Manager FP&A – Financial Planning and Analysis – Al-Futtaim Group

Al-Futtaim Group is hiring a Manager FP&A – Financial Planning and Analysis, based in Jebel Ali, Dubai. Al-Futtaim Group is a diversified Dubai-based conglomerate with interests spanning automotive distribution (including Toyota), retail (including the IKEA franchise) and financial services across the region. This role sits in financial planning and analysis for an automotive business, providing the financial analysis, planning or reporting that the wider business relies on to make informed commercial decisions.

Core responsibilities typically include budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and partnering with operational business units to translate numbers into something decision-makers can actually act on. In a diversified group like Al-Futtaim Group, that often means working across multiple business lines rather than a single P&L, which adds genuine complexity to the role.

Al-Futtaim Group will be looking for someone with a solid finance or accounting background, strong Excel and financial modelling skills, and the ability to communicate financial insight clearly to non-finance stakeholders who need the headline, not the full spreadsheet.

Finance functions like financial planning and analysis for an automotive business are the part of a business that leadership relies on to actually know what is happening commercially — not what everyone hopes is happening, but what the numbers say. At a diversified organisation the size of Al-Futtaim Group, that honesty has outsized value, because decisions made on bad or late numbers compound quickly across multiple business lines. The person in this seat is effectively translating raw transactional data into something a non-finance leader can use to make a real decision — invest here, cut there, hold steady — and that translation work, done well, is what lets a business move with confidence instead of guesswork. It's rarely visible work from the outside, but every serious leadership team at a company this size knows exactly how much they depend on this function being accurate and on time, every single reporting cycle.

Corporate finance experience at a large, diversified group like Al-Futtaim Group is a genuinely strong foundation for a long finance career — exposure to multiple business lines builds broader commercial pattern-recognition than a role at a single-business employer typically offers, and that breadth is recognised by future employers. It's also one of the clearer internal progression paths in a large organisation: strong financial analysts and planners are the typical pipeline for finance manager, FP&A lead or business-partner roles over time. The UAE package for finance roles at this level is generally tax-free and competitive, with standard benefits including medical insurance and annual leave, and often support toward professional qualifications for those pursuing ACCA, CFA or similar credentials. Beyond the immediate role, the discipline of working to recurring, non-negotiable reporting deadlines while maintaining real accuracy is a durable professional habit that shows clearly in every finance role that follows, and it's exactly the kind of track record that senior finance leaders look for when deciding who to promote. For a Manager FP&A - Financial Planning and Analysis role specifically, what actually separates a strong hire from an average one is consistency on the fundamentals, day after day, not any single standout moment.

• Relevant degree in finance, accounting or a related field; professional qualification (ACCA/CA/CMA/CFA) is an advantage
• Demonstrable experience in financial planning and analysis for an automotive business, budgeting, forecasting or management reporting
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills
• Ability to translate financial analysis into clear, actionable business recommendations
• Comfortable partnering with non-finance operational stakeholders
• High accuracy and attention to detail under reporting deadlines