Senior Manager Business Planning
The Senior Manager Business Planning is responsible for leading Financial Controlling, Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting activities to support strategic and operational decision-making. This role ensures accuracy, transparency, and relevance of financial insights, while driving continuous improvement in forecasting, budgeting, and financial governance processes. The position acts as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, enabling effective resource allocation and proactive management of business performance.
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Lead and continuously improve planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes and system requirements.
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Coordinate and integrate sales and operations plans into financial forecasts and business outlooks.
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Monitor actual performance against budget, analyze variances, and drive corrective actions to improve efficiency and profitability.
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Apply advanced costing techniques to support business decisions and financial accuracy.
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Oversee preparation and delivery of internal management reporting and external financial disclosures, including quarterly results, investor communications, and regulatory filings.
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Lead Profit & Loss (P&L) and balance sheet analysis, ensuring robust variance explanations and management commentary.
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Analyze financial trends and identify risks and opportunities requiring senior management attention.
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Produce user-centric, actionable financial insights to proactively guide business performance.
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Present financial findings, insights, and clear recommendations to senior management.
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Support strategic resource allocation decisions through scenario analysis and financial modeling.
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Act as a finance business partner to cross-functional leaders, explaining financial context and promoting collaboration across functions.
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Lead multi-disciplinary finance teams, often through other managers, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and quality of financial outputs.
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Develop and implement financial processes, standards, and internal control practices that impact overall business results.
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Establish and maintain appropriate levels of protection for company assets and manage general liability exposures.
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Drive continuous improvement initiatives across financial controlling and planning activities.
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Leads teams with multiple sub-teams, typically managed by other managers.
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Balances strategic contribution (approximately 20%) with operational execution (approximately 80%).
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Owns and drives changes to financial processes to enhance efficiency, governance, and business impact.
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Extensive expertise in financial planning, budgeting techniques, forecasting methodologies, and financial reporting systems.
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Strong understanding of internal control governance and financial compliance requirements.
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Ability to anticipate communication needs and tailor messages for senior stakeholders.
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Strong facilitation and influencing skills; leads finance discussions with management teams.
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Proven capability to explain complex financial topics to non-finance stakeholders.
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Resolves complex financial challenges by integrating data across multiple functions.
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Diagnoses root causes of budgetary discrepancies and coordinates resolution across departments.
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Drives continuous improvement through process redesign and advanced financial analysis.
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Significant experience in Financial Controlling, Business Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting, preferably in a complex, matrixed organization.
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Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing managers.
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Proven track record in strategic financial analysis, forecasting, and business partnering at senior levels.
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Advanced academic background in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or equivalent is a strong advantage.
