Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Kavak UAE is building the Middle East’s leading used-car platform and expanding into adjacent services and new markets. This role is the CFO’s right hand for planning, modelling and decision support. You will own the financial models behind the business plan, turn data into clear recommendations, and present them to the GM and Group CFO. We want an analytical, commercially minded modeller who can build, stress-test and explain a model, not only maintain one.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial modelling and planning
• Build and own the business plan, annual budget and rolling forecast: integrated three-statement models, driver-based unit economics (price, margin per car, days-to-sell, inventory financing, CAC) and scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Model governance
• Maintain model integrity: clear inputs, calculations and outputs, version control, checks and documented assumptions
• Review and challenge models built by others
• Feasibility and expansion
• Evaluate feasibility, investment cases and commercial viability for new business verticals and new markets (market sizing, funding needs, payback, IRR), and give input into go-to-market plans
• Analysis and insight
• Analyse performance versus plan, find the drivers behind variances, and give leadership clear, quantified recommendations with owners and timelines
• Data, reporting and dashboards
• Build finance reports and dashboards that track financial and operational performance; extract data directly from source systems and databases with SQL. Presentation and stakeholders
• Prepare board, GM and Group CFO materials, and present analysis with clarity and confidence to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Automation and partnering
• Lead process improvement and workflow automation (including AI-assisted analysis and reporting), and coordinate cross-functional planning with Sales, Operations, Legal and external partners
• Requirements Skills and

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in FP&A, business planning, strategy, consulting, corporate finance or performance management
• Consulting, investment banking or strategy experience is welcome
• Expert Excel and financial modelling
• You can build a model from a blank sheet: dynamic formulas, data tables, scenario switches, and error checks
• Working knowledge of Google Sheets
• Advanced data extraction and analysis: SQL (read and write; Postgres or BigQuery an advantage) and a BI tool such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker
• Strong presentation skills in PowerPoint or Google Slides, and the ability to turn numbers into a recommendation
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to influence and, where needed, challenge commercial teams using data
• Solid grounding in P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, and in working capital and inventory economics
• Self-driven and organised, working independently with minimal supervision
• Flexibility on hours during peak periods (month-end, budget cycle, board packs)
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering, Data/Information Systems or another quantitative field
• Nice to have Experience in automotive, marketplaces, e-commerce, lending or other financial services
• Python or another data tool; interest in AI and automation (Google Apps Script, workflow automation, AI for data analysis and reporting)
• Professional qualification or MBA (CFA, CA, CMA, ACCA)
• Experience with GCC markets and multi-currency models
• Experience leading or mentoring analysts