Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Group Job Safal Group
Finance Jobs. Safal Group Jobs. Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Group leading annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes across Group entities and preparing management reports, performance analytics and strategic decision support, requiring CPA, ACCA or ACA qualification, 12-15 years experience with 8-10 years post-qualification and advanced Excel, Power BI and SAP S/4HANA skills, in a manufacturing environment, on-site role.
Description
Reporting in to this position (designation and level)
- Routine/Direct: 1
- Functional/Indirect: None
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes across Group entities.
- Coordinate budget submissions and challenge assumptions to ensure alignment with Group strategy.
- Consolidate and present Group budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and recommend corrective actions.
Management Reporting & Performance Analytics
- Prepare monthly Group management reports with analysis against Budget, Rolling Estimates, Prior Year and Strategic Plans.
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPI scorecards.
- Conduct profitability, margin, working capital, and return-on-investment analyses.
- Provide actionable insights on financial and operational performance trends.
Business Performance Management
- Support quarterly and annual business reviews with management and business unit leadership.
- Identify areas requiring intervention.
- Benchmark entity performance against internal and external metrics.
Risk Management & Governance
- Identify financial and operational risks impacting business performance.
- Monitor compliance with Group financial policies and reporting standards.
- Escalate material financial, operational, and governance concerns to the Group CFO.
Strategic Support
- Support M&A evaluations, capital investment reviews, business cases, and strategic initiatives.
- Conduct scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis.
- Support ExComm and BRM reporting requirements.
Systems & Automation
- Drive reporting automation and process improvements.
- Leverage SAP, BI tools, AI-enabled analytics, and reporting technologies to improve efficiency and quality of insights.
Requirements
Qualifications required:
- Minimum academic qualification: CPA/ ACCA/ ACA or equivalent
- Qualifications as an added advantage: MBA
- Professional registration: Yes
Experience required:
- General work experience (years): 12 to 15 years
- Post Qualification experience (years): 8-10 Years
- Industry: Manufacturing
Key competencies and skills:
Technical Competencies
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Rolling Forecasting
- Business Performance Management
- Scenario Analysis
- Capital Investment Analysis
- Budgetary Control
- Data Analytics and Visualization
- Business Intelligence Reporting
Leadership Competencies
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Partnering
- Stakeholder Management
- Influencing Skills
- Executive Presentation Skills
- Commercial Acumen
- Change Management
Language requirements: English
Computer literacy:
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA or equivalent ERP systems.
- Experience with financial planning and consolidation tools.
- Practical use of AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools to enhance reporting, forecasting, and business decision support.
Key Success Measures
- Timeliness and accuracy of monthly reporting.
- Budget and forecast accuracy.
- Quality of decision-support analysis.
- Identification and mitigation of business risks.
- Improvement in reporting automation and efficiency.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and business partnering effectiveness.
- Delivery of strategic finance initiatives.
Personality profile:
The candidate should demonstrate the following qualities
- Interpersonal skills : Team-working, conflict management and influencing/negotiating
- Business skills : Good understanding of the organization’s objectives, operations, market environment and ethical issues
- Leadership and project management skills: Leading others, managing resources and delegating effectively
- Good Communication skills: Written, oral and presentational skills, and communicating effectively with non-finance people
- Problem-solving skills: Taking a critical and methodical approach when problem solving
- Risk management skills: Understanding the sources of risk, and evaluating risks and methods for their control and mitigation
- Encourages innovative thinking within the context of professional scepticism
- Thinks proactively about the future, applying professional judgement and commercial intelligence and seeks specialist input when needed
Additional/specific work requirements:
- High Integrity Levels
- Financial industry, accounting principles and regulatory guidelines.
How to Apply
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