Senior Manager – Business Intelligence & FP&A

Location: Cebu City
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Senior Manager – Business Intelligence & FP&A is responsible for leading the organization's financial planning and analysis, business intelligence, performance management, and strategic planning initiatives. This role partners closely with executive leadership to provide data-driven insights, financial analysis, and strategic recommendations that support business growth, operational excellence, and informed decision-making.

The position plays a critical role in evaluating business performance, developing financial plans, improving reporting capabilities, and identifying opportunities to enhance profitability, operational efficiency, and long-term organizational success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes across the organization.
• Develop and maintain financial models, business forecasts, and scenario analyses to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Oversee the Business Intelligence and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) functions, ensuring timely, accurate, and actionable reporting.
• Design and enhance executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and performance reports that provide meaningful insights into business operations and financial performance.
• Monitor and analyze financial results, profitability, cash flow, working capital, and operational performance across multiple business units or locations.
• Perform variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and prior-year performance, identifying key business drivers, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate business cases for new investments, branch expansion, capital expenditures, new products, technology initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Develop financial and operational analyses to support pricing strategies, resource allocation, cost optimization, and profitability improvement initiatives.
• Establish and strengthen enterprise-wide KPI frameworks, reporting standards, data governance, and performance measurement processes.
• Prepare executive reports, presentations, and analytical materials for the CEO and senior leadership to support strategic business decisions.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into practical business insights and recommendations for executive management.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and other business functions to improve business performance and drive strategic initiatives.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within business intelligence, reporting automation, financial planning, and analytics processes.
• Build and develop a high-performing FP&A and Business Intelligence team while promoting a culture of analytical thinking and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accountancy, Economics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Management, or a related field.
• CPA, MBA, CFA, CMA, or other relevant postgraduate qualifications are an advantage.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Intelligence, Corporate Finance, Business Analytics, Corporate Planning, or Strategy.
• Minimum of 5 years in a leadership or senior management role overseeing finance, analytics, or planning functions.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, profitability analysis, business performance management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated experience developing business insights and supporting executive-level decision-making through financial and operational analysis.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with multiple business units.
• Experience evaluating capital investments, business cases, strategic initiatives, and financial feasibility studies is highly desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and other business intelligence or data visualization tools.
• Experience within large-scale or multi-site organizations in retail, automotive, financial services, manufacturing, distribution, FMCG, or related industries is preferred.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business recommendations.

Why Join This Opportunity?

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership and influence key business decisions through data-driven insights, financial analysis, and strategic planning. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving organizational performance, enhancing business intelligence capabilities, and supporting the company's long-term growth and success.