Head of Financial Planning Analysis

Description

The Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) leads corporate planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management across the Group. This role partners closely with Business Units and Corporate Support Units to deliver actionable, data-driven insights that improve profitability, capital allocation, and resource prioritisation. The Head of FP&A is accountable for building a high-performing FP&A team, strengthening planning discipline, and enabling informed decision-making for the Executive Team and Board.

• Forecast Accuracy (Revenue, EBITDA, Cash).
• Recommends funding prioritisation across BAU and transformation initiatives, aligned to strategic objectives.
• Capital Allocation & Investment Cases: Evaluate business cases and investments, balancing risk/return; prepare materials for executive and board review.
• Management Reporting: Deliver timely management packs (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with variance analysis, trends, and actionable recommendations.
• Owns the FP&A framework, planning standards, and calendar across the Group.
• Data, Systems & Automation: Enhance planning tools and BI dashboards; drive process improvements to reduce cycle time and improve data quality.
• Risk & Controls: Maintain planning governance, model integrity, and compliance with financial policies; ensure auditable assumptions and change controls.
• Corporate Planning: Own the annual budget cycle, monthly/quarterly forecasting, and rolling outlooks; establish planning calendars, standards, and governance.
• People Leadership: Build team capabilities; mentor and develop FP&A talent; promote a culture of collaboration, excellence, and accountability.
• Performance Management: Define KPIs and scorecards; partner with business leaders to close gaps and capture opportunities.
• Strategic Forecasting & Scenario Modelling: Build and maintain driver-based financial models; run sensitivity analyses for pricing, resourcing, and investment decisions.
• Business Partnering: Support Business Units and Corporate Support Units with insights on bids, tenders, transformation initiatives, and cost optimisation.
• Pricing & Tender Support: Structure financial models and assumptions for commercial pricing and tender submissions; ensure consistency with pricing policy.
• Endorses budget and forecast methodologies and key assumptions prior to CFO sign-off.
• Sets modelling and reporting quality standards; approves material changes to FP&A models and dashboards.

Requirements

• Controllership/Accounting, Finance Specialists.
• Strategic Thinking & Commercial Acumen.
• Budget Cycle Time and On-time Delivery (% milestones met).
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
• Quality of Insights (exec satisfaction score; adoption of recommendations).
• Compliance & Governance (model integrity; audit readiness).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA/CPA/CFA preferred.
• Talent Development (succession readiness; training completed).
• 10–15+ years of progressive FP&A/corporate finance experience with leadership of teams.
• Advanced financial modelling and scenario analysis; proficiency with Excel and FP&A tools (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion).
• Risk Awareness & Governance.
• Automation & Efficiency (manual steps reduced; data latency).
• ERP/BI exposure (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite; Power BI/Tableau); strong data literacy.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance