Regional Lead FP&A - AMEA - FlexGen

Regional Lead FP&A - AMEA – FlexGen - ENGIE

ENGIE group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Together with our 170,000 employees, our customers, partners, and stakeholders, we are committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions. Inspired by our purpose (“raison d’être”), we reconcile economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers.

ENGIE’s Business for the Asia Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region is headquartered in Dubai. The region has activities in large scale power generation, water desalination, district cooling, energy solutions and renewables including green hydrogen, wind and solar. We act throughout the value chain: strategy, design, engineering, energy-efficient asset construction, digital platforms, operations management, financing syndication and outcome assurance. And, by using globally leading technologies, we create innovative energy and smart solutions that help to make the world a better place.

Purpose of the Job

• Team lead of the regional FP&A cluster AMEA Flexgen and accountable for the reporting of this perimeter.
• Monitor, analyse, challenge and report the business and financial and operational results of the assets under his/her business control responsibility (in addition to the team lead role), within the values, compliance principles, policies and rules of ENGIE and according to its strategy and objectives of results.
• Take an active role in the operational finance and notably in monitoring and reviewing the financial matters across the assets under his/her responsibility and in providing advisory to finance leadership team, the ENGIE Board members and the assets CFO/Finance teams.

Reporting

•   The selected candidate will report to the Head of FP&A AMEA and the country CFO.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the regional MBR/QBR reporting cycle for the cluster ‘AMEA GBU – Flexgen’.
• Be accountable for the yearly Budget and medium-terms plans, and within-year re-forecasts, and risks and opportunities for the cluster ‘AMEA GBU – Flexgen’.
• In addition to the team lead role, being accountable for a dedicated asset cluster with regards to data retrieval, analysis, consolidation and monthly reporting. Ensure that the regional reporting is accurate, complete and reported in a timely fashion.
• Coordinating with the FP&A HQ and conso teams on any consolidation matters.
• Contribute to the compliance of all companies with finance & accounting policies of group.
• Provide support to the yearly impairment testing exercise.
• Challenges, inquires, and consolidates best estimate KFI forecasting, risk and opportunities’ analysis for a dedicated asset perimeter.
• Prepares, consolidates, and reports global business unit related scorecards.
• Participate actively to the periodic enterprise risk assessment of the business and provides support to the Tax teams.
• Produce ad-hoc analysis as required or needed by stakeholders / internal clients.
• Preparation and reporting of early warning reports.
• Coordination, preparation, analysis and consolidation of rep. letters.
• Monitor new regulations, in particular with respect to finance, accounting and fiscal matters, and assess the impact on the business.
• Be accountable for and set up procedures related to timely and qualitative statutory reporting processes and for reconciliation process between financial statements for local purpose and those report for consolidation under the Group.
• Support and contribute to financial, and risk management (injection, hedging and treasury) decisions in coordination with ENGIE Corporate Finance.
• Monitor, support and contribute to the cash upstream activities in coordination with ENGIE Corporate Finance.
• Review financial information and advise the country CFO, the Engie Board members and the asset CFO/Finance teams on all finance matters.
• Contribute to ‘smart’ reporting and analytics (SG&A and other) of a dedicated perimeter.
• Provide support to ad hoc financial topics

Key relationships

Internal Interfaces

• VP Finance AMEA Flexgen, Asset Management, Head of operations, Engineering & Construction (if applicable)
• Country Finance teams.
• ENGIE HQ finance community (FP&A, tax, treasury & corporate finance, IFRS expertise centre etc…)

External Interfaces

•     External auditors

• Project Partners; lenders; key suppliers; other stakeholders.

Qualifications

•     University degree or equivalent;

• Recognised accountancy qualification.

Experience

•      Min 10 years’ experience in Finance / Accounting / Business Control / transactional finance, etc.

• Experience of external audit with significant audit firm / or within a multinational industrial and asset-based company is preferable.

Knowledge and Skills

•            Familiar with complex organizations (multi-cultural, wide geographical scope, multi-disciplinary, listed subsidiaries, or with minority interests or strong partners)

•            Deep understanding of IFRS.

• Strong knowledge of finance (business control, international accounting standards and consolidation, tax regulations, financial analysis, valuations, etc…)

•            Strong analytical skills.

•            Strong team lead skills.

•            Strong soft skills (communication, negotiation, etc…)

Business Understanding

•     knowledge of the business models and risk allocation schemes applicable to long-term project financed assets (independent power producers (IPP) schemes) preferable.

Language

• Strong and excellent communication skills in English.

Location

•            Based in Dubai.

Field: Finance

Employee Status: Permanent

Schedule: Full time

Primary Location: Dubai HQ