Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Mr Price Group at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• The FP&A Manager is responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function to support the organisation’s strategic and operational objectives. You will provide insightful financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to drive informed decision-making across the Group. Additionally, you will partner with business leaders to enhance performance through budgeting, financial modelling, and the delivery of robust financial insights.

Responsibilities
Analysis                                                                                                                                                                                               

• Conducts advanced financial modelling and scenario analysis to assess business impacts and influence Exco-level strategic decisions.
• Translates trading and financial data into clear insights, linking operational drivers to performance across business stakeholders.
• Leads analysis supporting budgeting and forecasting to drive informed decision making across the Group.
• Enable reliable Group reporting providing insights to stakeholders.
• Identifies risks, trends, and opportunities, providing proactive recommendations to optimise performance of the Group.         

Reporting

• Assumes full custodianship of Group management accounting reporting ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across the Group.
• Provides management accounting guidance across the Group ensuring consistency and comparability.
• Drives alignment between financial reporting and management reporting, ensuring outputs are compliant and support effective decision-making for stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders to influence financial and strategic decision-making.
• Advises senior stakeholders on financial insights, reporting outputs, and implications for external communication and strategic initiatives.
• Engages with external providers and partners to ensure delivery of high-quality services that meet Group standards and reporting requirements.
• Proactively supports stakeholders in understanding financial information, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with overall business objectives.

People & Workflow Management

• Manages and prioritizes team workload across multiple reporting cycles (monthly, budgeting, forecasting), ensuring timely delivery of high-quality outputs aligned to Group deadlines.

Automation

• Initiate, design and implement automated financial processes and workflows, significantly improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across FP&A and reporting functions.
• Accelerates reporting timelines, allowing stakeholders to access timely insights for critical decision-making.
• Continuously optimises automated processes to support evolving business complexity and growth, directly improving overall finance function effectiveness.

Qualifications

• CA(SA) or CIMA
• 5 years’ experience in FP&A and at least 2 years as an FP&A Manager.