FP&A Senior Manager

Job Summary

Salasa Group is seeking a Senior FP\&A Manager to lead financial planning, performance management and management reporting across a complex, growing group structure comprising operating entities and an ADGM holding company, multiple warehouse facilities and different business verticals.

The Group's activities include standard fulfillment, bonded\-zone fulfillment and cross\-border fulfillment networks. Reporting directly to the CFO, the role will own rigorous, timely and insightful budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis, while coordinating financial statements, consolidation and external audit.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the annual Group budgeting and planning process across legal entities, warehouses, business verticals, departments and cost centers, covering revenue, margins, OPEX, headcount, CAPEX, working capital, cash flow and balance sheet.
• Develop driver\-based budgets and challenge commercial and operational assumptions to ensure alignment between volumes, capacity, manpower, costs and financial outcomes.
• Own rolling forecasts, full\-year outlooks, long\-range plans, liquidity forecasts and base/upside/downside scenarios; identify risks and opportunities early and quantify their financial impact.
• Own the month\-end management reporting cycle and reporting calendar, ensuring accurate, consistent and timely delivery to the CFO and leadership team.
• Prepare consolidated Group, entity, vertical and facility performance reporting including P\&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, budget/forecast variances, margins, OPEX, headcount, CAPEX and operational KPIs.
• Provide insightful variance analysis covering revenue, volume, pricing, customer mix, margins, productivity, manpower, logistics, occupancy, technology, OPEX and CAPEX, with clear explanations and management actions.
• Establish reporting structures that provide performance visibility by legal entity, business vertical, warehouse/facility, customer, country/market and service line.
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and Group consolidation, including intercompany balances, transactions, eliminations and Group\-level adjustments.
• Work closely with Accounting to establish and enforce a rigorous month\-end close covering revenue recognition, accruals, payroll, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany accounts, bank reconciliations, provisions and balance\-sheet reconciliations.
• Act as a key Finance contact for external audit; coordinate audit schedules, financial statement support, documentation, entity submissions, consolidation information and management responses.
• Maintain strong visibility over cash flow, liquidity and working capital, including receivables, collections, payables, CAPEX commitments and funding requirements.
• Provide financial modelling and decision support for new customers, pricing, warehouse expansion, new verticals, CAPEX and strategic initiatives.
• Drive automation and standardization of FP\&A and management reporting using ERP systems, advanced Excel, Power BI and relevant FP\&A tools; establish reliable and traceable management data.

Key Deliverables

• Group consolidated management accounts
• Entity, business vertical and warehouse/facility P\&Ls
• Balance sheet, cash flow and working\-capital reporting
• Budget vs actual and forecast vs actual analysis
• Latest estimate / rolling forecast
• Revenue, margin, OPEX and headcount analysis
• Customer/business profitability analysis
• CAPEX and cash\-flow reporting
• Management KPI dashboard and CFO/Executive monthly performance pack

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience with a Big Four firm (PwC, EY, Deloitte or KPMG) is mandatory.
• Typically 7\-10 years of progressive Finance experience, including s