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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Group
CountyMombasaCityMombasaContractType not specifiedPosted2026-09-21Close dateNot specifiedExperience12 yearsSourceMyJobMag Kenya
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Safal Group is hiring a Group Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, management reporting, and strategic finance support across its manufacturing entities. The role requires strong FP&A, financial modelling, and business intelligence skills, plus exposure to M&A and capital investment analysis. Based in Mombasa, Kenya, the position reports within the Group finance function and targets senior finance professionals.
- Senior FP&A leadership role covering Group budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Requires CPA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent and 12–15 years of experience
- Post-qualification experience of 8–10 years expected
- Focus on management reporting, KPI dashboards, and performance analytics
- Involves M&A evaluation, scenario modelling, and strategic support
- Uses SAP, BI tools, AI-enabled analytics, and reporting automation
- Manufacturing industry experience required
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- Required12+ years of relevant experienceThe job post includes a minimum experience signal.
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- RequiredAvailability to work in MombasaThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Original source description
- Reporting in to this position (designation and level)
- Routine/Direct: 1
- Functional/Indirect: None
- Key
Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes across Group entities.
- Coordinate budget submissions and challenge assumptions to ensure alignment with Group strategy.
- Consolidate and present Group budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and recommend corrective actions.
- Management Reporting & Performance Analytics
- Prepare monthly Group management reports with analysis against Budget, Rolling Estimates, Prior Year and Strategic Plans.
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPI scorecards.
- Conduct profitability, margin, working capital, and return-on-investment analyses.
- Provide actionable insights on financial and operational performance trends.
- Business Performance Management
- Support quarterly and annual business reviews with management and business unit leadership.
- Identify areas requiring intervention.
- Benchmark entity performance against internal and external metrics.
- Risk Management & Governance
- Identify financial and operational risks impacting business performance.
- Monitor compliance with Group financial policies and reporting standards.
- Escalate material financial, operational, and governance concerns to the Group CFO.
- Strategic Support
- Support M&A evaluations, capital investment reviews, business cases, and strategic initiatives.
- Conduct scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis.
- Support ExComm and BRM reporting requirements.
- Systems & Automation
- Drive reporting automation and process improvements.
- Leverage SAP, BI tools, AI-enabled analytics, and reporting technologies to improve efficiency and quality of insights.
Requirements
- Qualifications required:
- Minimum academic qualification: CPA/ ACCA/ ACA or equivalent
- Qualifications as an added advantage: MBA
- Professional registration: Yes
- English
- Computer literacy:
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI and PowerPoint skills.
- High Integrity Levels
- Financial industry, accounting principles and regulatory guidelines.
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- Method of Application
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Experience
Industry: Manufacturing
- required:
- General work
- (years): 12 to 15 years
- Post Qualification
- (years): 8-10 Years
- Key competencies and skills:
- Technical Competencies
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- Rolling Forecasting
- Business Performance Management
- Scenario Analysis
- Capital Investment Analysis
- Budgetary Control
- Data Analytics and Visualization
- Business Intelligence Reporting
- Leadership Competencies
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Partnering
- Stakeholder Management
- Influencing Skills
- Executive Presentation Skills
- Commercial Acumen
- Change Management
- Language
- with SAP S/4HANA or equivalent ERP systems.
- with financial planning and consolidation tools.
- Practical use of AI-enabled productivity and analytics tools to enhance reporting, forecasting, and business decision support.
- Key Success Measures
- Timeliness and accuracy of monthly reporting.
- Budget and forecast accuracy.
- Quality of decision-support analysis.
- Identification and mitigation of business risks.
- Improvement in reporting automation and efficiency.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and business partnering effectiveness.
- Delivery of strategic finance initiatives.
- Personality profile:
- The candidate should demonstrate the following qualities
- Interpersonal skills :
- Team-working, conflict management and influencing/negotiating
- Business skills :
- Good understanding of the organization’s objectives, operations, market environment and ethical issues
- Leadership and project management skills:
- Leading others, managing resources and delegating effectively
- Good Communication skills:
- Written, oral and presentational skills, and communicating effectively with non-finance people
- Problem-solving skills:
- Taking a critical and methodical approach when problem solving
- Risk management skills:
- Understanding the sources of risk, and evaluating risks and methods for their control and mitigation
- Encourages innovative thinking within the context of professional scepticism
- Thinks proactively about the future, applying professional judgement and commercial intelligence and seeks specialist input when needed
- Additional/specific work
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