Senior Manager, FP&A (UAEN/Expat)

A well-known client in the manufacturing sector is looking to hire a Senior FP&A Manager to manage the budgeting, planning, analysis and forecasting functions for the assigned business area within the company to support the achievement of overall business strategy through timely and commercially relevant insights and analysis based on best practice financial planning, and to manage continuous improvements in these areas.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive effective internal communications with Area Owners to support the vision, strategy, mission and corporate objectives.
• Manage the implementation and contribute towards the development of functional policies, systems, processes, procedures and controls covering all areas of the financial planning and analysis function so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service in a consistent manner.

• Manage employee performance and development by assigning individual performance targets and development objectives at least on an annual basis.

• Oversee, review and facilitate the budgeting process to ensure deadlines are met, accuracy of methodology, projections and calculations generated from the departments.
• Manage the development of detailed financial plan and financial forecasts including 5-year plan for plants in line with the corporate financial strategy and the overall objectives of plants.
• Monitor / control expenditures and advise plants on the same to support the assigned area in controlling costs and to achieve a financial performance over the budgeted figure.
• Contribute towards capital plan development and financial analysis of capital projects to support the capital planning process.
• Liaise with key stakeholders from plants to ensure provision of regular information relating to key financial performance indicators to the finance team.
• Manage the coordination with warehouses to conduct stock reconciliation of all related inventories and directs the development of balance statements to facilitate accurate analysis of inventory status /asset management.
• Review all activities related to maintenance of fixed asset accounts to quality assure and ensure balances in accounts are a true representation of facts.
• Review and oversee analysis and reports produced by associates/ analysts to ensure clear communication of financial and market information in management reports that reflect the overall performance of the company to support informed decision making on a timely basis, including ad hoc analysis in response to specific management information requests.
• Ensure effective coordination and regular communication with all relevant internal and external stakeholders (such as business units, financial institutions, auditors, service providers etc), adhering to the highest standards of business ethics, in order to ensure the services required by the organization are delivered collaboratively and in the most effective manner.

Minimum Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience in financial planning and analysis role in a large organization including at least 3 years in positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities, preferably in manufacturing, metal, or mining industry.
• Experience of managing a team and ability to interact with large group involving different nationals.