Assistant Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis
Role Overview
Lead financial planning and analysis for workforce-related costs across the organization.
Partner with HR, operations, and leadership on budgets, forecasts, workforce models, and performance insights.
Align people investments with business objectives through effective resource allocation, financial discipline, and data-driven decisions.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job Purpose
Lead financial planning and analysis for workforce-related costs across the organization.
Partner with HR, operations, and leadership on budgets, forecasts, workforce models, and performance insights.
Align people investments with business objectives through effective resource allocation, financial discipline, and data-driven decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for payroll and people costs.
- Develop workforce planning and headcount models and monitor labor cost, productivity, overtime, and vacancy metrics.
- Partner with HR on hiring plans, compensation changes, incentives, and organizational restructuring.
- Perform variance analysis and explain key budget and forecast drivers.
- Prepare monthly management reports and presentations for senior leadership.
- Evaluate business cases for new roles, restructures, and people initiatives.
- Ensure financial governance over manpower approvals and organizational changes.
- Identify cost optimization opportunities while maintaining operational effectiveness.
- Support automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting and planning processes.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- Three to six years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or management accounting.
- Exposure to HR or people cost planning is preferred.
- A master’s degree or CA, CFA, ACA, or MBA certification is preferred.
Job-Specific Skills
- Workforce planning and headcount modelling.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Payroll and total people cost management.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling.
- Data analysis and reporting using Power BI or Tableau.
- HR–Finance business partnering and stakeholder management.
- ERP systems experience with SAP or Oracle.
- Scenario planning, cost impact analysis, process improvement, and reporting automation.
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