Senior Business Analyst

About SIAC Developments

SIAC Developments, a member of SIAC Holding, creates high-end real estate destinations that go beyond residential, office, and commercial spaces. Backed by SIAC Holding’s extensive experience and trusted reputation across construction, building materials, development, and facility management, we develop integrated communities that offer a complete lifestyle built around comfort, happiness, functionality, and a strong sense of belonging.

As demand continues to grow for high-quality living and working environments, we respond with innovative designs, premium finishes, functional solutions, and carefully selected prime locations. Our developments are designed to meet evolving customer needs through smart and environmentally responsible approaches.

Our purpose is to contribute positively to the communities we serve by providing exceptional spaces where people can live, work, connect, and thrive.

The Role

The Senior Business Analyst supports informed real estate development and investment decisions by conducting feasibility studies, financial modelling, market research, and performance analysis. The role works closely with the Development, Finance, Sales, and other relevant functions to validate project assumptions, evaluate investment opportunities, monitor portfolio and unit performance, and translate complex financial and market data into actionable recommendations for management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct commercial, financial, and customer-focused analyses to support development strategies, investment decisions, and overall business objectives.
• Support the Function Head in preparing initial feasibility studies and validating key assumptions in coordination with the Development and Finance departments.
• Monitor and analyze the company’s property inventory, including available, reserved, contracted, and sold units, and highlight sales trends and potential risks.
• Track and analyze the local real estate market, including supply, demand, pricing, competitors, customer preferences, and macroeconomic factors affecting the business.
• Develop and maintain automated reports, dashboards, market statistics, and management analyses to monitor projects, commercial initiatives, and business performance.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to define, operationalize, and monitor short- and long-term KPIs aligned with the company’s strategic and financial objectives.
• Translate business, customer, and market data into actionable insights and recommendations for product positioning, pricing, project development, sales, and business development initiatives.
• Prepare and present research reports, feasibility findings, business performance trends, and ad hoc analyses to management and other stakeholders, while supporting the development of long-term business plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Investment, Business Administration, or a related field; an MBA or progress toward a CFA qualification is an advantage.
• Three to seven years of relevant experience in real estate development, preferably with a reputable organization.
• Strong experience in preparing real estate feasibility studies and assessing projects from financial, commercial, market, and regulatory perspectives.
• Advanced financial modelling skills, including building development pro formas, cash-flow projections, and conducting NPV, IRR, scenario, and sensitivity analyses.
• Sound understanding of development budgets, project timelines, revenue assumptions, hard and soft costs, funding requirements, and investment returns.
• Strong real estate market research and analytical skills, covering supply, demand, pricing, competitors, customer segments, absorption rates, and market trends.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI or other business intelligence and reporting tools is an advantage.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, with strong communication, presentation, business writing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.