Financial Analyst
Posted 4 days ago by Airswift
Negotiable
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Doha, Qatar
Summary: The Financial Analyst role is essential within the Middle East & Africa LNG Business Unit, focusing on accurate financial reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting. This position provides critical financial insights to support decision-making while ensuring compliance with financial reporting and planning standards. The analyst will collaborate with various teams to enhance financial performance and support strategic initiatives. Overall, the role is pivotal in maintaining financial integrity and supporting business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting activities.
- Prepare and analyze income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow variances.
- Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of internal financial reports.
- Provide meaningful analysis of financial performance and underlying business drivers.
- Present key financial information, trends, and business insights to the Regional Finance Manager and Leadership Team.
- Support Business Unit planning and forecasting activities.
- Coordinate with asset and functional teams to develop and consolidate Long Range Plans (LRP), Annual Budgets, and Monthly Outlooks and Forecasts.
- Contribute financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic planning initiatives.
- Assist in evaluating business performance against plans, forecasts, and budgets.
- Respond to financial and operational inquiries from management and key stakeholders.
- Provide analytical support to assist local management with business decisions.
- Help stakeholders understand financial results, trends, projections, and business impacts.
- Deliver timely and accurate financial information to support operational and strategic objectives.
- Manage and coordinate required corporate tax reporting requests.
- Support internal and external financial audit activities.
- Participate in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) documentation and compliance efforts.
- Maintain strong internal controls and support adherence to corporate governance standards.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal Finance organization stakeholders.
- Collaborate across functions to support financial deliverables and business objectives.
- Foster productive partnerships that enhance reporting accuracy and organizational effectiveness.
- Provide broader support to the Business Unit Finance function as required.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of finance experience.
- Advanced knowledge of general accounting principles and financial reporting practices.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.
- Strong analytical and financial reporting capabilities.
- Experience developing and building financial models.
- Exposure to SAP or similar enterprise accounting systems.
- Minimum 5 years of finance experience within the oil and gas industry.
- Experience summarizing and communicating financial information to senior leaders.
- Strong focus on quality control and ability to start and finish tasks independently.
- Ability to listen actively and engage in constructive feedback.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships and work as a team player.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Doha
Country: Qatar
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Financial Analyst
Location: Doha, Qatar
Position Summary
The Financial Analyst is a critical member of the Middle East & Africa LNG Business Unit, responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting support across the business. The role provides timely financial insights that enable informed decision-making while ensuring compliance with all local and corporate financial reporting, planning requirements, internal processes, and control standards.
Key Responsibilities
The Financial Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting the financial planning and analysis activities of the Business Unit through reporting, forecasting, compliance, and business partnering.
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting activities.
- Prepare and analyze income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow variances.
- Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of internal financial reports.
- Provide meaningful analysis of financial performance and underlying business drivers.
- Present key financial information, trends, and business insights to the Regional Finance Manager and Leadership Team.
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Support Business Unit planning and forecasting activities.
Coordinate with asset and functional teams to develop and consolidate:
- Long Range Plans (LRP)
- Annual Budgets
- Monthly Outlooks and Forecasts
- Contribute financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic planning initiatives.
- Assist in evaluating business performance against plans, forecasts, and budgets.
Business Support & Decision Making
- Respond to financial and operational inquiries from management and key stakeholders.
- Provide analytical support to assist local management with business decisions.
- Help stakeholders understand financial results, trends, projections, and business impacts.
- Deliver timely and accurate financial information to support operational and strategic objectives.
Corporate Compliance, Audit & Tax Support
- Manage and coordinate required corporate tax reporting requests.
- Support internal and external financial audit activities.
- Participate in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) documentation and compliance efforts.
- Maintain strong internal controls and support adherence to corporate governance standards.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal Finance organization stakeholders.
- Collaborate across functions to support financial deliverables and business objectives.
- Foster productive partnerships that enhance reporting accuracy and organizational effectiveness.
- Provide broader support to the Business Unit Finance function as required.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor’s degree or higher in:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Business
- Related discipline
- Foreign equivalent qualification accepted
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of finance experience.
- Advanced knowledge of general accounting principles and financial reporting practices.
Technical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.
- Strong analytical and financial reporting capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
Candidates with the following experience will be highly regarded:
- Experience developing and building financial models.
- Exposure to SAP or similar enterprise accounting systems.
- Minimum 5 years of finance experience within the oil and gas industry.
Core Competencies & Behaviors: The successful candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:
- Experience summarizing and communicating financial information to senior leaders, with emphasis on connecting underlying business drivers with financial results
- Strong focus on quality control and ability to start and finish tasks independently
- Listens actively, always prepared to receive/provide pushback, feedback, and contrarian views
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, relates effectively with diverse individuals and is a team player