Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Reporting to the CFO you will be responsible for leading the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis activities for the Company. Working closely with the Business Divisions by providing timely analysis of results and completion of robust forecasts, you will partner with the business in delivering their objectives.

Responsibilities

Management Reporting & Analysis

• Ensure that the monthly management reports are produced accurately in a uniform format and distributed to appropriate local staff highlighting the important KPIs, variance analysis & commentary.

• Enhance the quality of the available management information and develop new reports/analysis that incorporates the changing needs of the organization. 

• Deliver insightful variance analysis and commentary on performance drivers

   

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Ownership of the annual budgeting process including review and dissemination of the regional office requirements, coordinating the plan information to be input into TM1, review of draft input and results, and required reports to local management and the regional office.

• Improve the efficiency of the planning process resulting in streamlined requirements for the Business Divisions and enhanced accuracy of plan information

• Ownership of the forecasting processes including procurement and facilitation of key assumptions from the Business Divisions for the monthly  and quarterly forecasting requirements.

• Timely generation and submission of the required reports to local management and the regional office explaining key drivers of changes.

• Enhance the quality of the available information and develop new reports/analysis that incorporates the changing needs of the organization.

   

Expense Management

• Prepare annual expense budgets and update monthly/quarterly forecasts

• Ensure expenses are appropriately managed and adjusted for changes in business conditions.

• Provision of expense-related analytics that provide business users with timely and relevant information to appropriately manage expenses.

• Responsibility for a robust expense allocation methodology and process.

   

Business Partnering

• Partnering with the Business Divisions in meeting their respective objectives by providing analysis& decision support and tools that enable them to better assess and monitor their respective KPIs.

• Provide specific support for the forecasting and planning exercises.

• Participation and key contributor to finance and other business projects and initiatives.

• Strong understanding and business champion of management information systems (TM1 and Cognos). Determine the extent to which these systems can be used to maximize efficiencies for local processes, in particular for developing and enhancing analytical information for the Business Divisions.

 Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

• Professional Accounting qualifications: CPA, CA or ACCA equivalent preferred
• 8 years or more work experience preferably in financial planning and analysis

• Experience in the general insurance industry preferred

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; experience with financial systems (e.g. PeopleSoft, TM1, Cognos, Qlik, Alteryx) is an advantage

• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results under tight deadlines

• Strong oral and written English language skills
• Work experience in a large multinational corporation preferred

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business acumen

• Leadership and team management

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Problem-solving and process improvement mindset