Group Head of FP&A

Title: Group Head of Financial Planning & AnalysisLocation: Abu Dhabi, UAEAbout the CompanyOur client is an investment management conglomerate backed by a SWF, with diversified portfolio. They are hiring a senior finance leader to create their Group FP&A and performance capability from scratch - a rare chance to shape how a major investment platform plans, measures and makes decisions.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn group-wide budgeting, multi-year planning and rolling forecasts across a broad mix of businesses and asset classesPut a single performance framework in place - KPIs, measures and reporting - that ties results back to strategy and makes accountability visibleBring group and entity-level performance into one consolidated view, aligning planning standards across portfolio finance teamsAct as a genuine sounding board to the Group CFO, CEO and wider leadership, offering an independent view and pushing back where it countsProduce both the numbers and the narrative behind executive and Board reporting, making complex detail land clearlyModel the scenarios and returns behind capital deployment, portfolio decisions and major investment casesDesign how FP&A will run day to day - processes, governance, systems and team - and build it out from the ground upRequirements18+ years in finance, with meaningful leadership time in FP&A, strategic finance, planning or performance management at group or holding-company levelBackground in a sovereign fund, holding group, infrastructure platform, pension fund or large asset manager - somewhere with real portfolio complexityComfortable working across several businesses, entities, geographies or asset classes at onceHas built or rebuilt a planning function before, rather than stepping into one that already workedStrong modelling, forecasting and scenario work, paired with a commercial view on where capital should goCredible in front of CEOs, CFOs and Boards - able to explain the story behind the numbers and challenge senior people without leaning on titleA finance or accounting qualification, or relevant postgraduate degree, is welcome - though track record and executive credibility carry more weightRole open to international candidates