Manager – Financial Modelling

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AD Ports Group is hiring a Manager, Financial Modelling in Abu Dhabi, full-time onsite, to drive business performance through forecasting and analytics for international projects. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in ports, logistics or maritime, Chartered Accountant or Engineer with an MBA in Finance, and a proven ability to build robust financial models, coordinate cross-functional inputs, validate assumptions, and prepare business plan slides for Investment Committee approvals. You will develop evaluation templates, support fundraising, and manage project level audit trails. Strong Excel and data visualization skills, an agile mindset, and the ability to lead without authority across functions are essential. English required; Arabic/French a plus. Apply with a CV tailored to end-to-end modelling for global opportunities, include Investment Committee and fundraising outcomes, and highlight cross-functional leadership in ports and maritime settings.

Drive business performance throughout the organization through development of forecasting and analytic capabilities

Core Responsibilities:

• Own, develop and lead the role to create financial models for international projects and investments.

• Co-ordinate for all inputs required to prepare the financial model with respective workstreams

• Provide cross-functional support in clarifying, validating and understanding implications of assumptions on business/financial model

• Prepare “business plan” slides in co-ordination with cross-functional teams that would then be submitted to the Investment Committee for approval

• Develop process templates to establish and ascertain evaluation criteria for every project in the pipeline. In the long term, standardization of template would be required based on nature of opportunity

• Support Senior Management team with matters related to investment evaluation

• Support fund raising and investment structure

• Own, lead and or support the submission of the investment proposals to the Investment Committee and its approval.

• Manage audit trail at a project level.

People Management Responsibilities:

• Responsible for obtaining all information required for developing the business case and finance model from all functions and external consultants.

• Required to lead without authority across functions and Clusters.

• May need to provide training to extended International Office team as per job requirements/ changes.

Educational and Technical Qualifications:

• Chartered Accountant/ Engineer with MBA (Finance)
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational and time management skills.
• Experience with financial modelling, analytics, and data visualization methodologies and tools.
• Display an agile mindset to accommodate a dynamic environment.
• Ability to partner with all cross-functional teams like Commercial, Finance, HR, Operations, etc.

Language Skills:

• Excellent command of English languages. Arabic and French are a plus.

 Years of 

Experience:

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in the port, logistics, and maritime industries preferably with global ports and maritime companies

Nature of Experience:

• Minimum of 3 Years in Ports and Marine business in business development/ planning/ strategy

• Prior experience in building financial models a must

• Highly proficient in Excel/advance formulas- Deep financial modeling and datamining expertise; proficient in PowerPoint.

• Work in a dynamic environment with a focus on being agile to meet the growing and changing needs of stakeholders across the organization.

• A creative problem solver, accurate the high level of attention to details.

Through organic growth and partnerships, AD Ports Group has developed over the years into an integrated premier enabler of trade, industrialisation, and economic diversification. Established by Emiri Decree and owned by ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy.

AD Ports Group is committed to building elite trade and logistics propositions. As trade has grown, so have we. Today, we are an integrated business across 5 clusters – Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime, and Ports connecting global maritime routes and international trading partners.