Job Description

The FP&A Manager is responsible for delivering high‑quality financial planning, forecasting, and performance management outcomes across business units or client engagements.

The role leads FP&A execution by managing planning cycles, producing forward‑looking insights, and partnering with business stakeholders to support decision‑making. The FP&A Manager embeds standard processes, analytical rigor, and digital tools to ensure accurate forecasts, transparent performance views, and value‑adding insights.

This role acts as a key enabler of the future‑ready FP&A model, supporting transformation initiatives, uplifting team capability, and translating financial analysis into clear, actionable narratives.

Job Goals

• Deliver reliable planning and forecast outputs

• • Ensure accurate, timely budgets, forecasts, and long‑range plans.
  • Support scenario modelling and forecasting in response to business changes.

• Support business performance management

• • Provide meaningful insights and analysis to finance leaders and business partners.
  • Help shift FP&A from historical reporting towards forward‑looking insight.

• Ensure performance transparency

• • Deliver clear visibility of drivers, variances, and outcomes across P&L, cash flow, and KPIs.
  • Produce consistent management reporting and performance commentary.

• Enable digital and insight‑led FP&A ways of working

• • Leverage automation, analytics, and dashboards to improve efficiency and insight quality.
  • Reduce manual analysis and increase value‑added interpretation.

• Drive continuous improvement

• • Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and improve FP&A processes.
  • Contribute to productivity improvement and cost‑to‑value outcomes.

• Develop team capability

• • Coach and develop FP&A team members in analytical, commercial, and storytelling skills.
  • Build a strong pipeline of future FP&A leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of core FP&A processes, including:

• • Annual Budgeting & Rolling Forecasts
  • Strategic & Long‑Range Planning support
  • Management Reporting & Performance Reviews
  • Cost, Margin, and Profitability Analysis
  • Cash Flow and Working Capital Analysis
  • Scenario and What‑If Modelling

• Ensure adherence to global FP&A standards, calendars, assumptions, and methodologies.
• Prepare high‑quality forecast assumptions, variance analysis, and performance narratives.
• Support governance of inputs, data quality, and analytical consistency.
• Act as a key point of contact for business and finance stakeholders during planning and performance cycles.

Digital & Analytical & Transformation Enablement

• Use analytics and BI tools (e.g. Power BI) to deliver insightful, user‑friendly dashboards and reports.
• Support adoption of driver‑based planning and connected planning solutions.
• Partner with transformation teams to:

• • Automate recurring analyses and reports.
  • Improve data integration and planning efficiency.
  • Enhance predictive and scenario‑based insights.

• Track improvements in forecast accuracy, cycle times, and reporting efficiency.

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with business, operations, and finance stakeholders to understand performance drivers.
• Provide clear explanations of financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Translate analysis into concise, decision‑ready insights for leadership forums.
• Support senior finance leaders with materials for performance reviews and executive updates.

Capability & People Development

• Manage and coach FP&A analysts and senior analysts.
• Conduct regular performance feedback and skills development.
• Build team capability across:

• • Financial modelling and analysis
  • Business partnering and communication
  • Data, analytics, and automation literacy

• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and insight‑driven thinking.

Performance, Risk & Control Management

• Support tracking of KPIs related to forecast accuracy, planning effectiveness, and insight impact.
• Assist in monitoring benefits realization for cost initiatives and strategic programs.
• Help maintain clear linkage between targets, performance outcomes, and financial results.

Functional & Technical Skills

• Strong experience across FP&A activities, including:

• • Budgeting, Forecasting, and Planning
  • Financial Modelling and Variance Analysis
  • Performance Management and KPI Reporting
  • Cost and Profitability Analysis
  • Cash Flow Analysis

• Solid understanding of business drivers and financial outcomes.
• Experience working within standardized FP&A operating models.
• Proficiency in analytics and visualization tools (Power BI, Excel).
• Familiarity with planning and EPM platforms (e.g. Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, Adaptive).
• Good understanding of data quality, controls, and planning integration.
  
  

Future-Ready & Behavioral Competencies

• Analytical Rigor: Applies structured thinking to complex financial problems.
• Business Acumen: Understands how financial drivers link with business outcomes.
• Insight & Storytelling: Communicates analysis clearly and effectively.
• Digital Mindset: Embraces analytics, automation, and new tools.
• Collaboration: Works effectively across finance and business teams.
• Accountability: Owns deliverables and drives high‑quality outcomes.
  
  

Performance Metrics / KPIs

• Forecast accuracy and variance quality
• Timeliness of budgets and forecasts
• Quality and clarity of management reporting
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Productivity and automation benefits
• Team capability development
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: CA, CPA, ACCA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent.
• Experience: 8–12 years in finance, including 3+ years in FP&A or performance management roles.
• Demonstrated experience in:

• • Budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
  • Business partnering and analytical insight delivery.
  • Supporting digital and analytics‑led finance initiatives.

• Experience in multi‑stakeholder or multi‑country environments preferred.