Fresh MBA Financial Analyst Positionin Bahrain

I am Terence Raphael and I represent Personnel Selexions, a highly reputed organisation in the field of Executive Search & Selection. Given below are details of an Overseas Assignment I am working on for Fresh MBA from India's TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS.

Financial Analyst position based in Bahrain
(USD 60,000 salary + 26,500 sign on bonus + performance base bonus)

Company Profile:
Our Client is a global investment group that acts as a principal and an intermediary in international investment transactions. The firm has offices in New York, London and the Middle East and specializes in facilitating the flow of capital from individual and institutional clients in the Arabian Gulf into investments in the United States and
Western Europe.

It is ranked in the top 10, by size, globally in each of its four products i.e.
· Corporate Investment (private equity) in North America and Western Europe
· Technology Investment in North America and Western Europe
· Real Estate Investment in North America
· Global Asset Management

The firm has produced top quartile returns in each line of business, giving it a stellar reputation in the markets it operates. The most well known business of the firm is private equity, where it has made a name for itself after owning and taking public several high end luxury brands.

Job Description:
Member of the Business planning, Analysis & Reporting (BAR) unit, a dynamic, high-visibility team responsible for majority of corporate- wide group-level planning, analysis, reporting and presentations for key stakeholders.

As part of the 5 member BAR team, shared responsibilities will include:
· Majority of corporate-wide group-level MIS reporting and analysis, highlighting key items of interest for senior management and providing recommendations / alternatives for appropriate action
· Budgeting, forecasting and long range projections for balance sheet and income statement
· Budgeting and forecasting of operating expenses
· Financial modeling for implementation of new products, structures or compensation programs
· Valuation of portfolio companies and analysis of operating performance and trends therein
· Analysis of performance by business unit and benchmarking progress of key business drivers
· Warehousing and analysis of key financial and business related information in order to determine trends and highlight their implications
· Analysis of competitors performance and trends therein
· Presentations for the Board, shareholders, investors, ratings agencies, and senior management

The right candidate will:
· Automate, to the extent possible, a majority of the rote report generation and analysis process, by leveraging available technology resources
· Fully understand the business environment, and develop and maintain an analytical support platform for strategic decision making
· Develop new analytical schedules and enhance existing schedules on a proactive basis to maximize the quality of input provided to senior management as a decision-making tool
· Have top quartile academic grades and test scores, significant quantitative modeling skills; a grounding in corporate finance.

Location:
Middle East, which offers the following benefits:
· Tax-free location – no personal taxes (income, capital gains, interest income. etc.)
· Low cost of living with high quality of life given that there is a large international expat community
· Country is a small, scenic island with year-round sunny weather.
· Open, free-to-move-about society like Dubai.

Remuneration:
Includes salary, cash allowance for housing, performance-based annual bonus and a one-off signing bonus. Benefits include global health coverage for immediate family and life insurance cover of 3x salary.
Also provided is a generous relocation package.

Please respond with an updated copy of your CV - ASAP

Warm Regards,
Terence Raphael.
Consultant - Financial Services Practice
Personnel Selexions (PSS Group).
Lobo Business Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
E-Mail: banking@lobogroup.com