Senior Finance Business Partner (FP&A)
Salla is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce platforms in the MENA region, delivering innovative technology solutions that enable businesses to scale efficiently and sustainably. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner (FP&A) to play a pivotal role within Salla’s Hub-and-Spoke FP&A model. As a Spoke, you will be embedded with a business unit, translating financial intelligence into commercial actions while working closely with Corporate FP&A (the Hub) to ensure alignment, forecast accuracy, and a single source of truth.
Key Responsibilities
1. Embedded Strategic Partnership (Core of the Role)
- Act as the primary finance partner to assigned business units.
- Serve as a thought partner to leadership—challenging assumptions constructively and shaping decisions before execution.
- Translate strategic priorities into financial plans, trade-offs, and execution metrics.
- Elevate financial literacy across the business, enabling leaders to own their P&L with confidence.
2. Planning, Forecasting & Performance Management
- Own the unit-level forecast, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with group targets.
- Partner with the Hub to deliver rolling forecasts, scenarios, and sensitivity analyses.
- Explain variances with insight—not just numbers—linking performance to operational drivers.
- Surface risks and opportunities early, enabling proactive course correction.
3. Value Creation & Capital Discipline
- Evaluate initiatives, investments, and trade-offs using ROI frameworks and return thresholds.
- Ensure resources are allocated intentionally, with clear success metrics and accountability.
- Lead post-investment performance reviews, closing the loop between strategy, execution, and outcomes.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Leads with curiosity, consistently asking why and how to deeply understand business drivers.
- Challenges ideas constructively, earning trust through insight and evidence rather than authority.
- Communicates complex concepts clearly and simply, enabling effective decision-making.
- Thrives in ambiguity and remains energized by change in dynamic environments.
- Demonstrates a strong growth mindset, continuously improving financial models, insights, and decision frameworks.
Requirements
- 6–8 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, Strategy, or related roles.
- Demonstrated experience partnering with senior stakeholders in high-growth, fast-paced organizations.
- Hands-on experience owning or actively contributing to financial planning, forecasting, and performance management.
- Technical & Analytical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in financial modelling, scenario analysis, and ROI evaluation skills.
- Ability to link financial outcomes to underlying operational and commercial drivers.
- Experience working with large datasets and financial dashboards using analytics tools.
- Strong understanding of P&L dynamics and unit economics at a business or product level.