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Business Planning and Performance Management Manager
About this role
A senior finance role in Lagos responsible for driving budgeting, financial planning, forecasting and performance management across the group. The role provides strategic financial insights, supports executive decision-making and ensures compliance, with a focus on driver-based models, planning systems, and analytics. The successful candidate will lead a team of analysts, present to the CEO, and oversee related-party and transfer pricing reporting for Dangote Industries Limited and its group. The job targets those with extensive FP&A or strategic planning experience in manufacturing or FMCG sectors. The employer operates as a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with its operations headquartered in Lagos and a strong emphasis on performance, governance and financial discipline.
What you would do
- Lead the annual budgeting and 3–5 year planning cycle from templates to board approval
- Run scenario analyses on macroeconomic and operational assumptions
- Translate group strategy into financial targets and operating assumptions
- Review and consolidate budget submissions for accuracy and strategic fit
- Develop and maintain driver-based planning models for volumes, costs, FX and inflation
- Facilitate monthly performance reviews with executives and unit leaders
- Design and monitor KPI frameworks and balanced scorecards
- Own monthly and quarterly forecasting processes including rolling forecasts
- Lead cost optimisation and margin improvement initiatives with quantified benefits
- Prepare timely management reports for the Executive Committee and Board
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related field
- Professional certifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CFA or FP&A certification
- Minimum of 5 years in a senior finance or strategic planning role
- Experience in manufacturing, cement, industrial or FMCG sectors preferred
- Minimum of 10 years in FP&A, business planning, corporate finance or performance management
- MBA or related advanced degree is an advantage
- Strong skills in transfer pricing, data analytics, BI tools, ERP/FP&A systems
- Excellent stakeholder management, leadership and communication abilities
- Ability to build driver-based models and present to senior leadership
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