Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

About the role

We are seeking a commercially‑minded, analytically strong Finance Planning and Analysis Manager to lead the FP&A and business partnering agenda for indirect costs and IT spend across multiple brands and markets. The role owns the end‑to‑end budgeting, forecasting, reporting and cost‑control cycle, leads a small team of analysts and acts as the key finance partner to IT/Digital, corporate and support functions.

Key responsibilities

• Own budgeting, forecasting and long‑range planning for indirect costs (utilities, maintenance, supplies, travel, licenses, insurance) and IT spend across all brands and markets.
• Drive a zero‑based budgeting culture and deliver cost‑to‑sales targets and absolute spend numbers.
• Prepare and review monthly/quarterly management reports, Board updates and dashboards highlighting KPIs, risks and opportunities.
• Perform variance analysis versus budget, forecast and prior periods and drive cadence with stakeholders.
• Control IT and indirect expenses within approved budgets, monitor spend and ensure proper accruals.
• Maintain contract‑coverage and compliance tracker for all indirect spend and enforce financial policy compliance.
• Support IT project approval, business‑case governance and ROI validation.
• Partner with IT, country and brand finance teams to ensure accurate cost allocations and consistent reporting.
• Lead IT vendor reconciliations, resolve outstanding balances and standardise invoice processing.
• Drive automation of recurring reporting and analysis using Power BI, Python and planning tools.

Required profile

• Commercially minded with strong analytical abilities.
• Proven experience leading a small team of analysts.
• Ability to operate in a fast‑paced, multi‑brand, cross‑border environment.

Required skills

• Power BI
• Python