Al-Futtaim Hiring for Manager – Analytics Job at Dubai


  • Full Time
  • Dubai

Al-Futtaim

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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable and motivated Manager Analytics to fulfil monthly, quarter, yearly and ad-hoc insights requirements of Regional HR teams. Collect data, process, maintain/develop HR database, prepare reports, analyse trends, highlight challenges & insights and share timely information with the stakeholders in real estate division (Malls, Mixed Use, Engineering & Technologies and Construction).

Job Summary

This role will be coordinating with HR Business Partners in different locations/businesses within Real Estate and to some extent business stakeholders on reporting requirements.

The ideal candidate would be process-oriented, pay close attention to detail, possess a well-rounded business knowledge and have analytical & design thinking skills.

Job Duties

  • Responsible for timely and accurate delivery of regular reporting to different business functions using Tableau/Power BI, PowerPoint etc. This includes development of new dashboards and maintenance of existing based on business need
  • Design and create ad-hoc data reports to capture key insight trends. Own the development and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports to drive key business decisions.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts across the real estate HR team (HRBPs, learning and development, talent management, recruitment) to improve overall data reporting and insights.
  • Responsible to collate the information received from multiple outsource vendors and perform detailed analysis on the manpower cost spent and headcount. Share monthly analysis & key findings on over/under spend
  • Accountable to create data model and perform analysis for any outsource business case within real estate. This helps management to take key decisions in terms on vendor selection, transiting to outsource, selecting right benefits for outsourced employees and driving efficiencies.
  • Responsible for performing detailed data analysis to answer complex business problems. This requires a strong ability of understanding business processes, stakeholders’ information need and then applying data analysis techniques to recommend possible outcomes.
  • Support Analytics Team & HRBPs in annual manpower budgeting and quarterly forecast process.
  • Consolidate all HR assumptions and budget inputs for management review and finalisation
  • Perform analysis regularly and monitor manpower spend against budget, highlight any abnormal trends to the management.
  • In order to derive efficiency, the role will be responsible for designing, developing and automating dashboards and applications, promoting self-service and keeping consistency, accuracy, and completeness with articulated data standards. Be part of other automation projects to gain efficiency.
  • Troubleshoots, analyzes, detects, identifies and corrects technical problems and deficiencies in the reporting data.
  • Develops designs, builds, tests, implements, maintains and enhances HR DB/tables and codes.
  • Automate integration of multiple datapoints to have up to date customised reporting available for all businesses under real estate.
  • Create engaging presentation reflecting data both electronically and in person to clearly articulates findings, analysis, assumptions or reflect on suggestions that can influence decisions or be used effectively and practically by the stakeholder
  • Support in consolidation of all group related data requests from HRBPs within all functions in reals estate
  • Identifies opportunities for improving AFGRE internal HR processes by creating standard templates
  • Support on any other project assigned

About the Requirements

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, MIS or other Business & IT related disciplines
  • Excellent Financial and Business acumen
  • Develop and analyze data, perform trend analysis, and identify data discrepancies
  • Develop ongoing data review tactics, identify data discrepancies and perform data clean-up when needed
  • Identify, manage and resolve project risks and issues
  • Strong knowledge of Analytical and Financial Modeling Skills
  • Knowledge of HR metrics will be advantageous
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills

Minimum Experience & Job-Specific skills:

  • 8+ years of experience in Analytics, Business Intelligence or other quantitative disciplines within a high performing business
  • Experience of delivering visual analytics using BI tools; Tableau, Power BI
  • Experience of working with multiple data sources (e.g. Access, Excel, SQL Databases etc.) and statistical analytics tools
  • Experience of using a major ERP system like SAP
  • Experience of application development (mobile/web) will be advantageous
  • Proven track record in delivering information and insights to mid/higher management

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