Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager
Req ID: 330728
Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Overview
Co-lead (with CFO) the Financial Planning & Analysis agenda including the following:
- Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
- Monthly rolling forecast (MRF)
- Monthly, Quarterly and Annual submissions to BU team and co-lead these reviews with CFO
- Scenario analysis / Product costings in coordination with the business stakeholders
- Performance analysis against the plan and MRF to provide decision support system
- Capex monitoring and submission
- Innovation monitoring and submission
- Business partnering to drive focus on NRM and cost efficiency
- Support CFO in strategic planning and other day to day business affairs
Responsibilities
- Accountabilities are statements of the important end results which the job must achieve.
- These statements should relate to an end result or objective which must be accomplished and against which some measurement of performance can be applied.
FP&A:
- Prepare AOP and Rolling Forecast to deliver business targets for the three businesses in Nigeria; i.e. Sausage Roll, Oats and Extrudes in order to support the development of the AOP and forward looking commercial financial forecasts for the BU
- Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities to remediate any gaps to targets
- Ensure timely submission to sector and drive monthly business reviews
- Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting including monitoring and advising on long-term business and financial planning:
- Co-Lead annual, monthly and quarterly reviews with BU/Sector team
- Prepare, rollout and monitor dashboards to lead business and financial performance discussions with stakeholders
- To measure forecasts against variables and monitor the overall financial health of the Nigeria Business
- Support CFO in preparing and updating strategic business plan for outer years
- Brand P&L reporting and drive discussions with commercial team on profitability
- Bottomup opex and monthly analysis vs YAGO and AOP
- Manage and develop the financial resources governing the commercial/supply chain l financial forecasting processes, including process and system
Commercial:
- Bottomup annual and monthly cost budgets in cooridation with Sales and Marketing teams
- Lead the financial analysis process and financial business case proposals for new commercial business developments (i.e. NPD P&L’s, capital expansion DCF / ROI models) and lead the reviews with BU/Sector teams
- Responsible for ensuring the iS&OP volumes are translated into revenue plans by forming links to Demand Planning & central FP&A
- Establish/drive NRM agenda to deliver profitable topline growth
- Provide commercial/financial insight and leadership across the business in order to exceed business plan targets
Supply Chain:
- Bottomup annual and monthly cost budgets in cooridation with Supply chain and GP teams
- Drive and review cost deep dives across various funcations including GP, Operations, COMAN team
- Business partnering to drive focus on cost efficiency, as well as uplift profitability performance and the overall business strategy
- Product costings and scenario analysis to help business taking informed decisions
- Research economic trends, analyze internal operations, and identify areas for cost reduction and process enhancement
- Drive productivity initiatives across the organiastion through target setting and effective monitoring
- Actively track coman budgets and acutal cost to identify variances and engage CFO/CEO for actions
Capex monitoring:
- Drive annual capex planning in partnership with Head of Supply Chain
- Monthly estimates submissions to Sector team
- Lead capex reviews with BU and Sector teams
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Degree in Finance, Chatered Accounant / MBA
- 6-7 years of work experience in planning roles in an FMCG environment
- Strong commercial, analytical capability and interpersonal skills
- Team player with collaborative working and influencing skills
- Understanding of SAP, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint and general systems ability
- Good time management and prioritisation skills.
Application Closing Date: 26th October, 2024.