Accounting & Finance
Finance Manager
Owns finance delivery for a business unit: planning, reporting and partnering.
Duties vary by employer, sector and team size. Use this as a memory aid — only add what you actually did.
What a typical day looks like
Partnered with commercial and operational leaders on decisions · Owned business unit P&L performance reviews · Led pricing, cost and investment analysis
What you actually do
- Partnered with commercial and operational leaders on decisions
- Owned business unit P&L performance reviews
- Led pricing, cost and investment analysis
- Owned the budget and forecast cycle for the unit
- Oversaw cash and working capital performance
- Ensured compliance with group policies and local regulation
- Managed and developed a finance team
- Recruited and onboarded finance staff
Common tools and systems
SAP
Oracle
Power BI
Anaplan
Transferable skills
Business partnering
P&L ownership
Planning
Leadership
How it changes by level
- Entry
- Executes defined tasks with review and support.
- Mid
- Owns an area end to end and resolves exceptions independently.
- Senior
- Sets standards, reviews others' work and answers to leadership.
Related moves
Financial Controller
FP&A Analyst
Project Controller
Questions that surface your evidence
- What P&L size did you own?
- How many direct reports did you have?
- What measurable improvement did you deliver?
Source and review
HRSD Saudi Skills & Occupations framework (editorially reviewed) · hrsd.gov.sa
Reviewed: 2026-08-01 · Saudi-specific reference
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