Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager - Budgeting

About the role

A large, diversified holding group is looking for an experienced Senior FP&A Manager to lead its budgeting, forecasting and business planning cycle. The role covers annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and a 5-year business plan.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts and 5-year business plan.
• Coordinate with finance teams across multiple operating companies and challenge budget assumptions.
• Consolidate budgets and forecasts and prepare management and Board-level reporting packs.
• Develop financial models for forecasting, CAPEX, investment appraisal and business planning.
• Monitor budget utilisation, costs, CAPEX, risks and opportunities.
• Understand key business and value drivers across sectors such as Energy, Mining, Real Estate, Telecom and Financial Services.
• Drive improvements in budgeting processes, templates, SAP and BI tools.
• Lead and develop the budgeting/FP&A team.

Required profile

• 6-8 years of experience in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting or corporate planning.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
• CPA, ACCA or CA required; MBA is an advantage.
• Diversified holding group experience highly desirable; GCC experience is an advantage.

Required skills

• Strong experience in multi-entity, group-level budgeting and consolidation.
• Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills.
• Experience with CAPEX and investment appraisal.
• Exposure to SAP, ERP and BI/reporting tools preferred.