62 Financial Planning jobs in the United Arab Emirates

The hiring company is a large organisation in the Technology industry. Known for its innovative approach, the firm has established itself as a market leader in the tech, digital and AI sector, constantly pushing boundaries and setting new standards. They now have operations in the Middle East, North America and Europe.

• Oversee and manage all financial planning activities.
• Develop and implement strategic financial plans.
• Analyse financial data and prepare forecasts.
• Lead team in annual budgeting process.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
• Coordinate with senior management to align financial plans with business goals.
• Report on financial performance and make recommendations.
• Drive financial planning initiatives to support the company's growth.

• A strong educational background in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
• Must hold experience in operating in Europe and/or North America.
• Must hold string M&A experience
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage a team.
• Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations and standards.
• The ability to align financial plans with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

The hiring company is a large organisation in the Technology industry. Known for its innovative approach, the firm has established itself as a market leader in the tech, digital and AI sector, constantly pushing boundaries and setting new standards. They now have operations in the Middle East, North America and Europe.

1. Oversee and manage all financial planning activities.
2. Develop and implement strategic financial plans.
3. Analyse financial data and prepare forecasts.
4. Lead team in annual budgeting process.
5. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
6. Coordinate with senior management to align financial plans with business goals.
7. Report on financial performance and make recommendations.
8. Drive financial planning initiatives to support the company's growth.

1. A strong educational background in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
2. Must hold experience in operating in Europe and/or North America.
3. Must hold strong M&A experience.
4. Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage a team.
5. Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
6. Strong knowledge of financial regulations and standards.
7. The ability to align financial plans with business objectives.
8. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

The hiring company is a large organisation in the Technology industry. Known for its innovative approach, the firm has established itself as a market leader in the tech, digital and AI sector, constantly pushing boundaries and setting new standards. They now have operations in the Middle East, North America and Europe.

• Oversee and manage all financial planning activities.
• Develop and implement strategic financial plans.
• Analyse financial data and prepare forecasts.
• Lead team in the annual budgeting process.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
• Coordinate with senior management to align financial plans with business goals.
• Report on financial performance and make recommendations.
• Drive financial planning initiatives to support the company's growth.

• A strong educational background in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
• Experience in operating in Europe and/or North America.
• Strong M&A experience.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to manage a team.
• Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations and standards.
• Ability to align financial plans with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

A prominent investment and distribution group based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a diverse portfolio. The company is known for its commitment to operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable business practices across regional and international markets.

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial plans.
• Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable recommendations to senior management.
• Partner with business units to align financial plans with strategic objectives and ensure financial targets are met.
• Develop and refine financial models to support business cases, investment decisions, and scenario planning.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and prepare insightful dashboards and reports for leadership.
• Support the implementation of financial planning tools and systems to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, financial standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with accounting, strategy, and business teams to drive financial transparency and performance.

A successful candidate is a commercially savvy finance professional with a strong track record in financial planning and analysis, ideally within diversified or multinational organizations, capable of translating data into actionable strategy.

deVere Group of companies are the world’s premier wealth tech and advice organisation. deVere group via its well-regulated subsidiaries is able to access cutting edge technology to offer the best products and opportunities in the International Financial Services sector.

Advisors working within the group offer financial solutions driven by face-to-face advice along with evolving technology in these ever-changing times and are uniquely placed to achieve our client’s financial goals.

Working within a dynamic environment, our advisors work closely with clients to structure and execute some of the largest and most complex financing and risk management solutions across the full product spectrum by offering products and services spanning markets that include fixed income, private equity, commodities, hedge funds, and real estate.

Our Advisors are poised to help provide objective investment advice on products that make sense for our clients, providing a suite of digital solutions to help clients meet their financial goals by building long-term relationships.

What do we require?

This role requires an experienced individual who is already trained and developed within the Financial Services sector. Comprehensive training is provided on the full suite of deVere Financial solutions to enhance your existing experience.

You should be comfortable working with people and be an analytical thinker. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are needed in order to work successfully with clients and team members.

What do we offer?

• Generous high income
• In-house administration
• In-house compliance
• Bespoke CRM
• Full product training
• A weekly pay-run
• Structured, defined career progression
• World-class company performance incentives

The hiring company is a large organisation in the Technology industry. Known for its innovative approach, the firm has established itself as a market leader in the tech, digital and AI sector, constantly pushing boundaries and setting new standards. They now have operations in the Middle East, North America and Europe.

• Oversee and manage all financial planning activities.
• Develop and implement strategic financial plans.
• Analyse financial data and prepare forecasts.
• Lead team in annual budgeting process.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
• Coordinate with senior management to align financial plans with business goals.
• Report on financial performance and make recommendations.
• Drive financial planning initiatives to support the company's growth.

• A strong educational background in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
• Must hold experience in operating in Europe and/or North America.
• Must hold string M&A experience
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage a team.
• Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations and standards.
• The ability to align financial plans with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

A prominent investment and distribution group based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a diverse portfolio. The company is known for its commitment to operational excellence, innovation, and sustainable business practices across regional and international markets.

• 
  Lead the preparation and consolidation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial plans.
• 
  Analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable recommendations to senior management.
• 
  Partner with business units to align financial plans with strategic objectives and ensure financial targets are met.
• 
  Develop and refine financial models to support business cases, investment decisions, and scenario planning.
• 
  Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and prepare insightful dashboards and reports for leadership.
• 
  Support the implementation of financial planning tools and systems to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• 
  Ensure compliance with internal policies, financial standards, and regulatory requirements.
• 
  Collaborate cross-functionally with accounting, strategy, and business teams to drive financial transparency and performance.

A successful candidate is a commercially savvy finance professional with a strong track record in financial planning and analysis, ideally within diversified or multinational organizations, capable of translating data into actionable strategy.

The hiring company is a large organisation in the Technology industry. Known for its innovative approach, the firm has established itself as a market leader in the tech, digital and AI sector, constantly pushing boundaries and setting new standards. They now have operations in the Middle East, North America and Europe.

• Oversee and manage all financial planning activities.
• Develop and implement strategic financial plans.
• Analyse financial data and prepare forecasts.
• Lead team in annual budgeting process.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
• Coordinate with senior management to align financial plans with business goals.
• Report on financial performance and make recommendations.
• Drive financial planning initiatives to support the company's growth.

• A strong educational background in Finance, Accounting or related fields.
• Must hold experience in operating in Europe and/or North America.
• Must hold strong M&A experience.
• Proven leadership skills and the ability to manage a team.
• Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations and standards.
• The ability to align financial plans with business objectives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Company Description
Masdar is the UAE’s clean energy champion and one of the largest companies of its kind in the world, advancing the development and deployment of renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies to address global sustainability challenges. Established in 2006, Masdar is today active in over 40 countries, helping them to achieve their clean energy objectives and advance sustainable development. Masdar is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), and under this ownership the company is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of at least 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and an annual green hydrogen production capacity of up to 1 million tonnes by the same year.

Job Description
To manage government budgeting and reporting (financial and operational) for various business projects including the management of all related stakeholder relations, budgeting, forecasting and treasury processes in order to ensure the provision of accurately and timely reports in line with relevant policies and procedures. To assist with the consolidation and reporting of financial and business performance against internal KPI’s and plans and to administer manpower budgeting and forecasting process ensuring completion of information to be used in the consolidated business plan.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the design and preparation of monthly management reports for all the Government funded initiatives.
• Report on a monthly basis to the CFO and senior finance management on Government funded initiatives including any variances, highlighting any key issues and providing recommendations.
• Manage the preparation and submission to the Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Energy (DoE) of all financial related returns monthly, quarterly and yearly and address any other ad-hoc requests from Government entities or related to Government funded initiatives.
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of all financial reports to the statistics centre on a yearly basis mainly being the Financial Investments Survey, Industrial and Economical Survey, Environmental, and R&D Survey.
• Manage any reporting to the Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Executive Council (EC) on a timely manner.
• Ensure that all transactions of ZSP & IRENA have been accounted for and accurately reflect all transactions.
• Review and analyse the transactions in the GL periodically, prepare required journals to reclassify entries to the correct account and project and review and process all sub-ledgers inputs (namely Account Payable) prior to month end deadlines.
• Work with project managers to ensure that accruals/provisions and prepayments are prepared and entered on a monthly basis and monitor the monthly costs on certain projects based on the activity code. Also, prepare activity reports based on actual cost details against the activity budget.
• Manage and prepare reconciliations along with supporting documents/schedules/information that are required for the monthly management file, quarterly and annual review by the external auditors and information required to support the group information uploaded to the shareholder.
• Manage the entire budgeting process for Government funded initiatives and liaise with the DOF to ensure alignment.
• Manage and lead all Government initiative budget submissions and approvals with DoE.
• Manage all monthly and quarterly submissions to DoE and ensure compliance with any imposed regulations and or instructions.
• Provide full guidance to Masdar management on all DoE and DoF budget matters.
• Lead, manage and prepare the DOF budget templates and communicate with the project managers on any new DOF/Abu Dhabi Executive Office guidelines.
• Lead and manage the Manpower Budget submissions of Government funded initiatives with Human Capital to ensure accurate manpower cost submissions.
• Manage, prepare and complete the DOF & Shareholders’ Summary Budget templates for each of ZSP and IRENA.
• Prepare a quarterly drawdown forecast for ZSP & IRENA and share with treasury to ensure the timely drawdown of funds on a quarterly basis to maintain a positive cashflow.
• Review and challenge all budget submissions working closely with the project management, senior finance management and the C suite to ensure compliance with DOF guidelines.
• Manage and consolidate budgets of all Government funded initiatives.
• Maintain a year on year track of all actuals versus budgets for the Government funded initiatives.
• Lead and manage the quarterly and yearly forecast exercise with the PM’s.
• Manage and coordinate budget review meetings with the C-Level and ensure any changes are reflected.
• Prepare the DOF budget templates and communicate with the project managers on any new DOF/Executive Council (EC) guidelines.

Qualifications

Preferred Experience:

• 6-8 years of experience in financial planning and reporting (preferable Government reporting), with at least 3-4 years working at a group financial planning and reporting level in large multi-national companies involving similar responsibilities and activities or equivalent experience.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills leading to a consultative approach within a corporate / multifunctional environment.
• Extensive knowledge of ERP environment.
• Extensive knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Extensive knowledge of various accounting processes and an understanding of internal controls.
• Extensive knowledge of international auditing standards.

Additional Information
Masdar is one of the world’s fastest growing renewable energy companies and a green hydrogen leader, placing the UAE at the forefront of the energy transition. As a pioneer in advancing the clean energy sector and a key enabler of the UAE’s vision as a global leader in sustainability and climate action, Masdar has developed projects in more than 40 countries across six continents and has invested, or committed to invest, in worldwide projects with a combined value of more than US$30 billion. Masdar unites the UAE’s three energy champions – Mubadala, ADNOC and TAQA – and will utilize their combined expertise to fulfill its purpose as a global clean energy pioneer across renewables and green hydrogen. Promoting innovation in solar, wind, energy storage, waste-to-energy, and geothermal energy, Masdar has a proven record of delivering pioneering projects using cutting-edge clean energy technologies, that are commercially viable and bankable.