FP&A Manager at Sage

Responsible for the strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial / management reporting processes within the Africa and Middle East Region and ensuring that reports are accurate, produced to deadline and comply with Sage’s policies and best practice for FTSE 100 companies as well as adding value and insight as part of financial planning and analysis and working collaboratively with the business.

Key Responsibilities Key Accountabilities And Decision Ownership

• Custodian of strategic planning and budgeting processes for the business leading process and ensuring inter-lock within region and support functions – key lead within the Adaptive Planning System
• Develop and implement budgeting and forecasting tools and processes to provide timely and relevant information
• Manage and automate / improve monthly financial reporting processes for the region and deliver output submissions within key group deadlines
• Work closely with the Finance Operations and Systems team to build and enhance current processes and tools to facilitate the right level of management reporting / KPI reporting in the region to senior leadership
• Develop and consolidate cash flow projections in order to ensure an adequate funding of the company's operations at any point in time across the Africa and Middle East regions
• Establish effective working relationships across the business and Senior Management Team
• Deliver consistent, timely, accurate, high quality and insightful financial reports to facilitate and support decision making within the commercial finance team
• Manage a team: 2 Direct reports and working closely with Finance Business Partners Skills, know-how and experience:

Must Have

• Good educational background with accounting qualification 5+ years post qualified
• Outstanding problem-solving skills
• Good HFM understanding and knowledge
• Passionate, energetic, has drive and ambition
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and produces quality outputs to tight deadlines
• Able to build strong collaborative relationships across the business and all levels
• Can demonstrate great business understanding, analytical and with a real eye for detail
• Enjoys working in a hands-on environment and has a genuine interest in understanding the issues behind the numbers
• High level of initiative and self-motivation
• Strong intellect and excellent influencing skills
• Confident in opinions and able to communicate in a convincing manner
• Strong leadership skills and able to coach team members
• Advanced Excel skills
• Fluent and lucid written style suitable for communication at highest levels
• Well-developed presentation and communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office required

Sage Colleague Should Be

• Customer Focused, at the forefront of providing service excellence.
• Action Oriented, able to take on new challenges with enthusiasm.
• Trustworthy, able to gain the confidence and trust of others easily and honour commitments.
• Innovative, able to spot opportunities to do things better and share best practice.
• Collaborative, building and maintaining strong working relationships and working with colleagues to meet shared goals.

Preferred

• Large corporate experience (FMCG or Banking)

Technical / Professional Qualifications

• CA / CIMA or equivalent accountancy qualification