Senior Financial Analyst

Leads the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting cycle across the group's business lines (brands, after-sales, and mobility), translating automotive market dynamics, FX movements, and unit economics into financial insight.

Acts as a business partner to business-line heads and senior management, owning key financial models and guiding junior analysts to drive profitability and informed decision-making.

Budgeting, forecasting & planning

• Lead the annual budget and rolling forecast cycle across business lines, coordinating with brand, sales, and after-sales heads and consolidating at group level.
• Build and own driver-based models covering vehicle volumes, model mix, pricing, dealer/fleet margins, after-sales and parts revenue, and operating costs.
• Prepare the 3–5 year strategic plan and scenario/sensitivity analysis for key drivers such as EGP exchange rate, import duties, interest rates, and market demand.

Performance analysis & reporting

• Own the monthly close reporting pack: actual vs. budget/forecast/prior year variance analysis with clear root-cause commentary for senior management.
• Prepare and review monthly management reports, financial analysis, and performance dashboards.
• Analyze profitability by brand, model, branch, channel (retail, fleet/B2B, rental), and activity (sales and aftersales), including gross margin per unit, inventory ageing, and working capital.
• Design and maintain KPI dashboards (Power BI / SAP) tracking sales volume, market share, revenue per unit, service absorption, OPEX ratios, and cash conversion.
• Present insights and recommendations to the FP&A manager, finance director, and business-line management.

Business partnering & decision support

• Act as finance business partner for assigned business lines, challenging assumptions and supporting pricing, incentive, and commercial decisions.
• Evaluate business cases and investments (new brands, showrooms, fleet purchases, localization projects) using NPV, IRR, payback, and break-even analysis.
• Monitor cost structures and lead cost optimization initiatives to protect margins in a volatile, FX-driven market.
• Analyze inventory and stock-financing costs, receivables exposure, and credit risk with treasury and credit control.
• Prepare, validate, and review monthly sales commissions in line with approved policies.
• Review and validate PRs and POs from a budgetary and financial control perspective within delegated authority.
• Support the FP&A manager in providing financial insights and recommendations to brand management.

Process, systems & people

• Improve FP&A processes, templates, and reporting automation within SAP S/4HANA and BI tools to shorten cycle times and improve data accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, Egyptian Accounting Standards, and IFRS in all planning and reporting outputs.
• Review the work of and coach junior FP&A analysts/specialists, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field.
• CMA, CFA (Level II+), ACCA, or FMVA certification is a strong plus; MBA is an advantage.
• 4–6 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or corporate finance, with at least 2 years at senior level; automotive, distribution, or multi-business-line group experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel (financial modeling, scenario analysis) and Power BI, hands-on SAP S/4HANA (FI/CO) experience.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and Egyptian Accounting Standards.
• Proven track record leading budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis cycles.
• Understanding of automotive business drivers: unit economics, model mix, after-sales, inventory, and FX/import cost impact.
• Investment appraisal and business case evaluation (NPV, IRR, payback).
• Strong business partnering, stakeholder management, and ability to challenge constructively.
• Excellent presentation skills for reporting to C-level executives.
• Ability to coach junior team members and manage multiple deadlines.