Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Purpose

This role leads the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) department at the company, overseeing essential functions such as budgeting, forecasting, financial evaluation, reporting to management and shareholders, financial modeling, reporting systems, and governance. The objective is to support top-level decision-making, optimize organizational performance, assure accuracy in reporting, and meet corporate financial goals.

Key Duties

• Lead and manage the company’s financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting operations, ensuring these processes align clearly with the overall business strategies and goals.
• Track and analyze financial and business performance using KPIs, variance and trend analysis, benchmarking, and other review techniques, offering actionable insights and advice to enhance management decisions and drive performance improvements.
• Oversee creation, maintenance, and refinement of financial models, forecasts, and scenario analyses to aid business strategy and financial outcome evaluations.
• Enforce the accuracy, coherence, and dependability of planning and reporting data through stringent governance, internal controls, adherence to reporting standards, and cooperation on audit processes.
• Manage the financial reporting systems and associated data infrastructure to boost reporting efficiency, data quality, process streamlining, and continuous enhancement of planning/reporting capabilities.
• Ensure on-time, precise, and insightful production and distribution of management reports, business analyses, and financial documentation supporting operational tracking and managerial decisions.
• Handle preparation and coordination of financial reports, analytical reviews, and presentations for shareholders, executives, and boards, assuring compliance with deadlines and statutory obligations.
• Lead the FP&A team by managing staff performance, facilitating department goal achievement, and encouraging professional development within the unit.
• Encourage adherence to environmental, health, safety, quality, and operational excellence standards, taking part in continuous improvement efforts both within the function and company-wide.
• Perform additional relevant duties as delegated by the direct supervisor within the scope of the financial planning function.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of professional experience, including a minimum of 4 years in a leadership role focused on Financial Planning & Analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as CA, CPA, CMA, ACCA, or CFA are considered advantageous.