Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job Purpose

To lead the financial planning & Analysis, budgeting, forecasting and multi-year financial models towards driving insightful and purposeful decision making and strategic business planning.  To ensure product pricing and optimization, menu mix reporting, group financial analysis, Investment appraisal, return on investments, and special projects such as valuations, mergers and acquisitions.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

Strategic Business Analysis and Management

• Perform various ad-hoc analyses to help drive insights into business performance and work with various stakeholders to understand financial implications.


• Consolidate data, monitoring variances and performing several what if scenarios on the key metrics


• Manage and create financial analysis, commentary and thought leadership on product performance including preparation, communication and presentation of financial reviews and recommendations for the organization


• Conduct checks and confirms business performance with strategic alignment and communicating the results


• Compute and track indicative share price


• Support financial analysis on new products development

Operational Management

• Build and align team around key deliverables, including proper delegation of duties and responsibilities to ensure timely and accurate performance against all key deliverables


• Review investment appraisal results to determine if the projects meet the required group ROI


• Build and cost special orders


• Provide competition intelligence reports


• Review menu mix reports by stores and region


• Supervise and update the store pricing templates as required


• Review new stores performance analysis, identify the challenges (if any) and make recommendations


• Review and track progress on stores targets for product action

Financial Reporting and Management

• Identify pricing and process improvement opportunities and disseminate best practices


• Prepare monthly KPI forecast analysis


• Work closely with the Treasury Department and other functions and develop a group cash flow forecast for the HOD


• Coordinate the preparation of each Division Pacesetter Dashboard, review and send report to HOD


• Coordinate and review stores product action targets and variance and prepare report based on the outcome of review


• Prepare annual budget and analysis including assessing YTD trend, global and macroeconomics analysis review and develop forecasts for prospective year


• Interact with financial advisers and investors to provide support to the business in key decisions regarding acquisition and sale.

Key Performance Indicators

• Achievement of Company Sales, EBITDA, GP, PAT targets


• Achievement of prompt budget and forecast preparation


• Achievement of Individual Personal Development Plans

Knowledge Requirements

• Deep understanding of the QSR/Food Industry


• Knowledge of financial model & analysis


• Knowledge of Manufacturing and complex accounting systems


• Knowledge of strategy formulation and reporting


• Knowledge of SWOT analysis and PESTLE


• Knowledge of forecasting and budget planning

Job Specifications

Educational Requirements

Professional Requirements

Experience Requirements

• A good first degree in Accounting /finance


• Possession of a Post graduate degree in Accounting/Finance or related degree is an added advantage

Membership of the ACCA, CFA, ACA or any other related professional qualification is required.

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a similar role or in a strategy related role.


• Experience in a Consulting firm in a similar role is an asset

Decision Expectations

• Acts on defined procedures and decisions


• Enforces agreed decisions


• Plans own work schedule and work schedule of subordinates


• Assigns work to subordinates


• Monitor subordinates’ work performance


• Appraises/evaluates subordinates’ performance


• Recommends operational, strategic and financial decisions

Working Conditions

Jobholder typically work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. This role is largely office-based, although at times the job may require travel to meetings held off-site, as the organization has more than one office.

Contacts and Purpose of Contact

Internal Contacts (most frequent contacts)

Purpose of Contact

• DMD Shared Services 


• Heads of Departments

• Exchange or provide information


• Obtain, clarify, and discuss information


• Present, discuss information and problems


• Collaborate, negotiate and present ideas


• Deal with, influence or motivate subordinates


• Promote, justify or settle highly sensitive matters