CMA • CSCA

Strategic Finance & FP&A Leader

Director/Head of FP&A potential with 18+ years across Expo City Dubai, Lagardère Travel Retail, Lulu Group, and SFC. I build data-driven planning, real-time BI, and ERP-enabled control to grow margin and speed decisions.

Airport Retail & F&B Real Estate / Leasing Power BI & Excel SAP & D365 Budgeting & Forecast P&L Ownership
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About

Senior finance leader specialising in FP&A, commercial finance, and cost management for large-scale events, retail, and real estate operations. Trusted partner to CEOs and VPs—aligning strategy to execution with clear P&L visibility, scenario modelling, and dashboarding.

  • Reporting to VP/Board; led budgeting, monthly reviews, and performance packs.
  • Built Power BI suites (KPI scorecards, budget utilisation, S1/S2 P&L, visitation).
  • ERP enablement: SAP & Microsoft Dynamics 365 FO (AX R12) master data & COA setup.

Experience

Manager FP&A – Visitation & Programming (CMO)

Expo City Dubai • Apr 2024 – Present • Dubai/Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Own monthly/YTD P&L reviews; drive insight-to-action with variance deep dives.
  • Automated dataflows & dashboards for leadership (ENE, Winter City, F&B, events).
  • Scenario modelling for cost allocation and margin optimisation.

Commercial Finance / Cost Manager (Central Office)

Expo City Dubai • Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
  • Steered budget control across multi-million AED OPEX/Capex; ensured compliance & risk control.
  • Partnered on retail & real-estate leasing finance (HOT reviews, deal modelling).
  • Built Power BI reporting pack; improved forecast accuracy and cadence.

Finance Business Partner – Airport Retail & F&B

Lagardère Travel Retail • Prior
  • Supported store performance, menu engineering, labour & COGS optimisation.
  • Consolidated outlet P&Ls; drove gross margin lift via pricing/mix actions.

Earlier Roles – FP&A / Cost Control

Lulu Group • SFC • Others
  • Budgeting, MIS dashboards, inventory controls, and management reporting.

Skills

FP&A & Budgeting P&L Ownership Power BI / DAX Excel (Advanced) Python in Excel SAP Dynamics 365 FO / AX R12 ERP Master Data & COA Retail & F&B Finance Real Estate / Leasing Finance Stakeholder Management

Certifications

Projects & Portfolio

Budget Utilisation Dashboard

Executive Power BI pack for ENE portfolio with YTD/MTD, scorecards, and variance diagnostics.

F&B P&L Suite

Menu engineering, outlet P&L, and forecasting toolkit linking SAP/D365 exports to BI.

Contact

Open to Director FP&A, Head of Finance, or senior commercial finance roles in the UAE/GCC.

Email: dileepauh@gmail.com   |   Phone: +971 50 175 3891   |   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dileep-kumar-76ba221a

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