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Group Head of FP&A, Global Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi, UAE
A leading global investment fund based in Abu Dhabi is seeking an exceptional Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to build and lead an institutional-grade FP&A, performance management and strategic finance capability across the Group.
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Group Head of FP&A, Global Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Corporate Development / M&A
CFO
Finance
Accounting & Tax
Portfolio Management
Value Creation
COO
CFO
Middle East
15+ years
About our client

Our client is a leading global investment fund based in Abu Dhabi, with a diversified portfolio spanning multiple sectors and geographies. This is a newly created, high-profile role with responsibility for building and establishing the Group’s FP&A and performance-management operating model from the ground up. The successful candidate will provide executive leadership with a clear, forward-looking view of financial performance, strategic priorities, capital deployment, key risks and opportunities across a complex and diversified organisation. Operating as a senior strategic finance partner to executive leadership, the Group Head of FP&A will bring the financial insight, commercial judgement and constructive challenge required to support enterprise-level decision-making. The role offers the opportunity to shape how performance is measured, understood and managed across the Group, positioning FP&A at the centre of strategic planning and decision-making.
What the job involves

  • Lead the Group’s annual budgeting, multi-year planning and rolling forecasting processes across a diversified portfolio of businesses
  • Establish an enterprise-wide performance management framework, linking financial outcomes to strategic priorities and operational drivers
  • Deliver scenario analysis, sensitivity modelling and forward-looking insight to support executive decision-making, identifying key risks, opportunities and emerging performance trends
  • Develop meaningful KPIs and performance measures to drive transparency, accountability and performance across the organisation
  • Act as a trusted strategic finance adviser to senior leadership, providing independent insight and constructive challenge
  • Lead the development of high-quality executive and Board-level reporting, translating complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable business narratives
  • Support strategic decision-making around performance, capital allocation, resource prioritisation, investment opportunities and portfolio optimisation
  • Assess the financial and commercial implications of major business and investment decisions, including business cases, strategic opportunities and organisational trade-offs
  • Establish a consolidated Group-wide view of performance, ensuring consistent planning, forecasting and performance-management disciplines across individual businesses and entities
  • Challenge business plans, assumptions and forecasts, while building strong and effective relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation
  • Design and build the FP&A and performance-management operating model, including the relevant processes, governance, frameworks, systems and ways of working
  • Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team, while driving greater automation, data quality and analytical sophistication across planning and management reporting
  • Position FP&A as a strategic business partner at the centre of decision-making, rather than a traditional reporting or control function
Who we are looking for

  • Significant experience in strategic finance, FP&A, enterprise planning and/or performance management at Group level
  • A background in a strategic environment such as strategy consulting, investment banking, corporate development or another strategic finance role would be highly relevant
  • Experience operating across a complex organisation with multiple businesses, entities, geographies or asset classes
  • Strong exposure to executive and Board-level decision-making
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial analysis into clear commercial insight, strategic recommendations and actionable decisions
  • Strong understanding of capital allocation, performance optimisation and enterprise-level financial decision-making
  • Experience building or materially transforming FP&A capabilities, including teams, processes, operating models and performance-management frameworks
  • Highly developed financial modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis and performance-management capabilities
  • Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to understand the broader business implications behind financial performance
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