IMI1815 - Senior Financial Analyst I

Job Purpose / Objective

Growing financial performance through analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends. As well as being able to develop financial models to support valuation, planning, and forecasting in order to create recommendations to be presented to management and executives. It is also important to conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis. Reconciling existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data is a key function a senior financial analyst should be able to practice. Also, maintaining up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions, and trends.

Key Accountability

1. Assist in performing financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking.
2. Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support.
3. Contribute to report financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews.
4. Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.
5. Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting.
6. Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
7. Contribute to cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures.
8. Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization.
9. Analyze and interpret data and make comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials.
10. Contribute to identifying and driving process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards.
11. Contribute to increasing productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools.
12. Assist in performing market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps.
13. Assist in maintaining a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models.
14. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is mentioned in virtually any financial analyst job description; familiarity with data query/data management tools is extremely helpful (Access, SQL, Business Objects).

Business Expertise

1. Knowledge of Banking Principles and Practices.
2. Transactional data processing knowledge via business end-to-end process.

Problem Solving

1. Audit schedules, issues, and queries completed and resolved.
2. Banking policy reconciliation as per required.
3. Data analysis and presentation as required.

Nature of Impact

1. Ensuring best banking services for the company.
2. Ensures business queries are resolved and responded to in a timely manner.

Area of Impact

1. Business wide, all stakeholders.
2. The impact is across JV Partners, JV Board, JV C suite, business functions, government authorities, government auditors, JV Partner auditors, JV clients, and JV supply chain.

Interpersonal Skills

1. Strong communication skills.
2. Self-starter and self-motivated.
3. Team player whilst being able to deliver individually.
4. Cultural awareness.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

Bachelors in Business, preferred Masters degree in Banking, Insurance, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related fields.

Professional Qualifications

Professional qualification in Banking, Insurance or Risk, Treasury. ACII, FCII, FRM, CTP, CFA.

Experience

1. 3-9 years work experience in treasury/cash management or banking field preferred.
2. Finance reconciliation experience.
3. Processing transactional data.

Languages

1. Fluent in English.
2. Fluent in Arabic is a plus.

Competencies

Customer Focus

1. Identifying and anticipating customer needs.
2. Displays an interest in the customer by trying to understand their concerns and issues; draws on customer insight to help others with how to best meet current and future customer needs.
3. Customer care/service.
4. Develop positive internal and external customer relationships by consistently and efficiently delivering value.
5. Following customer service trends.
6. Shares best practice knowledge with others in work team; identifies ways in which the customer experience could be enhanced.

Collaboration/Teamwork

1. Delivering information and assistance.
2. Actively participates in meetings by providing input, expressing opinions, and offering solutions; ensures that others have an opportunity to voice their thoughts.
3. Role identity and interpersonal interactions.
4. Works in an open and dependable manner with team members; assumes individual contributor or manager role as needed.
5. Building/maintaining relationships and fostering cooperation.
6. Establishes and grows working relationships; seeks out and encourages different and diverse ideas from others.

Initiative

1. Addressing gaps in work.
2. Anticipates and takes action on what needs to be done to accomplish an objective, task or goal; finds alternative or less obvious ways to carry out plans.
3. Motivating and energizing self and others.
4. Sets challenging yet motivating short and long-term goals which lead to beneficial individual and team results.
5. Self-starting.
6. Accepts ownership for individual performance, results, and actions; volunteers for tasks before being asked by others or being forced by events.

Accountability

1. Taking responsibility and ownership.
2. Takes responsibility for achieving job requirements, tasks, and objectives even if other resources are required.
3. Driving and delivering results.
4. Willingly and appropriately goes beyond the scope of one's job to get the work done and meet commitments made to others.
5. Managing expectations and working through setbacks.
6. Takes responsibility for individual and team errors by personally fixing problems and unintended consequences.

Knowing the Business

1. Understands operational and financial factors.
2. Applies understanding of operational and financial factors that drive team performance to contribute to department success.
3. Understands company products, services.
4. Applies knowledge of organizations products/services and competitive landscape to deliver on team goals.
5. Collects and evaluates metrics/data to determine actions.

Delegate for Finance Supervisor as required.

Working Relations

Internal Interactions

1. Finance Department.
2. Business functions & employees.

External Interactions

1. Minimal exposure to audit and government authorities.

About Application Process

If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s):

1. Resume/CV.
2. Passport-size photograph.