FP&A Director
Beyond ONEJobsCloseBy Editorial Insights
Beyond ONE is seeking an FP&A Director in Dubai, onsite. This pivotal role sits at the crossroads of strategy, finance, and execution, partnering with the Group CFO/COO and VP Finance to translate ambitions into actionable financial roadmaps across markets. You’ll lead Group FP&A and Business Finance, standardize reporting and forecasting, guide capital allocation, and mentor finance leaders while collaborating cross-functionally with Accounting, Treasury, Commercial, People, and Technology. Success means building an integrated financial backbone within a year and turning data into narratives for C-suite decisions. To apply, emphasize cross-market FP&A leadership, board exposure, advanced modeling, storytelling in Excel/SAP/PowerPoint, and examples of delivering growth with discipline and clarity.
We don’t think about job roles in a traditional way. We are anti-silo. Anti-career stagnation. Anti-conventional.
Beyond ONE is a digital services provider radically reshaping the personalised digital ecosystems of consumers in high growth markets around the world. We’re building a digital services aggregator platform, with a strong telco foundation, and a profitable growth strategy that empowers users to drive their own experience—subscribe once, source from many, and only pay for what you actually use.
Since being founded in 2021, we’ve acquired Virgin Mobile MEA, Friendi Mobile MEA and Virgin Mobile LATAM (with 6.5 million subscribers) and 1600 dedicated colleagues across Chile, Colombia, KSA, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan and UAE.
To disrupt for good takes a rebellious spirit, a questioning mind and a warm heart. We really care about how to get things done and not who manages who. We benefit from our diversity, and together, we disrupt the way we and others thinking about our lives for good.
Do you want to exchange ideas, learn from each other and leave your mark on our journey? This is the place for you.
Role Purpose
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Why this role matters:
This is a pivotal role at the intersection of strategy, finance, and execution. You will partner closely with the Group CFO/COO and VP Finance, to translate business ambition into actionable financial roadmaps, ensuring decisions are anchored in data, logic, and impact. -
What success looks like:
Within the first year, you will have helped institutionalize Beyond ONE’s financial backbone, integrating reporting, forecasting and performance management across markets, while shaping the narratives guiding our investments and operational decisions. -
Why this is for you:
You’re energized by building clarity from complexity, connecting strategy with numbers, and shaping insights that influence how an entire organization allocates its capital and directs its energy. You thrive in fast-paced, multicultural environments and enjoy working directly with senior leadership to drive change.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Partner with the Group CFO/COO and VP Finance to shape financial narratives and decision frameworks that connect strategy, execution, and shareholder value.
- Lead the Group FP&A and Business Finance functions, coordinating forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis across operating companies to surface actionable insights and enable sound decisions.
- Develop forward-looking analysis to guide capital allocation, investment prioritization, and performance interventions, balancing growth ambitions with financial discipline.
- Enhance FP&A as a strategic enabler, embedding structure, transparency, and analytical excellence across global teams and ensuring consistency in reporting, definitions, and KPIs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Accounting, Treasury, Commercial, People, and Technology teams to drive integrated planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
- Mentor and elevate finance leaders across markets, fostering a culture that blends rigor with pragmatism, curiosity, and accountability.
Qualifications & Attributes
We’re seeking someone who embodies the following:
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Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field. -
Experience:
Proven experience in Financial Planning & Analysis across both operational companies and group-level organizations. Exposure to board-level or C-suite stakeholders is essential. While industry background is flexible, a strong understanding of performance management in dynamic environments is key. -
Technical Skills:
○ Must-haves: Advanced financial modelling and planning capabilities, strong business acumen, and proficiency in Excel, SAP, and PowerPoint with a focus on storytelling.
○ Nice-to-haves: Familiarity with emerging automation or analytics tools that enhance financial processes. - Unique Attributes:
- Structured thinker with entrepreneurial instincts, able to bring order to fast-moving situations without stifling creativity.
- Comfortable engaging directly with senior leaders, challenging assumptions with tact and logic.
- Communicates with clarity and narrative precision, turns data into stories that move decisions.
- Calm under pressure, analytical yet intuitive, curious about how businesses actually work.
- Naturally collaborative, with the confidence to lead discussions and influence without authority.
- Enjoys being part of a lean, high-performing team where accountability, trust, and humor coexist.
What we offer:
- Rapid learning opportunities - we enable learning through flexible career paths, exposure to challenging & meaningful work that will help build and strengthen your expertise.
- Hybrid work environment - flexibility to work from home 2 days a week in our UAE & Pakistan offices.
- Healthcare and other local benefits offered in market.
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