The FP&A Senior Manager is accountable for the end‑to‑end Financial Planning & Analysis strategy, governance, and transformation across business units or client engagements.

The role owns and drives planning, forecasting, performance management, and insight generation by leading high‑performing teams, embedding best‑in‑class analytical and planning practices, and accelerating digital enablement to deliver forward‑looking insights, financial transparency, and measurable value creation.

This role is accountable for translating enterprise and finance strategy into decision‑ready insights, ensuring robust forecasting, value‑focused performance management, and a scalable, future‑ready FP&A operating model.

Job Goals

• Deliver best‑in‑class planning and forecasting performance

• • Achieve high accuracy, predictability, and agility across budgeting, rolling forecasts, and strategic plans.
  • Enable faster scenario modelling and forecasting in response to business changes.

• Be the trusted partner for business performance

• • Provide actionable insights to CFOs and business leaders to support strategic and operational decisions.
  • Establish FP&A as a value‑creation engine, not a reporting function.

• Own financial performance transparency

• • Ensure clear visibility of drivers, variances, and outcomes across P&L, cash flow, and key KPIs.
  • Enable consistent performance narratives and management reporting.

• Accelerate digital, predictive, and insight‑led FP&A

• • Embed automation, analytics, and AI across planning, forecasting, and performance analysis.
  • Shift FP&A from backward‑looking reporting to forward‑looking decision support.

• Drive productivity and cost‑to‑value outcomes

• • Deliver year‑on‑year productivity improvements through standardization, automation, and self‑service analytics.
  • Release capacity from manual analysis towards business partnering and insight generation.

• Build a future‑ready FP&A organization

• • Develop strong analytical, commercial, and digital capabilities across FP&A teams.
  • Ensure scalable, resilient, and globally aligned FP&A operating models.

• Embed continuous improvement and value realization

• • Convert insight opportunities into executed actions with quantified benefits.
  • Continuously evolve the FP&A model to support growth, complexity, and strategic transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and define the global FP&A process architecture, aligned to enterprise financial strategy and performance frameworks.
• Govern end‑to‑end FP&A processes, including:

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

• Ensure global standardization of planning calendars, assumptions, driver models, and reporting frameworks.
• Define governance for forecast assumptions, commentary standards, and performance narratives.
• Act as the escalation point for complex performance insights, forecast challenges, and executive decision support.

Digital & Analytical & Transformation Enablement

• Own the digital FP&A roadmap, embedding automation, advanced analytics, and AI across all planning and reporting cycles.
• Partner with transformation and IT teams to:

• • Implement driver‑based and connected planning solutions.
  • Enable integrated financial and operational planning models.
  • Deploy predictive forecasting, scenario modelling, and AI‑based trend analysis.
  • Standardize Power BI dashboards and self‑service analytics for executives and business leaders.

• Promote adoption of modern EPM and planning platforms (e.g. Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, Adaptive, Oracle EPM).
• Track automation adoption, forecast accuracy uplift, and decision‑cycle acceleration.

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a strategic advisor to CFOs, Finance Directors, and business leadership on performance management and value creation.
• Lead FP&A governance forums, aligning financial insight with enterprise priorities.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Operations, Commercial, HR, and Strategy teams.
• Translate financial insights into clear, executive‑ready narratives for decision‑making.
• Influence enterprise planning maturity, performance frameworks, and KPI evolution.

Capability & People Development

• Build and lead a future‑ready FP&A organization with strong analytical, commercial, and digital skills.
• Define and deliver FP&A capability roadmaps covering:

• • Advanced financial modelling
  • Business partnering & storytelling
  • Analytics, automation, and AI literacy

• Drive leadership development, succession planning, and role enrichment.
• Foster a culture of curiosity, insight‑driven thinking, and accountability.

Performance, Risk & Control Management

• Define and monitor FP&A KPIs covering forecast accuracy, insight impact, and decision effectiveness.
• Own performance review frameworks, ensuring outcome‑focused discussions.
• Track benefits of realization of strategic initiatives and cost programs.
• Enable transparent linkage between strategy, targets, execution, and financial outcomes.

Functional & Technical Skills

• Deep expertise across the FP&A lifecycle, including:

• • Strategic Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
  • Financial Modelling and Scenario Analysis
  • Performance Management and KPI Design
  • Cost, Margin, and Profitability Analytics
  • Cash Flow and Value‑Based Analysis

• Strong understanding of business drivers, value levels, and operational economics.
• Proven experience designing and governing FP&A operating models across geographies.
• Hands‑on experience with EPM, planning, and analytics platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in analytics and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong understanding of data architecture, planning integration, and AI‑enabled forecasting.

Future-Ready & Behavioural Competencies

• Strategic Insight: Shapes performance management to drive better business outcomes.
• Digital Leadership: Embeds automation, analytics, and AI into FP&A.
• Commercial Acumen: Turns financial insights into business decisions.
• Influence & Storytelling: Converts analysis into compelling executive narratives.
• Change Agility: Champions new ways of planning and decision‑making.
• Capability Builder: Develops high‑performing, insight‑driven FP&A teams.

Performance Metrics / KPIs

• Forecast accuracy and predictability
• Planning and reforecast cycle time
• Adoption of driver‑based and predictive planning
• Quality and impact of insights on decision outcomes
• Stakeholder satisfaction (CFO / Executive feedback)
• Capability uplift and talent retention

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: CA, CPA, ACCA, MBA (Finance), or equivalent.
• Experience: 15–20 years in finance, including 5+ years in FP&A leadership or enterprise planning roles.
• Proven experience in:

• • Advanced FP&A and performance management.
  • Digital and analytics‑led FP&A transformation.
  • Multi‑country delivery, stakeholder management, and executive engagement.

• Exposure to large‑scale transformations and complex organizations preferred.