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Senior Manager FP&A

Description

A client of byteSpark.ai which is a major regional telecom operator in the region is seeking a Senior Manager FP&A to lead group financial planning, consolidation, forecasting, and performance management activities. This is a senior, hands-on FP&A leadership role requiring ownership of consolidated actuals, budgets, forecasts, intercompany eliminations, foreign currency impacts, and management reporting across multiple entities or business units. The successful candidate will direct annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash flow forecasting, and long-range planning while ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery. They will develop financial models, scenarios, business cases, and investment evaluations that inform strategic decisions and telecom growth initiatives. The role will analyze revenue, operating expenditure, profitability, cash flow, subscriber or commercial KPIs, and variances against targets to identify risks and opportunities. The Senior Manager will deliver executive reporting, dashboards, and concise recommendations to finance leadership and other senior stakeholders. They will lead and develop FP&A professionals while partnering with commercial, technology, operations, and corporate functions across distributed and international teams. The position will drive improvements to consolidation, planning, reporting, controls, data quality, and performance management through effective use of ERP, planning, and business intelligence tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or an equivalent discipline; a professional finance or accounting qualification is strongly preferred.
  • Substantial senior-level FP&A experience with ownership of complex planning, forecasting, performance management, and executive decision support.
  • Demonstrated expertise in consolidating actuals, budgets, and forecasts across multiple entities, business units, or regions, including intercompany eliminations and foreign currency impacts.
  • Advanced capability in integrated budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash flow forecasting, long-range planning, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and investment evaluation.
  • Strong management reporting and performance analysis expertise covering revenue, operating expenditure, profitability, cash flow, variances, and operational KPIs.
  • Proven experience leading and developing FP&A teams while coordinating deliverables across finance and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and practical experience with ERP systems, enterprise planning platforms, Power BI, or comparable business intelligence tools.
  • Ability to communicate complex financial findings to executives, manage multiple remote priorities, and deliver accurate outputs under demanding deadlines.

Desirable

  • FP&A leadership experience within telecommunications, technology, infrastructure, or another capital-intensive multi-entity organization.
  • Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA, ACA, or an MBA with a finance concentration.
  • Experience improving or automating group consolidation, planning, reporting, and performance management processes.
  • Exposure to international operations, multiple currencies, distributed teams, and regional group-reporting structures.
  • Knowledge of telecom commercial and operational drivers such as subscribers, ARPU, churn, network investment, customer acquisition costs, and capital expenditure.
Role Highlights
💰 Compensation
AED 35K-40K/month + family visa, medical and benefits/allowances
📍 Location
Abu Dhabu
💼 Work Location Type
Onsite
📄 Employment Type
Full-time
📈 Job Level
Senior
⌛ Experience
10+ years
🏢 Department
Telecommunications
🏭 Industry
Finance
🔹 Sub-Industry
Financial Services

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This recruitment process is being managed by byteSpark.ai on behalf of a major regional telecom operator. byteSpark.ai is not the employer for this position. The identity of the client, reporting structure, and further organisational details will be shared with shortlisted candidates at the appropriate stage.

This is a senior, hands-on FP&A leadership opportunity with responsibility across group planning, consolidation, forecasting, performance management, and executive decision support. The successful candidate will work across multiple entities or business units and help shape how financial information is consolidated, interpreted, and used to support strategic and operational decisions.

Financial consolidation is a core requirement, not a secondary responsibility. The successful candidate must be able to lead consolidation of actuals, budgets, and forecasts across multiple entities, business units, or regions, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency impacts, validation of submissions, and accurate group reporting.

The successful candidate will lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, cash flow forecasting, long-range planning, financial consolidation, management reporting, scenario analysis, business cases, investment evaluations, and performance analysis. They will also identify financial risks and opportunities, support cost optimisation, and provide clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.

The client is looking for substantial senior-level FP&A experience with clear ownership of complex planning, forecasting, consolidation, performance management, and executive decision support. Candidates should also have experience working across multiple entities or regions and leading FP&A teams or significant planning and reporting workstreams.

Candidates will stand out if they can demonstrate group-level or regional FP&A ownership, strong consolidation expertise, leadership of integrated planning cycles, measurable improvements to forecast accuracy or reporting efficiency, and evidence that their analysis influenced senior decisions. Experience in telecom, technology, infrastructure, or another capital-intensive multi-entity environment will be especially relevant.

Advanced Microsoft Excel capability is expected, together with practical experience using ERP systems, enterprise planning platforms, Power BI, or comparable business intelligence tools. Experience improving or automating consolidation, reporting, planning, or performance-management processes will strengthen an application.

No. This is a part-time, fully remote opportunity. The successful candidate will need to work independently, manage overlapping planning, consolidation, and reporting deadlines, collaborate effectively with distributed and international teams, and maintain high standards of accuracy and delivery without requiring close day-to-day supervision.