Fp&a Manager

**Job Purpose**

The FP&A Manager is responsible for processes and activities associated with planning the company’s short and long-term financial and non-financial objectives, as well as associated reporting and analysis. Planning activities primarily include strategic planning support, the annual budgeting process, and interim/outlook forecasting.

**Responsibilities**

**Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting**
- Manage and undertake the planning, budgeting and forecasting process providing a complete picture of financial and non-financial performance drivers.
- Develop and maintain predictive models, leveraging key business drivers to support the holistic planning process.
- Manage the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) automated workflow tools.
- Establish and periodically review the decision-making governance model across financial planning and analysis (FP&A).
- Periodically review policies, procedures, and methods.
- Manage the integrated planning tool.
- Work with the process owner to identify and document, high / low value-added planning activities through automation or relegate them to external resources.

**Reporting and Analysis**
- Compile and create management reports though analysis to support management including;
- Prior and current year actuals vs variance
- Current year actual capital spending vs. plan
- Cash flow, contribution margin and ROI
- Identifying financial risk and advising on relevant mitigating strategies by conducting cause and effect analysis.
- Identification of potential opportunities.
- perform incremental analysis - keep or replace, additional volume of business, demand analysis, capacity analysis
- perform benchmarking and continuous improvement
- Interpret localised economic performance indicators and positioning how these might impact the business units
- Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results
- Provide detailed analysis on entity results
- Reviewing operations and recommending new productivity or cost saving initiatives
- Analyse performance metrics to identify key drivers for expenses, revenues and business risks.
- Collaborate with finance and non-finance teams to support data collection, cross company initiatives, infrastructure development and process improvements.

**Resource Management**
- Managing and reporting on team key performance areas and partnering to address gaps
- Managing the team's skills / capabilities development and succession plans aligned to key performance areas
- Leading key performance management and training in the department

**Team Management**
- Through effective inspirational leadership, facilitate the creation of accountable, full service teams who understand and strive to meet the needs of all stakeholders
- Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
- Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports

**Self-Management**
- Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs.
- Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities.
- Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

**Behavioral Competencies**
- Manages Complexity
- Communicates Effectively
- Decision Quality
- Business Insight
- Balances Stakeholders
- Ensures Accountability
- Organizational Savvy
- Plans and Aligns
- Optimizes Work Processes
- Strategic Mindset
- Financial Acumen
- Collaborates
- Builds Effective Teams

**Education**

Bachelor’s degree, Honours degree, Qualified Accountant (CIMA/CA(TOPP) or
equivalent)

**Experience**

Experience in preparing, analysing, and implementing accounting and reporting requirements.
5 years proven experience in working in financial planning and analysis
Business acumen
Communication and engagement
Judgement and decision making
Results orientation