Emirati Talent – Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis – Majid Al Futtaim

Majid Al Futtaim’s Development Unit, the part of the business behind its real estate and property development activities, is hiring a Manager for Financial Planning and Analysis in Dubai, another Emirati Talent-designated role. FP&A in a real estate development context means financial modelling and analysis tied to long-horizon projects, where the numbers underpin decisions that play out over years, not quarters.

The work includes building and maintaining financial models for development projects, analyzing budget variance and performance against forecasts, supporting capital allocation and investment decisions with rigorous financial analysis, and presenting findings clearly to senior stakeholders who are making real-money decisions based on that analysis. Because real estate experience is noted as an advantage for this specific role, there’s an expectation of understanding how development project economics (land cost, construction timelines, sales or leasing assumptions) differ from standard corporate FP&A.

A professional accounting or finance certification is relevant context for the seniority and rigor expected of this role within Majid Al Futtaim’s Development Unit.

It suits someone financially rigorous who’s comfortable modelling long-horizon, assumption-heavy projects and presenting that analysis confidently to senior decision-makers.

Real estate development decisions commit significant capital over multi-year horizons, so the quality of financial planning and analysis behind those decisions has an outsized, long-tail impact compared to shorter-cycle business decisions: a flawed assumption in a development model can misdirect capital for years before it's fully apparent. This Manager's rigor in modelling and variance analysis is a direct safeguard against that kind of costly, slow-to-surface error. Because the role sits within the Development Unit specifically, its output also directly informs how Majid Al Futtaim allocates capital across competing development opportunities, which has a real bearing on the group's long-term real estate portfolio performance and growth trajectory across the markets it operates in. Because development projects typically compete against each other for the same limited capital pool, the rigor of this analysis also directly shapes which projects move forward and which get deprioritized, a decision with consequences that play out over years rather than quarters.

FP&A within a real estate development context is a specialized, highly regarded niche within finance, building deep expertise in long-horizon capital modelling, project economics, and investment analysis that's distinct from (and often more sought after than) standard corporate FP&A experience, since real estate development finance requires a different, more assumption-sensitive modelling discipline. Supporting capital allocation decisions at this level also builds direct exposure to senior investment decision-making, a vantage point that accelerates a finance professional's development toward more senior FP&A, corporate finance, or even investment management roles faster than analyst-level transactional work would. As an Emirati Talent program role within one of the region's most prominent real estate developers, this position also offers UAE nationals a credible, visible path toward senior finance leadership roles specifically within real estate and development, a sector with sustained strategic importance across the UAE economy. The experience of defending a multi-year model's assumptions in front of senior decision-makers, who will naturally probe the weakest links in any forecast, also builds a confidence and rigor in financial communication that's hard to develop in a purely analytical, back-office role, and that confidence tends to carry forward visibly into every later, higher-stakes finance conversation a person has in their career.

• UAE National (Emirati Talent program role)
• Professional accounting or finance certification (e.g. CFA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent) relevant to the role’s seniority
• Strong financial modelling and analysis experience, ideally including capital-intensive or long-horizon project environments
• Real estate development experience is an advantage, given the project economics specific to this business unit
• Strong communication and presentation skills for delivering financial analysis to senior stakeholders
• Advanced proficiency with financial modelling and reporting tools