Financial Analyst – Majid Al Futtaim

Majid Al Futtaim’s LifeStyle division is hiring a Financial Analyst to support its business development function – a role centered on research, competition mapping, feasibility analysis, and evaluating new business opportunities within the group’s lifestyle and leisure portfolio.

The day-to-day work involves researching market and competitor data to inform strategic decisions, building feasibility models for potential new initiatives or store formats, and presenting findings in a way business development leadership can act on. It’s an analytically heavy role that sits closer to strategy than transactional finance, requiring someone who’s comfortable moving between desk research and structured financial modeling.

It suits a finance professional with strong analytical skills and genuine curiosity about market dynamics and competitive positioning, who wants exposure to strategic business development decisions rather than routine financial reporting, and who’s comfortable working in a fast-moving lifestyle and retail business environment.

Business development decisions in a competitive lifestyle and leisure market live or die on whether the underlying research and feasibility analysis is actually sound, and that's precisely what this Financial Analyst role is responsible for providing. A well-researched competitive map or a rigorous feasibility model directly shapes which new initiatives Majid Al Futtaim's LifeStyle division decides to pursue, and getting that analysis wrong can mean committing resources to an idea that looked promising on paper but wasn't grounded in real market dynamics. In a lifestyle and retail market where consumer preferences and competitive positioning shift quickly, having analysts who can produce sharp, current market intelligence is a meaningful advantage over competitors moving on slower or less rigorous analysis. This role's output feeds directly into decisions that shape the division's growth trajectory, which gives the analysis genuine strategic weight despite sitting at analyst level. Because business development decisions often involve comparing several possible directions at once, the quality of this role's comparative analysis also shapes which ideas even make it to a serious feasibility review in the first place.

Business development-focused financial analysis builds a broader, more strategic skill set than routine financial reporting roles typically offer - market research, competitive analysis, and feasibility modeling are all skills that sit closer to strategy and corporate development than standard accounting or FP&A work, which makes this a strong launching point for a career heading in that direction. Working within Majid Al Futtaim's LifeStyle division specifically gives exposure to how a major regional retail and leisure group evaluates new business opportunities, which is valuable experience for analysts who eventually want to move into corporate strategy, business development, or venture-style roles at other companies. People who perform well in roles like this typically progress into senior analyst, business development manager, or strategy roles with broader decision-making input, since the analytical and research skills built here translate directly into those next steps. The exposure to retail and leisure market dynamics specifically is also a genuinely marketable specialization in the UAE, where the consumer and leisure sector continues to grow and compete intensely for sharp commercial analysts. The role's position inside a major, well-known regional group also gives early-career analysts a credible platform to build a public profile in commercial analysis, which matters when competing for more senior strategy roles later on.

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, including feasibility analysis
• Experience conducting market research and competitive analysis
• Comfort presenting findings and recommendations to business development leadership
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills
• Genuine interest in retail, leisure, or lifestyle business dynamics