Senior Manager FP&A - Corporate Division

• The Senior Manager FP&A is pivotal in guiding the corporate division's financial planning including budgeting, forecasting, and MIS reporting. This role is essential in providing insightful financial analysis to inform strategic and operational decisions. Responsibilities extend to ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial data, and strengthening governance and compliance with corporate policies. Importantly, the Senior Manager drives process improvement initiatives to boost efficiency and analytical capability, whilst managing and developing a high-performing team to meet evolving business needs. Success in this position is dependent on leveraging financial insights for strategic influence, optimizing cash flow, and enhancing financial governance and automation within a multi-entity corporate environment.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting cycle and quarterly forecast submissions for corporate functions and entities.
• Coordinate with function heads and business stakeholders to ensure alignment, accuracy, and timely inputs.
• Ensure high-quality submissions in planning systems (e.g., SAP BPC/SAC), including scenario analysis and variance commentary.
• Support preparation of budget/forecast presentation decks for leadership reviews.

MIS & Management Reporting

• Manage monthly MIS reporting including P&L, balance sheet highlights, KPIs, and management dashboards.
• Deliver actionable insights through variance analysis, trend interpretation, and data validation.
• Drive improvements in reporting quality, consistency, and automation.

Cost Allocation & True-Up Activities

• Manage the cost allocation model for shared services and corporate functions ensuring transparency, fairness, and compliance with transfer pricing policies.
• Lead budgeted allocations, biannual true-ups, division sign-offs, and billing coordination.
• Maintain and enhance allocation methodologies, SLAs, and SOPs in partnership with business divisions.

Cash Flow Forecasting

• Own biweekly and monthly cash flow forecasting including variance analysis and consolidation of inputs across functions.
• Monitor working capital movements, highlight risks/opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Strengthen the discipline of cash conversion cycle monitoring within the division.

Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering

• Act as a key finance partner to HR, Procurement, Group Finance, and other corporate functions.
• Support decision-making by providing timely insights, financial advice, and analytical support.
• Communicate financial impacts to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Effective collaboration with senior management and cross-functional teams.

People Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of 2-3 FP&A professionals, ensuring capability development and high performance.
• Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and analytical excellence.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration and capacity building within the FP&A community.

Process Excellence & Compliance

• Support transformation initiatives including automation, data platform adoption, and system enhancements.
• Drive simplification and standardization of FP&A processes, eliminating manual interventions.
• Ensure adherence to group policies, transfer pricing rules, internal controls, and audit requirements.

• Strategic thinking, business acumen, and financial insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Leadership and team development.
• High attention to detail, process orientation, and continuous improvement mindset.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance; professional qualification (CA/CPA/CIMA) preferred.
• 10-15 years of FP&A and financial management experience, including leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in budgeting, forecasting, MIS reporting, and cost allocation models.
• Hands-on experience with SAP (FICO/BPC/SAC), Power BI, and advanced Excel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and storytelling abilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate at senior levels.