Sr Manager Business Planning

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<h2><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Job Title</span></h2><p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Senior Manager Business Planning</strong></span></p><h2><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Job Purpose</span></h2><p>The <strong>Senior Manager Business Planning</strong> is responsible for leading Financial Controlling, Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting activities to support strategic and operational decision-making. This role ensures accuracy, transparency, and relevance of financial insights, while driving continuous improvement in forecasting, budgeting, and financial governance processes. The position acts as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, enabling effective resource allocation and proactive management of business performance.</p><h2>Key Responsibilities</h2><h3>Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting</h3><ul><li>Lead and continuously improve planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes and system requirements.</li><li>Coordinate and integrate sales and operations plans into financial forecasts and business outlooks.</li><li>Monitor actual performance against budget, analyze variances, and drive corrective actions to improve efficiency and profitability.</li><li>Apply advanced costing techniques to support business decisions and financial accuracy.</li></ul><h3>Financial Reporting & Analysis</h3><ul><li>Oversee preparation and delivery of internal management reporting and external financial disclosures, including quarterly results, investor communications, and regulatory filings.</li><li>Lead Profit & Loss (P&L) and balance sheet analysis, ensuring robust variance explanations and management commentary.</li><li>Analyze financial trends and identify risks and opportunities requiring senior management attention.</li><li>Produce user-centric, actionable financial insights to proactively guide business performance.</li></ul><h3>Business Partnering & Decision Support</h3><ul><li>Present financial findings, insights, and clear recommendatio

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