Senior Manager FP&A

BevCo; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in financial management or related discipline.
• Over 12 years of financial experience, with more than 5 years in FMCG FP&A.
• Extensive knowledge of FMCG process development and execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead synthesis and consolidation of 3-Year Strategic Plan (PSP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly rolling forecasts, and weekly flash reports.
• Manage FP&A relations and serve as the primary point of contact for FP&A matters.
• Develop and enhance FP&A processes and tools to improve forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all forecast deliverables.
• Oversee cost management, governance, and optimization for expenditure.
• Participate in strategic planning and budgeting processes.

Skills

Strategic planning

Financial forecasting

Stakeholder management

Education

Postgraduate degree in Financial Management

CA(SA) or CIMA preferred

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

QlikView

Job description

SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER: FP&A

Finance

The Senior Financial Manager: Forecasting, Planning and Analysis (FP&A), is responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis agenda to provide senior stakeholders with current, accurate financial and operational forecasts. The role involves synthesizing and consolidating financial performance, optimizing revenue realization, and ensuring effective cost management and governance. This position will manage a team and develop FP&A processes and tools to drive financial forecasting deliverables.

Job Purpose

To lead The Beverage Company’s FP&A reporting agenda, ensuring the delivery of accurate financial forecasts and performance insights. The role is crucial in supporting strategic decision-making, optimizing financial performance, and managing costs effectively.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

Forecasting, Planning and Analysis

• Lead the synthesis and consolidation of financial plans, including the 3-Year Strategic Plan (PSP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), monthly rolling forecasts, and weekly flash reports.
• Manage FP&A relations and workstreams, serving as the primary point of contact for financial planning and analysis matters.
• Develop and enhance FP&A processes and tools to improve financial forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all financial forecast deliverables.
• Oversee cost management, governance, and optimization for expenditure.

General Business, Financial and People Management

• Actively participate in strategic planning and budgeting processes
• Drive continuous improvement through streamlining and optimising relevant operational practices, processes and systems
• Ensure adherence to operational and financial frameworks of practices, processes, standards and controls
• Manage cost drivers and take the necessary action to mitigate financial risk and address variances and discrepancies
• Ensure that the right people capacity is in place and manage employee performance through effective and goal directed people leadership

Qualifications and Experience

• Post Graduate degree in Financial Management or related disciplines (CA(SA) or CIMA preferred).
• Over 12 years of financial experience, with more than 5 years in FMCG FP&A.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in FMCG process development and execution.
• SAP
• Microsoft Office
• QlikView

Key Qualities

Communication

Complex written proposals or presentations aimed at setting or changing strategy for a business unit or an external client

Problem Solving

Proactive identification of business, commercial and financial problems that do not always have predetermined guidelines, routines or procedures for solution, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on previous experience and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem.

Relationships Maintained

Groups of individuals at a senior management level inside the organisation

Behavioural Competencies

Persuasiveness

Ability to persevere until an effective outcome is reached.

Takes into account another's viewpoint when stating a point.

Looks at all available avenues of influencing another's decision. Looks for a win-win scenario when influencing another's decision.

Accountability