Description<\/p>\n
Zutari: Co-creating an engineered impact.<\/p>\n
\tZutari is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years’ experience. As human-centred engineering consultants and advisors, we are trusted by our clients, business partners, communities and other stakeholders across Africa.
\n\tWe co-create engineering solutions that have a positive impact and improve people’s lives. Zutari values inclusion and recognises the importance of a diverse, talented workforce, believing that people need other people to succeed.<\/p>\n
What kind of talent do we pursue?<\/p>\n
\tWe employ people with the right attitude and a positive mindset, who are motivated by doing the right thing, getting things done and share a sense of urgency. People who have an impact in our teams and broader community. People who think differently and connect with those around them to co-create new opportunities and leave a meaningful legacy.<\/p>\n
About the role:<\/p>\n
\tThe\u00a0Senior Manager FP&A\u00a0– is responsible for leading Zutari\u2019s planning, forecasting, operational finance, management reporting, business partnering, and performance insight capabilities across the Group. Reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer, the role serves as the key finance interface into operations and plays a central role in linking financial performance, project performance, business drivers, and management decision-making.
\n\tThe role will lead the Project Finance Accountant (PFA) team and the finance data and operational reporting capability, ensuring that finance support to the business is commercially relevant, analytically strong, and operationally embedded. The role is responsible for driving high-quality budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, management reporting, and financial insight, while helping operational leaders understand the drivers of business performance and make better decisions.
\n\tThis role requires a senior finance leader with strong commercial acumen, management accounting capability, operational finance experience, and the ability to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insight. The incumbent must be able to operate effectively in a multi-entity, project-based, and increasingly multi-jurisdictional environment, while building strong relationships across finance and the business.<\/p>\n
Key responsibilities\u00a0<\/p>\n
Strategic Finance Partnering and Operational Support<\/p>\n
\tAct as the primary finance partner to operations, providing insight, challenge, and support on financial and business performance matters.
\n\tBuild strong relationships with operational leadership and project-facing teams to ensure finance is embedded in decision-making and performance management.
\n\tTranslate financial and operational information into meaningful insight that supports delivery, profitability, resource planning, and business improvement.
\n\tProvide the Group Chief Financial Officer and executive leadership with forward\u2011looking insights on business performance, key risks, growth opportunities, and strategic trade\u2011offs..
\n\tStrengthen the quality of finance engagement with the business by ensuring commercially relevant, timely, and practical support to operational stakeholders.<\/p>\n
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting<\/p>\n
\tLead the Group\u2019s budgeting and forecasting processes across business units and operational areas, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and operating realities.
\n\tDrive robust planning assumptions, challenge inputs, and improve the quality, consistency, and credibility of budgets and forecasts.
\n\tCoordinate forecasting cycles and ensure meaningful visibility of expected performance, risks, opportunities, and resource implications.
\n\tInform scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and reforecasting to improve business responsiveness and decision-making.
\n\tWork closely with business leaders and finance teams to ensure forecasts reflect operational plans, commercial realities, and emerging risks<\/p>\n
Management Reporting and Performance Insight<\/p>\n
\tLead the preparation and continuous improvement of management reporting across the Group, ensuring reporting is accurate, insightful, timely, and decision-useful.
\n\tOversee monthly management accounts, performance packs, KPI reporting, and analytical reviews that explain financial and operational performance.
\n\tIdentify and communicate key performance drivers, variances, trends, risks, and opportunities to support proactive management action.
\n\tEnsure management reporting is clearly linked to operational performance, project outcomes, business drivers, and resource utilisation.
\n\tProvide the Group Chief Financial Officer and senior leadership with executive-quality reporting and analysis for business reviews and performance discussions.<\/p>\n
Project Finance and Business Partnering Leadership<\/p>\n
\tLead the Project Finance Accountant team and set clear expectations for high-quality finance business partnering across the organisation.
\n\tEnsure PFAs provide effective support to project and operational leaders on profitability, project performance, forecasting, margin management, working capital, and financial discipline.
\n\tBuild consistency in how finance supports projects, operational units, and business leaders, including common standards, reporting disciplines, and decision-support practices.
\n\tStrengthen project and operational finance capability across the business through coaching, leadership, and performance management.
\n\tEnsure the finance business partnering model remains responsive to the needs of a growing and increasingly complex organisation.<\/p>\n
Data, Reporting and Analytics Leadership<\/p>\n
\tLead the finance data and operational reporting capability, ensuring reporting outputs are relevant, reliable, user-friendly, and aligned with business needs.
\n\tOversee the development of dashboards, KPI reporting, and analytical tools that support management decision-making across finance and operations.
\n\tWork with BI, systems, and reporting teams to define requirements for finance and operational reporting, including data models, business rules, reporting logic, and validation requirements.
\n\tEnsure strong governance over the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of management information used across the business.
\n\tPromote continuous improvement in reporting, analytics, automation, and the use of finance data to support insight and decision-making.<\/p>\n
Performance Management and Decision Support<\/p>\n
\tDrive a disciplined performance management approach by linking plans, actual performance, forecasts, and operational drivers into a coherent management view.
\n\tProvide financial and commercial insight into business performance, cost drivers, project trends, margin performance, and operational efficiency.
\n\tAdvise and guide business leaders in identifying corrective actions and improvement opportunities based on robust analysis and performance trends.
\n\tDevelop and maintain financial models, scenarios, and analytical tools that support planning, decision-making, and business cases.
\n\tContribute to a stronger performance culture by promoting accountability, transparency, and fact-based decision-making.<\/p>\n
Leadership and Capability Development<\/p>\n
\tLead, coach, and develop team members across FP&A, finance business partnering, and reporting \/ analytics functions.
\n\tBuild a strong team culture focused on business relevance, analytical rigour, accountability, collaboration, and service excellence.
\n\tGuide the development of finance talent and succession depth across the operational finance and reporting environment.
\n\tStrengthen ways of working, role clarity, and capability across the team in support of the revised finance structure.
\n\tBring discipline, clarity, and continuous improvement to the way operational finance support is delivered across Zutari.<\/p>\n
Requirements<\/p>\n
Qualifications\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tBachelor\u2019s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field
\n\tChartered Accountant qualification or equivalent senior professional finance qualification.
\n\tRelevant postgraduate qualification in Finance, Business, Strategy, or related discipline.<\/p>\n
Experience\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t10\u201312+ years\u2019 progressive finance experience, including significant exposure to FP&A, management accounting, business partnering, and performance reporting.
\n\tProven experience leading finance teams that support operations, business units, projects, or commercial decision-making.
\n\tStrong experience in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and performance insight.
\n\tDemonstrated experience translating financial and operational data into practical business insight and management action.
\n\tExperience managing or leading finance reporting, analytics, or data-driven performance reporting capabilities.
\n\tStrong stakeholder engagement experience, with the ability to influence operational and business leaders credibly.
\n\tExperience in complex, multi-entity, project-based, or matrixed environments.<\/p>\n
Advantageous:<\/p>\n
\tExperience in engineering, consulting, infrastructure, construction, or other project-based professional services environments.
\n\tExposure to Power BI, data modelling, dashboarding, SQL or related reporting and analytics tools.
\n\tExperience working with ERP, BI, or finance systems development and improvement initiatives.
\n\tExposure to multi-jurisdictional or multinational business environments.
\n\tExperience supporting organisational change, operating model evolution, or finance transformation<\/p>\n
Skills\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tStrong FP&A, management accounting, and business partnering capability.
\n\tStrong commercial acumen and operational finance insight.
\n\tAbility to connect project, operational, and financial performance into a coherent management view.
\n\tStrong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modelling capability.
\n\tStrong management reporting and executive reporting capability.
\n\tAbility to interpret data critically and translate it into actionable insight.
\n\tStrong data, reporting, dashboarding, and analytics orientation.
\n\tAbility to engage credibly with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
\n\tStrong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
\n\tAdvanced Excel capability and strong familiarity with reporting and analytics tools.
\n\tStrong leadership, coaching, and team development capability.<\/p>\n
Competencies:<\/p>\n
\tStrategic and Commercial Financial Insight
\n\tPlanning, Forecasting and Performance Leadership
\n\tManagement Reporting and Operational Analytics
\n\tBusiness Partnering and Stakeholder Influence
\n\tProject and Operational Finance Leadership
\n\tData-Driven Decision Support
\n\tCross-Functional Collaboration
\n\tLeadership and Team Development
\n\tChange Leadership and Continuous Improvement
\n\tSound Judgement in Complex and Operationally Dynamic Environments<\/p>\n
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