Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Role overview

Americana Foods is seeking a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to lead the FP&A agenda across the GCC. This role supports a complex, multi-market operation with several manufacturing sites and requires close coordination with Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance teams.

What you will do

• Own the FP&A activity for the GCC region and support decision-making across multiple markets and manufacturing units.
• Run the integrated business planning cycle, including monthly and quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range strategic plans.
• Oversee the full flash reporting process and ensure early financial results, risks, and upside opportunities are submitted accurately and on time.
• Manage month-end close activities end to end and deliver accurate P&L reporting across markets, channels, and SKU-level profitability.
• Prepare executive-level management reports with clear analysis, variance commentary, performance insights, and strategic recommendations.
• Work with senior leaders on financial analysis, scenario modelling, investment evaluation, and performance tracking to support key business decisions.
• Partner with Commercial Finance teams to review and improve value chains, identify margin improvement opportunities, reduce costs, and strengthen profitability.
• Build and maintain advanced financial models, dashboards, and analytical tools to support pricing, investment cases, market expansion, and strategic initiatives.
• Track financial and operational KPIs, and proactively highlight risks, opportunities, and areas for performance improvement.
• Promote digital finance transformation by introducing AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, reporting, and finance productivity.
• Strengthen financial governance and standardize reporting to ensure consistency, accuracy, and timeliness across the region.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams so that financial targets are built into commercial and operational plans and delivered effectively.

Key deliverables

• Timely and accurate monthly close and regional P&L reporting.
• Executive dashboards and business reviews that translate data into actionable insights.
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts with strong accuracy.
• Annual budgets and long-term plans aligned with strategic direction.
• Financial models and business cases for pricing, investment, and growth decisions.
• Value chain analysis that identifies profit improvement opportunities.
• More standardized and automated reporting processes across the region.
• Quick identification and communication of financial risks and opportunities to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Business Finance, ideally within FMCG or manufacturing.
• Strong command of budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, business partnering, and performance management.
• Hands-on experience with ERP/EPM platforms such as SAP or Oracle Hyperion, plus advanced Excel and BI tools like Power BI.
• Strong analytical ability, communication skills, stakeholder management, and leadership capability.
• Preferred: MBA or a professional certification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or CFA.
• Preferred: Exposure to multi-market or regional finance responsibilities.
• Preferred: Experience using AI, automation, and advanced analytics to improve planning, reporting, and decision-making.
• Preferred: Background in finance transformation and process improvement initiatives.

Additional information

This is a full-time onsite role based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The position is focused on regional finance leadership and cross-functional business partnering within a multi-market manufacturing environment.