Cash Planning Senior Specialist

The Cash Planning Senior Specialist will be responsible for leading and enhancing Imbono’s cash planning, forecasting, and liquidity management processes. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the company’s financial stability by providing accurate short, mid, and long-term cash flow visibility, supporting funding strategies, and enabling data driven decision-making across the business. The position requires strong analytical skills, deep understanding of corporate cash forecasting, and the ability to act as key interface between FP&A and Treasury, working closely with multiple stakeholders across Finance and Operations teams to ensure forecasts reflect the business dynamics.

Cash Flow Forecasting & Liquidity Management

• Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly cash flow forecasts, ensuring alignment with budget and business plans.
• Monitor cash positions, liquidity levels, and working capital movements.
• Analyse variances between actuals vs. forecast and propose corrective actions when required.

Strategic Cash Planning

• Own and improve short-, medium-, and long-term cash planning models in close coordination with FP&A and Treasury.
• Provide inputs for capital allocation decisions, debt service planning, dividend planning, and investment requirements.
• Identify liquidity risks and opportunities to optimize internal cash usage.

Coordination with Internal Stakeholders

• Work closely with Treasury, Accounting, Procurement, Operations, and Commercial teams to gather accurate cash inflow/outflow data.
• Act as the primary point of contact for cash planning matters across business units.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Prepare periodic cash reports, dashboards, and KPIs for FP&A leadership and senior management.
• Support scenario modeling, stress tests, and sensitivity analysis.
• Ensure reporting accuracy and compliance with internal controls.
• Process Improvements
• Continuously enhance cash planning processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Participate in system implementations or upgrades (ERP, BI tools, Treasury Management Systems).
• Implement best practices to strengthen governance and forecast reliability.

Mandatory Experience

• 5–8 years of experience in FP&A, treasury, cash forecasting, or financial analysis.
• Experience in multinational or multi-entity environments is highly desirable.
• Exposure to capital-intensive or project-based industries is a strong advantage.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Professional certifications preferred: CFA, CPA, CMA, CTP, ACCA.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modelling, and advanced analytics.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Business Central, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics).
• Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI) is a plus.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Language Skills

• Fluent English is required, both written and spoken.
• Portuguese or Spanish communication skills are highly desirable, given the company’s regional interactions and cross‑border collaboration needs.

Competencies

• Financial & analytical acumen
• Cash flow modelling & forecasting
• Strategic thinking
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Process orientation and continuous improvement
• Business partnering
• Client oriented

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing and strategic environment in Dubai.
• Exposure to high-impact financial planning activities supporting major business decisions.
• Dynamic and multicultural workplace.
• Career growth opportunities within the Finance department

Our Values

• Client Oriented
• Excellence
• Innovation
• Integrity
• Perseverance