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Role Overview
The role holder is responsible for leading the financial analysis of the business across all Otis – Middle East entities, guiding the local finance resources to consolidate business indicator and trends and conduct effective analysis to support the business planning process. The role holder shall carry out his duties in accordance with the stipulated business policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and implements strategic plans for Finance Department in line with the organizational objectives.
• Reviews the financial performance of the Finance Department against budgets to identify and capitalize on potential areas for cost reduction and performance improvement opportunities.
• Monitors the deployment of work processes in Finance Department in order to achieve high performance standards, continuous improvement and compliance with organizational policies, procedures and standards.
• Participates in the development of the workforce plan for the Finance Department by providing inputs based on workload analysis and forecasting trends.
• Participates in the implementation of Otis's vision, mission and cultural values across all employee groups in the Finance Department.
• Manages the implementation of approved Finance Department policies, procedures and controls so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering quality, cost-effective services.
• Guides the preparation of financial analysis for management reports, quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and long term strategic plans for all Otis – Middle East entities.
• Monitors key business indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of change or negative variances and provide recommendations to management to facilitate decision making.
• Leads the execution of benchmarking analysis, financial analysis, commentaries and presentations for executive review meetings including regional/EMEA reviews.
• Responsible for reporting to Otis – Middle East management on all entities, business & variance analysis of financial results, planning updates, management highlights and development of pipeline projects status updates.
• Leads the annual budget and strategic plan processes including agreement on assumptions, consolidation, analysing all Otis ME entities submissions, communicating financial targets and strategic plan platforms.
• Prepares executive story boarding, business review presentations, management updates on forecasts, budgets & strategic financial plan.
• Leads the monthly and quarterly financial forecasting and reporting process for all Otis – Middle East entities.
• Guides the development of complex financial models for consolidation and variance analysis, what if scenarios/sensitivity analysis based on business drivers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent
• Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting is preferred
• Relevant certification such as Chartered Certified Accountant (CCA) or equivalent is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in performing financial planning at an enterprise level for a multiple geography portfolio
• Fluent written and spoken English essential, Arabic preferred

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