Head - Budgeting, Analytics & Insights
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Finance House is seeking a Head of Budgeting, Analytics & Insights to lead enterprise-wide budgeting, financial planning, business analytics, and management reporting. The role drives data-driven decision-making through advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and KPI governance.
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Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long term financial planning processes for all business units
- Develop robust financial models, planning assumptions, and forecasting methodologies
- Lead enterprise wide financial and business analytics initiatives to support strategic decision making
- Oversee preparation of management dashboards, KPI scorecards, performance reports, and executive presentations
- Lead automation and enhancement of budgeting, analytics, and reporting processes
- Serve as strategic advisor and finance business partner to executive management
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related discipline
- Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, or CMA
- Minimum 12 15 years of experience in Budgeting, FP&A, Business Analytics, and Management Reporting within Banking or Financial Services
- Minimum 5 years in a senior leadership role managing budgeting, analytics, or financial planning functions
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI, Excel, and business intelligence tools
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Summary
- The Head – Budgeting, Analytics & Insights is responsible for leading Finance House’s enterprise wide budgeting, financial planning, business analytics, performance management, and management reporting functions while serving as a strategic finance partner to executive leadership.
- The role drives data driven decision making through advanced financial analysis, forecasting, KPI governance, and business insights that support profitability, operational efficiency, and business growth.
Major Responsibilities Budgeting & Financial Planning
- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long term financial planning processes for all business units.
- Develop robust financial models, planning assumptions, and forecasting methodologies to improve financial visibility and planning accuracy.
- Coordinate with business leaders to review and consolidate budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic and financial objectives.
- Monitor budget utilization and financial performance against approved plans and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
- Lead rolling forecasts, scenario analysis, sensitivity assessments, and stress testing exercises to support strategic planning and business continuity.
- Support management in evaluating investment plans, business expansion opportunities, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Prepare executive level budgeting reports, planning presentations, and financial summaries for senior management review.
Major Responsibilities Analytics & Business Insights
- Lead enterprise wide financial and business analytics initiatives to support strategic and operational decision making.
- Conduct detailed analysis of profitability, revenue trends, cost structures, operational efficiency, and business performance across products and business lines.
- Develop meaningful financial and operational insights to support business growth, performance improvement, and resource optimization.
- Identify key business drivers, performance gaps, risks, and emerging trends and provide actionable recommendations to management.
- Perform financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business case evaluations to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
- Develop predictive and trend based analytical frameworks to improve forecasting accuracy and business performance monitoring.
- Promote a data driven culture through effective use of analytics, reporting, and business intelligence tools.
Major Responsibilities Management Reporting & Performance Management
- Oversee the preparation of management dashboards, KPI scorecards, performance reports, and executive presentations.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and insightful monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to senior management.
- Monitor key performance indicators across business units and provide detailed commentary on financial and operational performance.
- Conduct variance analysis between actual performance, budgets, and forecasts and highlight areas requiring management attention.
- Establish and maintain standardized performance management frameworks and reporting structures across the organization.
- Support executive leadership with strategic insights and recommendations to improve profitability, efficiency, and overall business performance.
Major Responsibilities Reporting Automation & Business Intelligence
- Lead automation and enhancement of budgeting, analytics, and reporting processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and reporting accuracy.
- Drive implementation and optimization of Power BI dashboards and business intelligence solutions across the organization.
- Collaborate with Technology and Data teams to strengthen data quality, reporting infrastructure, and analytics capabilities.
- Reduce manual reporting dependencies through automation, workflow optimization, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Continuously improve reporting turnaround time, visualization standards, and analytical capabilities through process enhancements and technology adoption.
Major Responsibilities Stakeholder Management & Leadership
- Serve as a strategic advisor and finance business partner to executive management and business heads.
- Build strong working relationships across Finance, Treasury, Operations, Risk, Technology, and Business functions to support organizational goals.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Budgeting, Analytics & Insights team to build strong technical and analytical capabilities.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the function.
- Ensure effective workload management, employee development, and succession planning within the department.
Knowledge & Skill Requirements Technical & Functional Skills
- Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), business analytics, and management reporting.
- Advanced knowledge of financial modelling, profitability analysis, KPI frameworks, and performance management methodologies.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to interpret complex financial and operational data.
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI, Excel, and business intelligence tools.
- Good understanding of banking and financial services business models, products, and performance drivers.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
- Master’s Degree such as MBA or equivalent is preferred.
- Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA, or CMA is mandatory.
Experience
- Minimum 12–15 years of experience in Budgeting, FP&A, Business Analytics, and Management Reporting within Banking or Financial Services.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role managing budgeting, analytics, or financial planning functions.
- Proven experience in financial analytics, business intelligence, reporting automation, and performance management.
- Demonstrated track record in driving strategic insights, process improvements, and data driven decision making initiatives.
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