Overview
Financial Analyst Jobs in United Arab Emirates at Confidential
Title: Financial Analyst
Company: Confidential
Location: United Arab Emirates
We're looking for a sharp, detail-driven Financial Analyst to join our Group FP&A team at HQ. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the heart of our global financial engine — supporting strategic decisions across all markets we operate in.
About the role
As a Financial Analyst (Global), you'll be the analytical backbone of Group FP&A — building consolidated financial models, running market expansion analyses, supporting budgeting cycles, and feeding the data that drives our War Room and leadership reviews. You'll report to the Head of FP&A HQ and collaborate with FBPs across markets, regional GMs, the Strategy team, and COO office.
What you'll do
Financial modelling
- Build and maintain group-level and market P&L models
- Run sensitivity, scenario, DCF/NPV analysis
- Model unit economics: LTV, CAC, payback, churn
New market expansion
- Build P&L cases for market entry: from MVP to break-even
- TAM/SAM/SOM sizing and competitive benchmarking
- Model FX risks, local regulations, and investment needs
Consolidated reporting
- Aggregate multi-currency market data into a group P&L
- Eliminate intercompany transactions (IFRS)
- Prepare monthly P&L packs and WBR materials
Strategy & budgeting
- Support capital allocation decisions and M&A screening
- Consolidate budgets and rolling forecasts across markets
- Track OPEX/headcount limits and efficiency initiatives
What we're looking for
Hard skills:
- 2+ years in financial analysis or FP&A
- Strong financial modelling: DCF, NPV, sensitivity analysis, scenario planning
- Consolidation fundamentals: FX translation, intercompany eliminations, IFRS basics
- Advanced Excel; Power BI / Tableau is a plus
- Strategic frameworks: TAM/SAM/SOM, Porter's Five Forces, capital allocation
- ERP experience (1C, SAP, Oracle) is an advantage
- English — Upper-Intermediate or higher (working language of the group)Fintech / payments background is a strong plus
Soft skills:
- Exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy
- Analytical mindset — patterns, insights, clear conclusions
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines
- Proactive: spots problems and brings solutions before being asked
- Can translate financial data into clear narratives for non-finance audiences
- Cross-cultural fluency — used to working across markets and time zones
Why join us
We're a global fintech group operating across multiple markets in payments and financial services. This role sits at the centre of our Group FP&A function — with direct exposure to the Head of FP&A HQ, regional GMs, and the strategy team. If you want to own meaningful analysis and have your models shape real decisions, this is the place.