Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FPA001)

Foreground is partnering with a prominent Saudi family-owned conglomerate with investments in construction, retail, and industrial services to appoint a commercially sharp and analytically sophisticated Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), based in Riyadh. As the company strengthens its institutional finance capabilities in preparation for capital restructuring and expansion into new verticals, this role will act as the strategic financial nerve center of the organization.

Role Purpose

To lead and mature the group-wide FP&A function, integrating financial forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning, and performance analysis across business units, while supporting the executive team with strategic insights and decision support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the groups annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business plans, investment targets, and operational realities.
• Design and implement consolidated reporting frameworks that provide clear visibility into group financial health, cash flow positions, and performance drivers across entities.
• Partner with business units to translate strategic objectives into financial KPIs, dashboards, and operational metrics.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analyses to guide investment decisions, cost optimization, and capital allocation.
• Support the CFO with board materials, funding proposals, investor presentations, and special project financial modeling.
• Introduce financial performance review cadences across the group, promoting accountability, benchmarking, and proactive issue identification.
• Work closely with accounting, treasury, and internal audit to ensure accurate and timely financial information is used in all analysis.
• Drive the implementation or enhancement of FP&A tools and systems, including BI platforms and forecasting models.
  
  
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 12+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or business analysis, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role supporting group-level or multi-entity operations.
• Strong experience in Saudi-based conglomerates, family businesses, or investment holding companies with diversified income streams.
• Proven ability to create financial narratives, models, and board-ready materials in complex, unstructured finance environments.
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA, CFA, or CPA is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with budgeting tools, BI platforms (Power BI, Tableau), and ERP systems (SAP, Oracle).
  
  
  

Preferred Skills & Traits

• Commercially minded, data-literate, and highly structured in communication.
• Strong business partnering abilities, capable of working cross-functionally with non-financial leaders.
• Fluent in English; Arabic preferred.