Manager, Business Planning & Insights (778)

Job Title : Manager, Business Planning & Insights

• JOB PURPOSE
  
  

Drive SS&SC business planning and performance governance, integrating planning cycles, KPIs, dashboard development, and decision-support inputs to the CSSO. Provide analysis and forward-looking insights to support strategic alignment, issue flagging, and functional accountability.

• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  
  

Generic Accountabilities

• Ensure compliance and governance: Adhere to organizational policies, procedures, and governance standards across all activities.
• Promote collaboration and continuous improvement: Foster cross-functional collaboration and identify opportunities to improve processes.
  
  

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual and midyear business planning cycles across SS&SC, ensuring alignment with SMO and CSSO direction.
• Consolidate functional business plans and KPIs into a sector-wide roadmap, resolving gaps or overlaps across teams.
• Own the CSSO dashboard lifecycle, including KPI collection, validation, formatting, and monthly updates to the CSSO.
• Monitor plan execution progress and analyze functional performance data to flag underperformance, risks, or misalignments.
• Provide support to SS&SC functions where required to ensure cross-functional cohesion and collaboration.
• Prepare CSSO-facing performance summaries, including quarterly review packs, dashboard insights, and planning updates.
• Serve as a core decision-support point for the CSSO by preparing briefings, aligning planning data with strategic needs, and flagging high-risk areas.
• Coordinate with other EBMO roles (especially Expenditure Efficiency and Project Delivery) to align planning assumptions with initiative execution.
• Liaise with SMO and CEO’s Office on strategic alignment and performance inputs from SS&SC.
• Maintain and update templates, trackers, and planning tools used across business planning processes