Head of Strategy and Planning

Responsibilities

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust business planning process and with cross functional linkages to all business units within the group to ensure proactive decision-making process.
• Responsible for leading the Rolling forecast process with cross functional linkages whilst ensuring the accuracy of the forecast and supporting management decision making.
• Ensure timely submission of the results to senior leadership team and board of directors.
• Responsible for building and maintaining strong business analytics, modelling and planning capability within the function based on a multi-tier resource pool and pipeline to support future developments within the organization.
• Identifying key concerns / performance gaps on a proactive and timely manner and providing useful insight to management
• Obtaining of Board approvals Bi-Annually for capex budgets and managing spend approval processes under company's capex management framework. These include Quarterly Capex review and advisory support on investment evaluation.
• Ensure due diligence on all investments (return analysis and business justification) are followed within the guidelines.
• Support pricing and customer profitability analysis across geographical locations and proactively support revenue growth and profitability improvement strategies.

QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE

• Minimum of 8-10 years hands on work experience in the relevant field
• Possess a Degree in Finance/ Business/Engineering (or Equivalent) CIMA or ACCA, along with an MBA from a reputed university.
• Strong communication and influencing skills together with proven leadership traits.
• Experience with financial reporting and compliance.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Advanced proficiency in financial software and MS Excel.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.