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Financial Planning & Analysis Expert - 1-Year Engagement
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Location: Muscat, Oman.
Years of Experience: 6-10 years of relevant experience.
Project Duration: 1 year.
Working Arrangement: on-site.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English (written and spoken).
The FP&A Expert will work closely with the client to deliver comprehensive financial diagnostics, enhance financial control processes, and implement effective planning and reporting frameworks. This role will be pivotal in developing a fully integrated Annual Business Plan, improving liquidity management, supporting restructuring initiatives, and building FP&A capability within the organization. The expert will provide high-level financial analysis, ensure alignment with strategic objectives, and guide the finance team through process enhancements and knowledge transfer.
Key Requirements- 6–10 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or business planning across various business cycles, including growth, turnaround, and restructuring.
- Proven experience supporting strategic financial planning, capital investment evaluation, and M&A transactions.
- Demonstrated expertise in managing financial accounts, budgets, rolling forecasts, and working capital optimization.
- Ability to support debt refinancing, restructuring, and lender negotiations, with knowledge of repayment schedules and leveraged finance metrics.
- Experience in cash flow management, forecasting, and liquidity stress testing.
- Proficiency in generating and interpreting management reports, dashboards, KPIs, and financial ratios.
- Demonstrated skill in building dynamic 3-statement financial models and executing scenario analyses.
- Solid understanding of IFRS financial principles and financial statement interpretation.
- Proven experience with industry-specific financial knowledge (e.g. food, agribusiness, FMCG, manufacturing).
- Professional certifications such as CFA, CMA, or CPA.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration.
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Diagnostic & Immediate Stabilization
- Conduct a full financial diagnostic, evaluating current budgeting, planning, debt, and working capital processes.
- Review and align reporting systems, charts of accounts, and cost centers to ensure consistency with group-level standards.
- Launch a 13-week cash flow forecast and introduce liquidity governance protocols.
- Validate underlying assumptions used in prior financial plans for accuracy and relevance.
- Business Planning & Financial Control Setup
- Lead the creation of a fully integrated Annual Business Plan (ABP) covering revenue, cost structures, capex, cash flow, and debt requirements.
- Ensure the ABP aligns with group-wide strategic and operational objectives.
- Implement rolling forecasts and systematic variance analysis.
- Establish financial and operational control dashboards for KPI and strategic tracking.
- Develop a debt servicing calendar and initiate lender communication protocols.
- Restructuring, Capability Building & Transition
- Design and model restructuring scenarios, assessing impacts on financial metrics such as DSCR, EBITDA, and equity position.
- Support lender, supplier, and creditor negotiations as required.
- Develop enduring FP&A SOPs, workflow diagrams, and approval authorities.
- Assess the finance team's skills, provide targeted training, and mentor team members.
- Prepare and execute a transition plan for permanent FP&A resources, including onboarding and handover documentation.
- Monitor and report on the effectiveness of implemented reforms using performance dashboards.
- Deliverables
- Annual Business Plan (financial & operational).
- Monthly MIS package (P&L, cash flow, KPIs).
- Rolling 13-week cash flow forecast with variance analysis.
- Working capital improvement plan and dashboard.
- Debt restructuring recommendation paper (if applicable).
- SOPs and process maps for planning, reporting, and liquidity control.
- Capability assessment and training documentation.
- Transition and handover report.
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