We are seeking a detail-oriented Financial Planning & Analyst Manager to lead and manage financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis for our business. This role requires strong strategic thinking, advanced financial modeling skills, and the ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to drive financial performance and business growth. If you are passionate about making data-driven decisions and shaping financial strategies, we’d love to hear from you!
Key Objectives:
- Continue to build a best-in-class FP&A function which is recognised and trusted throughout the Group
- Improve the budgeting & forecasting process to suit the needs and ambitions of the business, may require hiring a junior in future..
- To take overall responsibility for the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Group level cash flow planning process
- To provide value add reporting through cross-department business partnering.
- Develop, document, and maintain processes across departments to achieve the above objectives
- Provide recommendations across the business to drive long-term shareholder value
Detailed Responsibilities & tasks
- Act as the FP&A tool (Planful) expert for Finance and continuously look for ways to improve processes and analysis through the tool with a vision of moving to rolling forecasts and multi-scenario planning
- Liaise with the Revenue Manager (Finance), Account Managers (Client Services) & Business Development to build the quarterly Corporate Revenue forecast.
- Liaise with the Global teams to build their Revenue / Cost budgets. Oversee the Operational cost budgets with local Heads of Finance.
- Produce, enhance, and maintain budget templates tailored to the needs of the department and regional requirements.
- Ensure budget templates include appropriate dimensions (i.e., job roles, foreign exchange, offices) to allow enhanced forecasting insights for office P&Ls & cashflow forecasts)
- Review, enhance, and maintain the monthly departmental management accounts
- Hold monthly meetings with cost owners to understand & challenge variances to forecast.
- Proactively highlight risks and opportunities (i.e., cost efficiencies, client risks).
- Business partner and maintain financial models for ad hoc projects (i.e., ROI, revenue recognition models, profitability exercises, FX analysis)
- Work with the FP&A Director to implement enhanced, regular reporting/analysis with non-financial data to identify trends and capture opportunities
- Act as a key support contact for the Finance team for building complex models and excel support
- Seek to bring non-finance stakeholders into the Planful FP&A tool to allow department heads to build plans in the tool, self-serve reporting and increase efficiency in the planning process.
Requirements
- You will need to be based in Cape Town
- Relevant accounting qualifications (CA Articles, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc)
- Advanced Excel skills including Power Query
- Strong attention to detail
- Proactive, with open regular communication with stakeholders
- Strong inter-personal and communication skills
- The desire and willingness to investigate and challenge information and action where appropriate
- Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload
- Preferred experience with FP&A / BI tools (I.e., Planful, Anaplan, Pigment, Power BI, Tableau etc)
Benefits
Our people are at the heart of the business, and we have a culture of recognition and reward - both through regular appraisals but also annual Extra Mile Awards where we celebrate those who have gone that extra mile in their role. We also encourage all our staff to incorporate their aspirations and interests into their career at Ten and we are there every step of the way in supporting development.
Rewards designed around you:
- A competitive salary depending on experience
- Flexible work arrangements including Hybrid work possibilities ; with up to 60% Home Office.
- Paid time away from work. Our employees enjoy a competitive paid time off package, including a day each year to volunteer time for a good cause that is important to you.
- Paid Sabbaticals. One (1) month paid Sabbatical after every 5 years of Service, without tapping into annual leave
- Extra Rewards. Lucrative Ten Loyalty Rewards program.
- Remote Working Holidays - possibilities to Travel and Work!
- Employee Discounts. Access to lots of great travel and entertainment discounts as our clients’ members would!
- We also offer a company contribution towards medical aid, and transport home for those working a late shift (applies to those who don't have a car).
- ICAS Employee Health and Wellness (EHWP) services which are confidential and free for all employees to use.
- Be part of our global, dynamic, and inclusive Team, with diversity at its core.
- Genuine career opportunities within a dynamic and international company.
- Safe & secure offices in the Foreshore with complimentary off-street parking.
Who We Are
Ten Life Group is a global luxury concierge service, and our travel department is offering a unique opportunity to join a vibrant team. Our clients and colleagues are the cornerstones of what we do, and we serve High-Networth (HNW) and UHNW clients with their requests for leisure travel. At Ten our goal is simple, to become the most trusted service business in the world.
We deliver our service through a combination of Ten’s proprietary, unique technology-enabled platform and the expertise of our highly trained lifestyle managers. Ten is growing quickly and has ambitious plans to keep innovating, inspiring and continuing to improve the lives of millions of members. As a Certified B Corp, Ten Lifestyle Group joins a global community of businesses united by a shared goal of making a positive impact on society and the environment.
To find out more about Ten, please watch this short video This is what we Do!
Commitment to Diversity
We encourage diverse philosophies, cultures, and experiences. We appreciate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive work environment for our employees. This idea unites the teams at TEN. All aspects of our relationship, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or terminate, will be based on merit, competence, performance and business needs.
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