People FP&A Manager - Workforce Planning & Budgeting

Americana Restaurants; Sharjah; On-site; AED 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Pvt. Ltd. is seeking an energetic Assistant Manager - FP&A (People) to lead budgeting and forecasting for workforce costs.

You will collaborate with HR, operations, and leadership to build budgets, forecasts, and headcount models, driving data-driven decisions on people investments. The role focuses on payroll and people cost management, variance analysis, and governance over manpower approvals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Admin, Economics or related field.
• Master's degree or professional certification (CA/CFA/ACA/MBA) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for payroll and people costs.
• Develop workforce planning and headcount models.
• Monitor labor cost, productivity, overtime, and vacancy metrics.
• Partner with HR on hiring plans, compensation changes, incentives, and restructurings.
• Perform variance analysis and explain key drivers against budget and forecast.
• Prepare monthly management reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• Evaluate business cases for new roles, restructures, and people initiatives.
• Ensure financial governance over manpower approvals and organizational changes.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining operational effectiveness.
• Support automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting and planning processes.

Skills

Workforce planning

Budgeting

Payroll management

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

HR-Finance partnering

ERP systems

Scenario planning

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Master's degree or professional certification (CA/CFA/ACA/MBA)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Pvt. Ltd. is seeking an energetic Assistant Manager - FP&A (People) to lead budgeting and forecasting for workforce costs.

You will collaborate with HR, operations, and leadership to build budgets, forecasts, and headcount models, driving data-driven decisions on people investments. The role focuses on payroll and people cost management, variance analysis, and governance over manpower approvals.