Abdul Jabar Sadiq
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Commercial Finance Leader and ACCA Fellow with over 15 years of experience in FP&A, financial modelling, pricing strategy, and P&L optimization for multinational organizations. Proven track record in managing extensive portfolios and enhancing profitability through analytical expertise and commercial finance skills. Adept at supporting strategic decision-making and thriving under pressure while adapting to diverse challenges. Seeking opportunities to leverage and further develop skills in the Middle East.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4021
4021
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Finance Business Partner
NEOM
07.2023 - 12.2025
- Delivered robust and extensive financial management support across multiple business units covering budgeting, strategy and performance management. High impactful finance business partner overseeing over $400m CAPEX and OPEX portfolio, ensuring financial discipline, strategic alignment and operational accountability.
- Led the full budgeting cycle, challenging assumptions, validating operational requirements and aligning submissions with strategic priorities and PIF funding constraints.
- Developed comprehensive rolling forecast models, collaborating closely with key business units and achieving 90% forecast accuracy.
- Delivered $40+m annual savings through engagement, commercial alignment, VFM reviews, contract optimisation and cost-transformation initiatives.
- Enhancing monthly executive performance reviews, strengthening governance, cross-functional accountability and decision making.
- Driving the organic growth and strategy a subsidiary, including business planning and profitability assessments.
- Built detailed financial and scenario models to support, pricing decisions, strategic planning and board-level presentations.
- Challenged senior management constructively, delivering stronger financial ownership and building trusted stakeholder relationships.
- Delivered executive and operational dashboards using standardized and reliable reporting visuals, improving consolidation, transparency and data-driven insights.
- Led cross-functional recharge process, strengthening financial controls, improving efficiency and enhancing transparency and collaboration across functions.
- Streamlined intercompany processes by partnering with multiple finance teams, improving accountability, reporting accuracy, and cross-entity alignment.
- Supervised and mentored finance analysts, enabling capability growth and preparing them for senior stakeholder engagement.
Finance Manager
AP. Moller - Maersk
11.2021 - 06.2023
- Provided finance business partnering support to UK’s largest division, generating £250M in revenue. Played a pivotal role in identifying opportunities, driving commercial decision-making, and enabling sustainable business growth.
- Directed end-to-end performance analysis and narrative for the full P&L, providing both high-level insights and deep-dive analysis.
- Led cost control initiatives and ensured accurate and timely revenue recognition.
- Partnered with operations on pricing strategy, redefining tariffs and establishing sustainable profit margins.
- Designed financial reporting frameworks and KPI dashboards across regional and functional levels.
- Worked with leadership to improve operational performance and drive profitability.
- Designed financial models to evaluate large-scale projects and assess strategic opportunities.
Finance Business Partner
McKesson
06.2019 - 11.2021
- Responsible for the consolidated performance of the retail and wholesale distribution network, managing a revenue portfolio of over £1.5b and engaging leadership team to improve probability.
- Conducted financial modelling and price sensitivity analysis to assess new investments, including viability assessments of new business propositions, existing contracts, and new tenders.
- Developed medium-to-long-term plan to support growth strategy.
- Enhanced working capital and cash management in projects.
- Created and implemented a comprehensive reporting framework for all performance areas.
- Uncovered commercial opportunities that were expected to generate £5m of additional annual margins by challenging the status quo and utilizing strategic price modelling.
- Streamlined the KPI reporting process, reducing processing times by 80% (from 6.5 days) through standardization initiatives and process improvements.
- Collaborated with a broader team of accountants to deliver high-quality services, leading cross-company initiatives and promoting best practices.
Interim Finance Manager (DHL)
Aston Martin Lagonda
Warwickshire
04.2019 - 06.2019
- Developed and streamlined the reporting model. Implemented a reporting tool that transformed a complex dataset into a tailor-made report for AML.
Finance Business Partner
Jaguar Land Rover
06.2017 - 03.2019
- Responsible for two business units with a combined budget of £250m. Finance lead in reporting, processing, and consolidating of the business division.
- Monitoring complex budgets and ensuring they are managed effectively, recommending actions to mitigate risks and potential budget overruns.
- Developed a forecasting tool to ease the facilitation of the budget planning & rolling forecast.
- Optimising the delivery of management reporting at a consolidated and functional level.
- Established weekly KPI reviews identifying trends and driving the right business behaviours.
- Workforce planning with the leadership team, offering strategies to maximise efficiencies.
- Appraising and overseeing the monitoring and reporting of large-scale capital investments.
- Successfully led a team and an active mentor supporting growing talent across the business.
- Positively challenged senior management through regular engagement.
- Reviewing the internal controls process and supporting the audit/compliance through SOX.
Senior Financial Planning Analyst
Jaguar Land Rover
11.2015 - 06.2017
- FP&A role that would oversee consolidation and reporting of a £2bn global budget. Key core duties included coordinating the budget and forecast process.
- Owned the consolidated cash flow forecast model, and analysed, and interpreted trends.
- Provided periodic insightful reporting and performance analysis at granular & high level.
- Primary contact for all business-related queries across the organization.
- Business partnering and advisory support to the HR function on a company-wide led project.
- Financial planning and analysis of the annual budget, forecasts and the 5-year business plan.
- Responsible for the training & administration of the financial systems including SAP & HYP.
- Led and participated in various projects to enhance and streamline workflow processes.
- Financial modelling to evaluate business proposals in the Pay Negotiations.
- Enabling SOX testing and driving a standardised process across divisions.
Senior Finance Analyst
Housing and Care 21
03.2015 - 11.2015
- Responsible for the preparation of valuable and insightful financial and performance information to Executive and Board level, Namely for two business streams worth £220m.
- Managed the full profit and loss statement for two key business segments, ensuring accuracy and alignment with financial objectives.
- Performed reconciliations, accrual calculations, and prepared accounting schedules to maintain financial integrity.
- Ensured compliance with policies and accounting standards in capitalization and treatment of assets.
Management Accountant
Aston University
02.2012 - 02.2015
- A role supporting the management accountant in providing and supporting the financial performance of two Schools with a budget of £130m and high valued projects.
Finance Analyst
NHS
06.2008 - 02.2012
- An all-round accounting role providing analytical support to senior management, covering a budget of £500m over two business divisions.
Sales Consultant
Phones4U
10.2005 - 10.2008
- Sales and customer focused role in retail. The primary objective was to provide a pleasant customer experience to achieve sales targets and customer satisfaction.
Education
ACCA Fellow Member - Accounting
Kaplan Financial
UKBA (Hons) - Accountancy & Finance
Birmingham City University
UKSome College (No Degree) - Finance
Cadbury Sixth Form College
UKSkills
- High Impactful Business Partner
- Team Player and Results Driven
- Strategic Insights
- Analysis Visualization
- Performance Management
- Project Accounting
- Profitability Improvement
- Coaching and Mentoring
- SOX Compliance
- Microsoft 360 (advanced)
- Microsoft Power BI (Advanced)
- SAP & S4HANA integration
- SAP BI Reporting
- Hyperion
- Data warehouse & cubes
Certification
- Harvard – Strategic Leadership
- FBP Accelerator - 2022
- Step Into Management - 2021
- Strategic Thinking for Accountants - 2019
- Adding Value through enhanced commercial thinking - 2018
- Neuro Linguistic Programming – 2017
REFERENCES
Available on Request
INTERESTS & HOBBIES
Gym, Football & Cricket Events, Bike riding
AWARDS
Employee Star Award (McKesson), Recognition Award (JLR) X 2, Star Award (Maersk), Spot Award (Maersk) X 2
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
- HWYG Community Group, Board Member & Youth Support
- Olive Primary School, Governing Body Member (independent finance lead)
- Mosaic, Mentor
- Various Local and International Charities, Volunteer
- World Finance Forum, Guest Speaker to discuss the topic of leveraging AI in the modern world of finance.
Languages
English
Native
Arabic
Elementary
Timeline
Senior Finance Business Partner
NEOM
07.2023 - 12.2025
Finance Manager
AP. Moller - Maersk
11.2021 - 06.2023
Finance Business Partner
McKesson
06.2019 - 11.2021
Interim Finance Manager (DHL)
Aston Martin Lagonda
04.2019 - 06.2019
Finance Business Partner
Jaguar Land Rover
06.2017 - 03.2019
Senior Financial Planning Analyst
Jaguar Land Rover
11.2015 - 06.2017
Senior Finance Analyst
Housing and Care 21
03.2015 - 11.2015
Management Accountant
Aston University
02.2012 - 02.2015
Finance Analyst
NHS
06.2008 - 02.2012
Sales Consultant
Phones4U
10.2005 - 10.2008
BA (Hons) - Accountancy & Finance
Birmingham City University
ACCA Fellow Member - Accounting
Kaplan Financial
Some College (No Degree) - Finance
Cadbury Sixth Form College