About Minapharm:
Minapharm Pharmaceuticals is a leading pharmaceutical company in Egypt and the Middle East and the largest end-to-end manufacturer of biological therapies in MEA with over 20 years of experience in cellular and bioprocess engineering. Headquartered in Cairo, Minapharm commercializes over 100 life-saving and life-enhancing products ranging from small molecules to complex bioengineered proteins and viral vectors, with an impressive immunotherapy pipeline. Together with its wholly-owned Berlin-based subsidiary, ProBioGen AG - a world-leading CDMO, Minapharm has established an integrated business model making it the only gene-to-market company in the region. Consolidating its international platform of intelligent biopharmaceutical technologies with the longstanding process development and manufacturing expertise in the MEA, Minapharm, together with ProBioGen, has incorporated MiGenTra GmbH headquartered in Berlin and manufacturing in Cairo, to enhance the accessibility to critical healthcare transforming medicines through product development and commercialization of Biosimilar mABs, Cell, and Gene Therapies and vaccines, at affordable prices in Egypt, and MEA.
Our Values:
- Diversity & Respect
- Integrity & Accountability
- Collaboration
- Leadership & Empowerment
- Innovation & Continuous Learning
Job Purpose:
- The Head of FP&A and Investment leads the Group's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and investment evaluation activities. The role provides strategic insights to the Group CFO, drives financial performance, and ensures disciplined capital allocation across the Group. This leader partners with business units to support growth, evaluates major investments and M&A opportunities, and delivers high‑quality financial reporting to executive leadership and the Board.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Budgeting
- Lead the Group's annual budgeting cycle, including templates, timelines, consolidation, and executive presentations.
- Develop the Group's long‑range (3–5 year) financial plans aligned with strategic priorities.
- Maintain rolling forecasts and ensure timely updates reflecting operational and market changes.
- Implement driver‑based planning, scenario modelling, and what‑if analyses.
Performance Management & Business Partnering
- Oversee variance analysis (budget/forecast vs. actual) and provide insights into key performance drivers.
- Create and manage financial and operational KPIs for Group leadership and the Board.
- Partner with business unit leaders to interpret results, support decision‑making, and drive performance improvement.
- Enhance management reporting, dashboards, and financial models to support strategic decisions.
Investment Evaluation & Capital Allocation
- Lead financial assessment of investment opportunities including Capex, growth initiatives, M&A, JVs, and divestitures.
- Build robust financial models (DCF, scenario, sensitivity, and LBO models) to evaluate value creation and risk-return profiles.
- Advise the Group CFO on capital allocation, funding options, and investment prioritization.
- Track post‑investment performance versus business cases and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor macroeconomic, industry, and market trends to inform investment strategy.
Board & Executive Reporting
- Lead preparation of monthly and quarterly performance reports for the Executive Committee and Board.
- Design and oversee board materials including executive summaries, dashboards, trend analyses, and investment updates.
- Clearly articulate financial results, risks, and opportunities using visualizations (bridges, heatmaps, charts).
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and clarity of financial data and commentary across all reporting.
Leadership & Governance
- Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing FP&A and Investment team.
- Ensure strong internal controls, modelling accuracy, and adherence to best‑practice financial governance.
- Enhance tools, systems, and processes related to FP&A, analytics, and reporting.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Master's degree: MBA (from a reputable institution) – mandatory.
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification is a plus.
- Minimum of 10-15 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, financial planning, budgeting, investment evaluation or related functions (within a medium to large corporate, preferably international or multi‑business unit environment).
- Demonstrated experience in leading FP&A teams and/ or investment evaluation functions, ideally having managed a budget/forecasting function and capital investment portfolio.
- Strong analytical modelling skills (financial modelling, scenario/sensitivity analysis, driver‑based planning).
- Proficiency with financial planning & analysis tools (Excel advanced modelling, BI tools, forecasting software) and familiarity with ERP/financial systems.
- Exceptional presentation and communication skills – able to distil complex financial data into actionable insights and present to senior leadership/board.
