Manager Financial & Planning

About the job

Job Purpose:

To lead and support financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making across the group by providing high-quality financial insights, forecasts, and models. The position collaborates closely with plant and corporate teams, leveraging financial systems and BI tools to drive data-driven decisions and enhance financial performance and reporting efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide financial analysis and due diligence support for M&A, divestitures or new investments
• Lead the annual corporate planning exercise, including budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial modelling for group companies.
• Coordinate with business units and plant teams to consolidate financial plans aligned with strategic objectives.
• Monitor monthly financial performance against budget and prior periods.
• Conduct variance analysis on revenues and costs.
• Prepare high-quality management reports, presentations and board packs.
• Support the senior management in presenting financial insights for group-wide decision-making.
• Develop and manage financial models for scenario analysis.
• Support risk mitigation planning in light of market, regulatory or operational uncertainties.
• Drive cost control initiatives across the group, leveraging zero-based budgeting and bottom-up planning.
• Support plant and corporate teams in identifying and tracking efficiency levers.
• Leverage Oracle Financials and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel-based models) for financial analysis and reporting automation.
• Continuously improve data integrity and reporting processes through inter-department collaboration.
• Support internal and external audits/ reviews by providing required financial insights and reconciliations.

Qualification, Skills & Experience:

• ACA, along with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience (minimum 3 years in financial planning in a group of companies) preferably power sector.
• Building and maintaining dynamic models for business cases, valuations or long-term projections.
• Ability to derive insights from complex datasets to aid decision-making.
• Familiarity with SQL or data visualization tools is a plus.
• Assessing ROI, NPV, IRR for capital investments and new initiatives.
• Understanding the key drivers of value and risk in power sector.
• Understanding of tariff structure.
• Leading and developing junior analysts or cross-functional finance teams.
• Analysing deviations from budget/forecast and recommending corrective actions.
• KPI tracking and dashboard generation.