Strategic Business Leader

Job Title: Strategic Business Leader

The Manager Growth Group role is a pivotal position within our organization, responsible for effectively supervising comprehensive Zero-Based Budgeting and Capital Expenditure processes in the GCC.

• This position involves overseeing the entire Budgeting & Forecasting cycle for the Growth Group zone, managing forecasting activities, monitoring cash flow, ensuring data precision, and facilitating consistent communication with stakeholders and budget owners.
• The objective is to ensure prompt and high-quality reporting in accordance with Service Level Agreements and the business calendar.
• Tracking and Monitoring of ZBB Performance
• Conduct Tracking & Monitoring (T&M) for the entire Growth Group in the GHQ Office to ensure visibility on ZBB performance, provide vendor name and FTE names to substantiate expenditures, Execute critical variance analysis (AC vs BU; AC vs LE; AC vs LY) and consolidate T&M for all Growth Group functions, Present variance analysis by function, package, and sub-package, identifying synergies for optimizing vendor spends, Conduct GAP analysis, establish action plans, and execute corrections (reclassification; Intercompany; pre-paid; accrual, etc), Ensure timely booking of Goods Receipts (GRs) and support management reporting during planning cycles, Ensure compliance with organizational standards, policies, and procedures, Identify risks & opportunities that align with Growth Group and Global FP&As strategies and challenges, Month-End Close
• Perform month-end closing activities for the Growth Group function, making adjustments for accurate reporting, Validate proposed month-end closing corrections, ensuring timely submission of LE and Budget data, Collaborate with support teams to ensure smooth month-end reporting routines, Functional Cash Flow
• Collect and consolidate SAP Actuals information, standardizing the process and conducting analysis, Identify variances, analyze costs causing them, and present findings to business stakeholders, Assist in reconciling P&L information with SAP Actuals data, Support Senior Finance Manager with ad-hoc reports related to the functions cash flow, Budgeting and Forecasting Cycle
• Support ZBB Manager/PPM and stakeholders in building bottom-up budgets, Perform business & planning cycles (1YP/3YP) and monthly forecast for ZBB in the GHQ office, Prepare critical dashboards, monitor adherence to policies, and provide agreed management reporting, Conduct business analysis and forecasts for the Growth Group, People Management
• Manage a team of five FTEs that handle individual Growth functions, build and design career roadmaps for each of them and have monthly check-ins to provide objective feedback and recognize efforts, Conduct weekly team meetings to check-in on the team, understand problems faced by each function and help navigate by providing extensive support, collaborating with other teams and build relations, Comply with guidelines and measured set by GCC and ensure team is aware of policy changes, improvements, and challenges faced

Chartered Accountant or MBA in Accounting, Finance, or related fields

Minimum of 8 years to 12 years in a controlling or financial reporting position, Desirable experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) roles, Demonstrated experience in process and system improvements

Proficient in SAP, Power BI, Anaplan, COGNOS (knowledge of these platforms would be a plus), Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint

Bonus: An undying love for beer