The Manager FP&A will be responsible for providing financial insights, forecasting, and strategic support to drive the company’s decision-making process. The role focuses on partnering with various departments, to provide business performance analysis, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes across the organization.
- Develop and maintain long-term financial models that include revenue, expense, cash flow, and profitability forecasts.
- Collaborate with NA and EMEA Region leaders to understand business drivers and integrate them into financial models.
- Track and analyse monthly, quarterly, and annual performance against the budget and provide variance analysis.
- Present forecast and budget assumptions, risks, and opportunities to leadership and suggest corrective actions if needed.
- Serve as a financial business partner to service line heads, sales, marketing, and operations teams to provide insights into key financial decisions.
- Conduct monthly financial reviews with department heads to ensure alignment on budget targets and project performance.
- Develop relationships with non-financial stakeholders to translate financial metrics into business insights and actionable steps.
- Provide analysis on IT projects, including resource utilization, margin analysis, project profitability, and risk assessments.
- Provide timely and accurate financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, for decision-making.
- Develop KPIs and dashboards to track performance metrics, specifically for IT services (e.g., utilization rates, billable hours, average revenue per project).
- Monitor revenue streams, cost drivers, and capital expenditures specific to IT services, highlighting areas for improvement.
- Prepare financial reports for senior leadership, board meetings, and stakeholders, summarizing business performance.
- Create and maintain financial models that analyse profitability, ROI, and strategic initiatives such as new service lines or geographical expansions.
- Conduct scenario analyses to support investment decisions, including new IT projects, product offerings, or client acquisitions.
- Identify trends and provide recommendations to senior management to improve financial performance.
- Provide analysis on pricing strategies, cost structures, and contract negotiations for large IT services clients.
- Ensure cost control measures are implemented across the organisation, identifying cost-saving opportunities.
- Analyse direct and indirect costs for IT services, ensuring accurate allocations and suggesting improvements where necessary.
- Develop and maintain financial benchmarks to assess productivity, cost-effectiveness, and service delivery in IT Professional Services.
- Assist in the development of pricing models for IT Professional service offerings to improve profitability.
- Manage and mentor junior FP&A staff, ensuring high levels of performance and development.
- Provide leadership in improving financial systems and processes for data collection, financial reporting, and forecasting.
- Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes through automation and system enhancements (ERP, reporting tools).
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field. MBA, ACMA, ACCA or CA qualification.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, preferably in an IT services or technology-driven company.
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
- Proficient in ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics) and financial reporting tools (Power BI etc.).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data manipulation.
- Proven ability to work with complex datasets and provide data-driven recommendations.
- Exceptional business partnering skills, with the ability to communicate financial insights to non-finance stakeholders.
- Knowledge of IT service industry metrics and business drivers (e.g., utilization, timetracking, project margins).
We have an amazing team of 700+ individuals working on highly innovative enterprise projects & products. Our customer base includes Fortune 100 retail and CPG companies, leading store chains, fast-growth fintech, and multiple Silicon Valley startups.
What makes Confiz stand out is our focus on processes and culture. Confiz is ISO 9001:2015, 27001:2013 & 20000-1:2018 certified. We have a vibrant culture of learning via collaboration and making the workplace fun.
People who work with us work with cutting-edge technologies while contributing success to the company as well as to themselves.
To know more about Confiz Limited, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/confiz-pakistan/
