• The successful candidate will join as the Director for Financial Planning and Analytics in the Finance Department.
• (S) He will report to the Chief Finance Officer and will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities, forecasting, long-term financial modeling and strategic planning, commercial and related operational analysis for the entire business.
• The FP&A Director will as well support the strategy process, develop insightful information from the company’s financial and operating metrics, synthesizing and articulating key findings for the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop models to analyze market conditions and recommend actions.
• Provide insights and recommendations into business performance, notable trends and evolution in KPIs.
• Devise mechanisms or strategies to monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of – unexpected variance in all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditure.
• Work with Commercial to evaluate new businesses by conducting economic analysis to ascertain incremental gains.
• Lead and own the overall periodic company planning processes ensuring timely and accurate outputs.
• Lead the routine budgeting and planning process, incorporating sensitivity and risk analysis, and generating accurate Business Unit/Functional budgets and targets.
• Translate business unit objectives into functional strategic plans that impact operating results of the business.
• Provide Business Case developments to drive C-level support.
• Lead and manage post-implementation reviews on capital and commercial initiatives.
• Establish and implement Efficiency Plans and programs to deliver savings.
• Continuously work with business units to define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive effective overall operational performance.
• Lead and manage the team to generate Ad-Hoc Reports and Analysis.
• Develop presentations on business reviews to the Executive and BOD.

Qualification Required & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or Economics; MBA/MSc. highly preferred.
• Accounting qualification such as CPA, CFA, ACCA, CIMA etc. is a pre-requisite.
• 8+ years’ experience as Manager or Director of Financial Planning and Analysis or Strategy Support.
• Experience of Telecommunications Industry or FMCG marketing environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong project management, planning, and organization skills, including ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, simultaneously.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Leading and Deciding
• Analyzing and Interpreting
• Interacting, Presenting and Communicating information
• Organizing and Executing
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated.
• Ability to articulate issues with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organized.

Location: Accra