Senior Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

Senior Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

• Responsibilities:
  • Develop Budgets and finalize budget plans and schedules in line with Group policies and procedures on EPBCS (Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service) system to ensure the integrity of budget data, appropriateness and reliability of the key assumptions, control mechanisms and effectively present the same to the senior management for approval.
  • Prepare Business Plan and finalize the overall budget consolidation and ensure budgets are executed effectively in coordination with concerned subsidiaries and departments as per agreed timeline. Ensure budgets are prepared, maintained and monitored in Hyperion Budgeting software.
  • Liaise with senior leadership (CEO/CFO) and Business Development team to prepare escrow level cash flows (Sales, Capex, Collections, etc.) for ongoing projects in order to meet business growth.
  • Monitor cash flows at project level, identify and suggest risk mitigation to optimize costs in line with budgets.
  • Assist Director Finance in reviewing EMC (Equity Market Capitalization) relating to land and Quarterly Project Review Reports for EMC submissions and prepare project Ad-hoc analysis for decision-making purposes.
  • Review and finalize provisions, legal provisions, international subsidiaries matters and financial statements, IFRS 9 workings and other statutory reporting requirements.
  • Assist in review of quarterly clearance pack and GRP with statutory reporting team.
• Reports, Systems and Tools:
  • Design and implement financial policies and procedures relating to management reporting and business plan in alignment to business objectives and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Maintain full control over the Hyperion Budgeting software to ensure budgets are prepared, maintained and monitored accurately within the software.
  • Develop budgetary, MIS and Statutory reporting policies, process, procedures, forms and templates to ensure adequate Budgetary controls and MIS/Statutory reporting structure for overall Finance operations.
  • Prepare monthly project dashboards showing cost and sales status, Financial forecast to determine the course of entity/departments over a period of time that extends into future business periods as a proactive approach to budgeting in order to support the department budget for daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly allocations.
  • Ensure Policies, processes, procedures forms and templates in place, approved and implemented.

• Minimum Requirements:
  • Graduate in Accounting / Finance; CA/ACCA/ CPA (Chartered Accountant / Association of Chartered Certified Accountants / Certified Public Accountant or similar) preferred.
  • In depth understanding of real estate business, accounting matters, relevant regulatory matters.
  • Minimum 6 to 8 years' experience with at least 2 years' of experience in corporate finance, budgeting and reporting.
  • Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI.
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic and performance-driven environment.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex data analysis and modelling.
  • Well versed in SQL / database management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP or Oracle, Management Information Systems (MIS), Oracle and MS Office Tools.
  • Advanced financial modelling and forecasting skills.
  • Expertise in variance analysis and trend identification.