Senior Reporting & Budgeting Specialist

Job summary

A senior FP&A specialist responsible for driving the annual budgeting cycle, rolling forecasts, and management reporting across the organization. The role acts as an analytical business partner to business units and Finance leadership, translating financial data into decision-ready insights for senior management and key stakeholders. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the incumbent owns the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of planning and reporting deliverables and continuously raises the standard of the finance function’s analytical output.

Key responsibilities

Lead the preparation and consolidation of the Group annual budget across the holding company and portfolio companies, ensuring alignment with strategic targets and shareholder expectations.

Design, maintain, and continuously improve standardized budget templates, planning models, and data-collection packs used by all business units.

Build and run rolling forecasts and periodic reforecasts, updating assumptions for market conditions, latest actuals, and management guidance.

Develop and maintain long-term (3–5 year) financial plans and integrated planning models for the Group.

Consolidate business unit submissions, challenge assumptions, and reconcile bottom-up plans against top-down strategic targets.

Prepare monthly management reporting packs covering P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow performance, supported by clear commentary.

Produce budget-vs-actual and forecast-vs-actual variance analysis with concise, root-cause explanations of the key drivers.

Perform cash flow forecasting and working capital analysis to support Group liquidity planning.

Run scenario and sensitivity analysis to quantify the financial impact of strategic and operational decisions.

Partner with business unit leaders to support planning, challenge targets, and translate operational plans into financial outcomes.

Present financial insights, risks, and opportunities clearly to Finance leadership and business stakeholders.

Support Board and investor reporting with accurate, well-structured analytical inputs and presentation-ready materials.

Ensure consistency between management reporting and statutory / IFRS reporting in coordination with the reporting and accounting teams.

Strengthen financial controls, data governance, and version control across all planning and reporting processes.

Deliver ad hoc analysis, management requests, and strategic finance projects as required.