Senior FP&A Leader: Strategy, Forecasting & Insight

Zutari; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Zutari, a long-established engineering firm with a people-centric approach, is seeking a Senior Manager FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across the group. The role partners with operations to translate financial performance, risks, and opportunities into actionable plans, ensuring commercially relevant, timely finance support.

Reporting to the Group CFO, you will guide the PFA team, drive analytics, and embed finance into operations across multi-entity projects and

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership with strong commercial acumen.
• Management accounting capability.
• Operational finance experience.
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.
• Experience in multi-entity or multi-jurisdictional environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner to operations, providing insight and support on financial performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across the Group.
• Deliver forward-looking insights to the CFO and executive leadership.
• Oversee the PFA team and finance data/operational reporting capability.
• Drive governance, consistency, and decision-support practices in finance.

Job description

Zutari, a long-established engineering firm with a people-centric approach, is seeking a Senior Manager FP&A to lead budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across the group. The role partners with operations to translate financial performance, risks, and opportunities into actionable plans, ensuring commercially relevant, timely finance support.

Reporting to the Group CFO, you will guide the PFA team, drive analytics, and embed finance into operations across multi-entity projects and