Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

About the role

The FP&A Manager leads the Financial Planning & Analysis team, delivering budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis. Working closely with business units and corporate functions, the role provides financial insights, challenges business assumptions and supports decisions that improve financial and operational performance, while championing continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and periodic forecasting, coordinate submissions across business units and corporate functions, and review and challenge assumptions, revenue projections, costs, manpower and capital expenditure.
• Consolidate financial projections and analyse key drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Oversee management reports, forecasts and presentations for senior management and the Board, and analyse actual performance against budget and forecast.
• Act as a finance business partner, evaluate cost optimisation and revenue improvement opportunities, and support assessments of capital expenditure and business proposals.
• Review cost allocations and intercompany charges, and monitor operating and capital expenditure against approved budgets.
• Coach and develop team members, set priorities and manage workload to meet reporting deadlines.
• Partner with accounting teams on accruals, cost classifications and intercompany transactions, and improve budgeting templates and reporting formats.

Required profile

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or a related discipline; CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent is advantageous.
• At least 10 years of relevant finance experience, including substantial FP&A, management reporting and business partnering experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing an FP&A or finance team.
• Experience managing budgeting and forecasting with multiple stakeholders.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Strong analytical skills and stakeholder management, able to challenge assumptions constructively.