12 Financial Consulting jobs in Abu Dhabi

Our organization requires a detail-oriented financial analysis professional with excellent communication skills and the ability to present complex concepts in an understandable manner. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for financial analysis, analytical abilities, as well as strong organizational skills.

• Develop comprehensive financial models and perform thorough market research to analyze industry trends
• Evaluate company performance and prepare detailed reports on findings to stakeholders
• Make recommendations on investments, cost control, budgeting, and financial planning strategies
• Monitor expenditure, revenue streams, cash flow, and accounts receivable/payable transactions
• Identify areas of opportunity to increase profitability and reduce risk exposure
• Collaborate with external stakeholders such as auditors or regulatory bodies
• Present results of analyses in clear, concise form to internal stakeholders

• Relevant experience in financial analysis or related field with a proven track record
• High level of familiarity with financial regulation frameworks (IFRS) and general market patterns
• Excellent analytical abilities, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel)

Financial Analyst Role: Due Diligence Executive

We thrive in high-pressure business environments where astute decision-making drives success. As a key member of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in working at the forefront of complex transactions.

Our Transaction Diligence network delivers high-quality advice through each phase of the transaction process. Our core work is due diligence, assessing target companies' finances and business projections, identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities, and potential mitigations, and reporting on these to clients, banks, investors, and other parties.

The Opportunity

You will collaborate with experienced due diligence professionals, learning and developing the skills needed to perform due diligence in various situations and sectors. With opportunities for travel within MENA, you will often work as part of a wider cross-service line team when tackling projects.

As your career progresses with us, you'll have the chance to work on more complex transactions, lead teams, build relationships with clients and corporate finance community members, and take on broader roles within our organization.

Key Responsibilities

In this executive role, you'll participate in due diligence engagements related to private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers. You'll analyze financial and operational results by reviewing accounting records and participating in interviews with management. Effective teamwork will be essential, demonstrating commitment to quality, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• A strong analytical mindset is crucial in this environment, as you'll regularly assist in researching technical accounting issues to evaluate implications on transaction valuation and structuring, and prepare analyses of financial information to assess trends and fluctuations.
• Good communication skills will also be vital for success in this role, as you'll be required to prepare reports and schedules delivered to clients and develop productive working relationships with them.

Benefits

We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus:

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Introduction:

We are working with a prominent, regionally diversified investment group that is seeking to appoint a Senior Finance Leader to oversee Group-level financial planning, performance analysis, and strategic decision support. This is a high-impact role, reporting to the Group CFO, focused on driving financial transformation, digitalisation, and long-term value creation across the portfolio.

The ideal candidate will bring deep FP&A expertise, strong commercial insight, and a passion for enabling smarter, faster business decisions through analytics and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of Group-wide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
• Champion digitalisation and innovation initiatives across the FP&A function, leveraging tools such as AI, automation, and business intelligence platforms.
• Prepare and present insightful financial analysis, executive dashboards, and performance reports to senior leadership and the Board.
• Collaborate closely with business units and subsidiaries to consolidate budgets, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Evaluate investment opportunities with a critical and commercial lens; challenge and validate proposals from investment teams.
• Establish and continuously improve FP&A processes, controls, and reporting mechanisms to drive efficiency and value-added insights.
• Actively support cash flow management and scenario analysis to assess the impact of business initiatives.
• Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team, providing mentorship, clear direction, and development opportunities.
• Represent the finance function on internal committees and cross-functional initiatives.
• Provide strategic input into corporate decision-making and risk mitigation efforts.
• Maintain strong awareness of how operating businesses function, enabling tailored and actionable financial guidance.
• Lead the preparation of Board/Committee materials and liaise with key internal and external stakeholders, including auditors.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement, and proactive financial stewardship.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified Chartered Accountant; CFA and/or MBA from a globally accredited institution is highly desirable
• 10–12+ years' progressive experience in FP&A, IR, or related senior finance roles
• Background in diversified groups or investment holding companies, preferably in the GCC
• Strong leadership skills, commercial mindset, and stakeholder management capabilities
• Proven ability to drive financial transformation and digitalisation initiatives
• Arabic fluency is a MUST

Job Title: Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

About the Role:

The Financial Planning and Analysis Manager champions and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the target customer and property employees. The role provides financial expertise to support the successful implementation of brand service strategy and initiatives while maximizing return on investment.

• Analyzes financial data and market trends.
• Assists in analyzing information, forecasts sales against expenses, and creates annual budget plans.
• Compiles, analyzes, and monitors actual sales against projected sales.
• Assists in developing means to improve profit, including estimating costs and benefits, exploring new business opportunities, etc.
• Analyzes differences between actual budget wages and forecasted wages for more efficient budget planning.
• Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute, and implement new business plans.
• Supports sound business and financial decision-making to protect and strengthen our competitive advantage.
• Implements appropriate controls to manage business risks.

Key Responsibilities:

Leading Accounting Teams:

• Uses interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decisions; demonstrates honesty and integrity; leads by example.
• Communicates goals and owner priorities clearly to subordinates.
• Provides leadership by assigning clear accountability to team members and managers, backed by appropriate authority.
• Holds staff accountable for performance.

Developing and Maintaining Finance and Accounting Goals:

• Supports property strategy from a finance and accounting perspective.
• Submits reports timely, ensuring delivery deadlines are met.
• Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately.
• Achieves and exceeds goals, including performance, budget, and team goals.
• Makes necessary corrections to audit results if needed.
• Reviews audit issues for accuracy.

Managing Projects and Policies:

• Monitors applicable taxes, ensuring they are current, collected, and/or accrued.
• Generates and provides accurate, timely reports and presentations.
• Ensures compliance with SOPs and LSOPs.
• Oversees internal, external, and regulatory audits.
• Ensures the accuracy of the P&L, with costs properly matched to revenue and recorded in proper accounts.

Anticipating and Delivering on Stakeholders' Needs:

• Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders (owners, corporate, guests, etc.).
• Understands owners' perspectives and ROI expectations.
• Addresses owner needs and involves ownership in key decisions.
• Uses strong leadership and communication skills to influence the executive team and property strategies.
• Advises the GM and executive committee on operational and financial issues.
• Facilitates meetings to review information with management.
• Attends owners' meetings to provide financial context and explanations.
• Communicates effectively with owners, understanding their priorities and strategic focus.
• Demonstrates a commitment to meeting all stakeholders' needs.
• Communicates financial concepts clearly and persuasively to drive desired behaviors.

Managing Human Resources Activities:

• Ensures team members are cross-trained for daily operations.
• Administers property policies fairly and consistently.
• Ensures new hires participate in orientation and receive proper training.
• Develops plans for individual team member development based on strengths, needs, and aspirations.

We Foster an Inclusive Culture:

At our company, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunities. We foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued. Our commitment includes nondiscrimination on any protected basis.

We are seeking a skilled Financial Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide insightful recommendations.

• Financial Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Technical Skills

The successful candidate will have advanced skills in financial analysis and quantitative tools such as Power BI, SAS, and Excel. Proficiency in MS Office, Alteryx, and OFSAA is also required.

This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off. Additionally, you will have opportunities for professional growth and development, including training and mentorship programs.

If you are a motivated and detail-oriented individual with a passion for finance, we encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.

Your Career

Business Value Consulting is a strategic consultative team and is a critical member of Palo Alto Networks organization. We engage with Fortune 1000 customers to build and deliver strategic business justification to be their digital transformation cybersecurity partner. You will lead crossfunctional teams composed of leaders from customers sales solution consulting business units and other functional groups. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy consultative discovery and engagement including business analysis problem solving program management executive communication and consensus building.

Your Impact

• Lead crossdiscipline multiLOB engagement teams with our customers and senior Palo Alto Networks experts from sales presales consulting and solution architecture working to shape and drive large cyber security and digital transformation proposals

• Contribute to team thought leadership by consistently synthesizing customer experiences into reusable content and frameworks

• Elevate the value function internally across our field sales stakeholders to contribute to the overall account(s) sales strategy

• Provide coaching to team members by leveraging knowledge consulting skills experience and analytical capabilities in identifying key Clevel strategic issues assessing existing process capabilities and developing business cases for IT and security transformation objectives

• Create industry and Palo Alto Networks solution specific value selling tools programs and initiatives for use in our sales alliances and marketing organizations

• Support valueselling training activities across the sales ecosystem

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• You have 12 years of experience preferably in a top management consulting firm or software company with a focus on business transformation

• You have a bachelors degree MBA is preferred or equivalent military experience required

• You know true outcomes are not accidental they are crafted with relentless preparation collaboration and a deep focus on details

• Excellent situational awareness proven ability to influence drive accountability & build consensus with all team members and customers to drive operational excellence and quality of deliverables

• Executive presence with strong verbal and written communication successfully influencing the Csuite to act

• Exceptional business problem solving aptitude with deep financial analysis and modeling of ROI & TCO to justify business cases

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and participate on projects with varied industry and business imperative focus including businessrelated IT and OT challenges and cybersecurity business applications systems and business process integration solutions

• Experience with risk assessment especially cyber risk is preferred

Additional Information :

The Team

Business Value Consulting is a strategic consultative team and is a critical member of Palo Alto Networks organization. We engage with Fortune 1000 customers to build and deliver strategic business justification to be their digital transformation cybersecurity partner. You will lead crossfunctional teams composed of leaders from customers sales solution consulting business units and other functional groups. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy consultative discovery and engagement including business analysis problem solving program management executive communication and consensus building.

Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime

Your Career

Business Value Consulting is a strategic consultative team and is a critical member of Palo Alto Networks organization. We engage with Fortune 1000 customers to build and deliver strategic business justification to be their digital transformation cybersecurity partner. You will lead crossfunctional teams composed of leaders from customers sales solution consulting business units and other functional groups. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy consultative discovery and engagement including business analysis problem solving program management executive communication and consensus building.

Your Impact

• Lead crossdiscipline multiLOB engagement teams with our customers and senior Palo Alto Networks experts from sales presales consulting and solution architecture working to shape and drive large cyber security and digital transformation proposals

• Contribute to team thought leadership by consistently synthesizing customer experiences into reusable content and frameworks

• Elevate the value function internally across our field sales stakeholders to contribute to the overall account(s) sales strategy

• Provide coaching to team members by leveraging knowledge consulting skills experience and analytical capabilities in identifying key Clevel strategic issues assessing existing process capabilities and developing business cases for IT and security transformation objectives

• Create industry and Palo Alto Networks solution specific value selling tools programs and initiatives for use in our sales alliances and marketing organizations

• Support valueselling training activities across the sales ecosystem

Qualifications :

Your Experience

• You have 12 years of experience preferably in a top management consulting firm or software company with a focus on business transformation

• You have a bachelors degree MBA is preferred or equivalent military experience required

• You know true outcomes are not accidental they are crafted with relentless preparation collaboration and a deep focus on details

• Excellent situational awareness proven ability to influence drive accountability & build consensus with all team members and customers to drive operational excellence and quality of deliverables

• Executive presence with strong verbal and written communication successfully influencing the Csuite to act

• Exceptional business problem solving aptitude with deep financial analysis and modeling of ROI & TCO to justify business cases

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and participate on projects with varied industry and business imperative focus including businessrelated IT and OT challenges and cybersecurity business applications systems and business process integration solutions

• Experience with risk assessment especially cyber risk is preferred

Additional Information :

The Team

Business Value Consulting is a strategic consultative team and is a critical member of Palo Alto Networks organization. We engage with Fortune 1000 customers to build and deliver strategic business justification to be their digital transformation cybersecurity partner. You will lead crossfunctional teams composed of leaders from customers sales solution consulting business units and other functional groups. You will have the opportunity to excel in areas of sales strategy consultative discovery and engagement including business analysis problem solving program management executive communication and consensus building.

Our Commitment
Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need please contact us at.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead our cross-functional teams in delivering strategic business justification to Fortune 1000 customers.

This role requires strong leadership and collaboration skills to drive large cybersecurity and digital transformation proposals.

• Lead multi-discipline engagement teams with customers and senior experts from sales, presales, consulting, and solution architecture to shape and drive large cyber security and proposals.

• Contribute to team thought leadership by synthesizing customer experiences into reusable content and frameworks.

• Elevate the value function internally across field sales stakeholders to contribute to overall account sales strategy.

• Provide coaching to team members by leveraging knowledge, consulting skills, experience, and analytical capabilities to identify key C-level strategic issues, assess existing process capabilities, and develop business cases for IT and security objectives.

• Develop industry and solution-specific value selling tools, programs, and initiatives for use in sales alliances and marketing organizations.

• Support valueselling training activities across the sales ecosystem.

• You have 12 years of experience preferably in a top management consulting firm or software company with a focus on business transformation.

• You have a bachelor's degree; an MBA is preferred or equivalent military experience required.

• You know true outcomes are not accidental; they are crafted with relentless preparation, collaboration, and a deep focus on details.

• Excellent situational awareness, proven ability to influence, drive accountability & build consensus with all team members and customers to drive operational excellence and quality of deliverables.

• Executive presence with strong verbal and written communication, successfully influencing the C-suite to act.

• Exceptional business problem-solving aptitude with deep financial analysis and modeling of ROI & TCO to justify business cases.

• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and participate on projects with varied industry and business imperative focus, including business-related IT and OT challenges and cybersecurity business applications systems and business process integration solutions.

• Experience with risk assessment, especially cyber risk, is preferred.

Palo Alto Networks is committed to equality in employment. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.