post-implementation to ensure the continued success of SAP PaPM solutions and provide troubleshooting assistance.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in the SAP PaPM models, enhancing performance, automation, and business alignment.
• Stay up-to-date with new SAP PaPM functionalities, techniques, and best practices, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of profitability and performance management.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement, ensuring that the reporting solutions evolve with changing business needs.

Required Experience, Qualification And Certifications:

• Professional Experience: Minimum of 8–10 years of experience working with SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM), with a focus on implementing profitability models and reporting solutions.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in configuring, customizing, and optimizing SAP PaPM models, particularly in the context of route profitability, cost allocation, and financial reporting.
• Proven experience in SAP S/4HANA and integration of SAP PaPM with other SAP modules such as Finance, Controlling, and Supply Chain.
• Experience in the aviation, transportation, or logistics industries is a significant advantage.
• Educational Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Analytics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant SAP certifications in SAP S/4HANA, SAP PaPM, or similar areas are preferred.
• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of SAP PaPM (Profitability and Performance Management), including allocation logic, cost driver models, profitability reporting, and scenario analysis.
• Expertise in designing data models, data integration, and reporting within the SAP ecosystem (S/4HANA, PaPM, BW, etc.).
• Proficiency in using SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, Fiori apps, and reporting tools to deliver business insights.
• Strong knowledge of SAP's financial and controlling modules, including cost center accounting (CCA), profit center accounting (PCA), and cost allocation.
• Familiarity with SAP BW or SAP BusinessObjects for reporting and data warehousing is a plus.

Seeking a qualified and astute Specialist – Financial Analysis to support the Group Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at one of G42's diverse Business Units, assist in the annual budgeting process, oversee the monthly closing of accounts, and help draft necessary management reports and analyses.

The opportunity
As a Financial Planning Specialist, you will get to make a direct impact on the business performance of the business unit by playing a leading role in all budgeting, forecasting and profitability related activities.

Support the Forecasting and Analysis Manager in the planning, forecasting and measurement of business activities, and keep management informed of its impact on the income statement and balance sheet—ensuring a profitable, high-growth future for the Business Unit.

Responsibilities
Responsibilities:

Functional

• Support the analysis of financial statements and deliver value-added inputs to stakeholders at project, entity and group level.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and budgets, and undertake financial analyses including product and project costing.
• Support the budgeting process through roll-out of templates, consolidations, analysis, reviews, and preparation of reports for all financial statements.
• Identify and formulate performance indicators for different business units to add value.
• Develop and maintain strong business relations with the business finance and finance operational teams.
• Support the monthly analysis of financial statements for continuous improvement and value addition.
• Deliver the information in an audience-friendly manner, with clarity and relevance.
• Contribute to the end-to-end annual budgeting process, and deliver individual & group budgets on time.
• Stay in contact with designated Division Manager/s, division staff and the HoF/FBPs
• Work strictly within the finance policy but recommend additions/amendments to policy and keep policy documents updated.

Qualifications

• Accounting degree from an accredited institution
• A minimum of 5 years in a Finance Analyst position
• Relevant experience in a tech-focused organization

Ideally, you'll also need

• In-depth financial market and domain knowledge
• Fluency in spoken and written English (Arabic an advantage)
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability in financial and budget functions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build successful relationships
• Knowledge of Oracle

The Director Financial Analysis Visa Direct role will be responsible for supporting Visa Direct leadership in delivering business objectives, providing analytical & financial insights, driving forecast & management reporting processes, and standardization for Visa Direct regionally.

The ideal candidate will have strong strategic, technical, analytical, and collaboration skills combined with meaningful FP&A experience and the ability to work across a matrix business organizational structure. This role will have exposure with key Global and Regional Visa Direct leadership teams and their respective Finance Partners.

• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multiyear strategic outlook, and management reporting regionally.
• Identify financial trends and insights, defining critical decisions to ensure the effective strategic management of the business and delivery of Visa Direct financial performance.
• Perform robust financial analysis and be able to succinctly outline and present key drivers, themes, and key risks while applying business and financial acumen to explain underlying drivers of results across several scenarios.
• Actively maintain current tools/models and introduce new tools/models/processes to improve analysis used for executive financial deliverables.
• Collaborate in the storyboarding of analytical output and production of communication materials for related presentations.
• Identify risks and opportunities (plus mitigating actions) to ensure delivery on targets.
• Provide ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments such as market opportunity sizing, pricing opportunity, etc.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business and provide analysis reports and presentations to ensure efficient information and decision-making flows.
• Actively participate and collaborate with Global, Regional, and country counterparts in promoting best practices.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field, or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field; MBA a plus, or 8 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 5 or more years of experience with a PhD.
• Strong business acumen and multifunctional business experience a plus.
• Demonstrated program leadership capabilities to drive key financial processes.
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills; ability to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses.
• Advanced application of pivot tables, macros, and formulas.
• Solution-oriented and great problem solver; ability to strike balance between compliance/governance requirements and achieving business outcomes.
• Must be detail-oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse team and produce time-sensitive deliverables.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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Full-time

We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical professional to join our team as a Transactions Diligence Executive. As a key member of our due diligence team, you will play a critical role in assessing the financial and operational performance of target companies, identifying opportunities and risks, and providing insightful recommendations to clients.

Our ideal candidate is a results-driven individual with a strong background in accounting and a proven track record of analyzing complex financial data. You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented professional to take their career to the next level. If you are passionate about working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, and are looking for a challenging role that offers opportunities for growth and development, then we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience, preferably with prior due diligence exposure
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Ability to analyze financial and non-financial information to form opinions and conclusions
• Strong analytical, presentation, and report-writing skills
• Excellent command of spoken and written English

Award-winning benefits include:

• Competitive compensation package
• Performance-based rewards
• Recognition
• Continuous learning opportunities
• Tools and flexibility to define your success
• Transformative leadership development
• Diverse and inclusive culture

With over 150 countries, our global network provides unparalleled opportunities for collaboration and growth. Our teams across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, and transactions ask better questions to find innovative solutions for today's complex issues. Join us and discover a world of possibilities.

The Director Financial Analysis Visa Direct role will be responsible for supporting Visa Direct leadership in delivering business objectives, providing analytical & financial insights, driving forecast & management reporting processes, and standardization for Visa Direct regionally.

The ideal candidate will have strong strategic, technical, analytical, and collaboration skills combined with meaningful FP&A experience and the ability to work across a matrix business organizational structure. This role will have exposure with key Global and Regional Visa Direct leadership teams and their respective Finance Partners.

• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multiyear strategic outlook, and management reporting regionally.
• Identify financial trends and insights, defining critical decisions to ensure the effective strategic management of the business and delivery of Visa Direct financial performance.
• Perform robust financial analysis and be able to succinctly outline and present key drivers, themes, and key risks while applying business and financial acumen to explain underlying drivers of results across several scenarios.
• Actively maintain current tools / models and introduce new tools / models / processes to improve analysis used for executive financial deliverables.
• Collaborate in the storyboarding of analytical output and production of communication materials for related presentations.
• Identify risks and opportunities (plus mitigating actions) to ensure delivery on targets.
• Provide ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments such as market opportunity sizing, pricing opportunity, etc.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business and provide analysis reports and presentations to ensure efficient information and decision-making flows.
• Actively participate and collaborate with Global, Regional, and country counterparts in promoting best practices.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

• 10 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field, or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

• 12 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field; MBA a plus, or 8 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 5 or more years of experience with a PhD.
• Strong business acumen and multifunctional business experience a plus.
• Demonstrated program leadership capabilities to drive key financial processes.
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills; ability to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses.
• Advanced application of pivot tables, macros, and formulas.
• Solution-oriented and great problem solver; ability to strike balance between compliance / governance requirements and achieving business outcomes.
• Must be detail-oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse team and produce time-sensitive deliverables.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Remote Work :

Full-time

A vital role in the organization involves supporting audits and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Additionally, this position entails contributing to finance-related projects and initiatives.

The jobholder will be responsible for maintaining accurate and timely financial closings, as well as providing support to senior management and the Chief Financial Officer on ad-hoc requests.

• A degree in a field such as Finance, Economics, or Mathematics is required.
• Possession of a Master's degree in finance or economics is preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in finance or accounting is expected.
• Holding a professional certification like CPA or ACCA is highly desirable.

• Budget planning and forecasting
• Financial analysis and reporting
• Regulatory compliance
• Project management

This role is designed for non-financial personnel who require an in-depth understanding of financial markets, products, and risks. Delegates will acquire detailed knowledge about trading, pricing, and risk management associated with various financial instruments.

• Analyze financial data to identify trends and patterns.
• Develop and implement effective financial strategies to mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business growth.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Finance, Accounting, Economics).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and other financial software tools.

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment.

Job Title: Financial Analysis Professional

1. Analyze financial data to identify trends and patterns.
2. Develop forecasts and budgets to inform business decisions.
3. Create financial models related to investments to optimize returns.
4. Conduct cost analyses to identify areas for improvement.
5. Provide insights into the financial implications of various decisions as a business advisor.
6. Review current processes and procedures to identify opportunities for enhancement.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Analytical mindset, strong attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills essential for interacting with stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work with a dynamic team.
• Potential for professional growth and development.
• Competitive compensation package.

Our ideal candidate will possess a unique blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and interpersonal skills. If you are a motivated and results-driven professional looking to make a meaningful contribution, we encourage you to apply.