Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - CA/CPA

Senior Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Analysis:

- Lead the development of comprehensive financial plans, budgets, and forecasts, incorporating inputs from various business units and stakeholders.

- Conduct in- depth variance analysis to identify key drivers of financial performance and provide actionable insights to management.

- Collaborate with department heads to understand business trends, challenges, and opportunities, and incorporate findings into financial projections.

Data Management and Consolidation:

- Oversee the consolidation of financial data from multiple sources, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with accounting standards (IFRS/USALI).

- Develop and implement robust data management strategies to optimize the use of multiple data lakes, ensuring data integrity and reliability.

- Utilize Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or other scripting languages to automate repetitive tasks and enhance reporting capabilities.

- Build data models in Power BI to organize and structure data for analysis and reporting purposes, ensuring scalability and flexibility.

- Manage intercompany transactions, ensuring accurate recording, reconciliation, and elimination ofintercompany balances during the consolidation process.

- Perform manual adjustments and reconciliations as needed to address discrepancies and ensure the accuracy of financial statements.

- Collaborate with stakeholders across departments to resolve intercompany issues and improve processes for greater efficiency and transparency.

Reporting and Visualization:

- Design and maintain management reporting dashboards using advanced visualization tools such as Power BI.

- Develop customized reports and analytics to track key performance indicators (KPIs), highlight trends, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.

- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reports and analysis to support decision- making at all levels of the organization.

Process Improvement and Innovation:

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to streamline financial planning and analysis processes, leveraging automation and technology where possible.

- Lead system implementation projects, including mapping of financial processes, data validation, and system integrations, ensuring successful implementation and adoption across the organization.

- Utilize Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or other scripting languages to automate repetitive tasks and enhance reporting capabilities.

Requirements:

- Advanced Analytics Skills: Highlight the importance of advanced analytical skills, including predictive analytics and scenario modelling, to provide deeper insights into financial performance and support strategic decision- making.

- Experience with ERP Systems: experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP. Project Management Skills: ability to manage FP&A projects effectively, including system implementations, process improvements, and ad hoc analysis initiatives.

- Cross- Functional Collaboration: effective collaboration with other departments, such as Sales, Operations, and Marketing, to understand business drivers, validate assumptions, and ensure alignment between financial plans and operational strategies.

- Communication and Presentation Skills: ability to communicate complex financial information effectively to non- financial stakeholders and present findings in a clear and concise manner.

Qualifications:

- CA/CS/CMA/ACCA/CFA/CPA or a related field.

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, with a focus on technical aspects.

- Preferably a mix of experience from multinational and locally originated companies.

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions and formulas, pivot tables, data analysis techniques, and macros/VBA scripting, coupled with demonstrated expertise in leveraging Power BI for data visualization, Power Query for data manipulation.

- Preferably good knowledge in SQL and/or Python for data querying and analysis

- Ability to work effectively in a fast- paced, dynamic environment.

- Open to travel Africa on need basis