Planning Analyst - Saudization

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Business Partnering with key departments as centralized planning function.

• In depth analysis of current and past trends for financial reporting including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, and SG&A expenses.

• Making of the yearly budget cycles including, monitoring budget status versus actual spending and result.

• Support Quarterly and Monthly Financial estimation reports for profit announcement.

• Support department managers with in-depth analysis to improve efficiency/accuracy of profit and revenue realization.

• Follow up on order intake progress to ensure control over margin and sales trends movement vs targets.

• Support in preparing financial feasibilities and strategic planning projects.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Experience & Knowledge:

• Experience in planning / cost control.

• Knowledge of Profit & Loss (P&L) statements and understanding of debit and credit principles.

• Familiar with international working environment in fast growing company

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

Skills:

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.

• Excellent analytical skills with passion for business planning & control

• Strong information structuring skills supported by advanced Excel experience.

• Basic SAP knowledge and familiarity with Salesforce, Business intelligence and other planning software packages.

• Good written and verbal communication/presentation skills.

Personality Attributes:

• Enthusiastic and passionate

• Flexible

• Team player

• Confident

• Initiative and proactive

• Dynamic

• Detail and result oriented

• Committed

• Sense of urgency

• High accuracy

Preferred:

• Big 4 firms experience.

• Familiar with HVAC or related industry.

• Master’s degree in finance, Accounting or related area.

• SAP experience.