Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Duties and Responsibilities:

Functional:

• Financial Planning and Strategy Egypt and Nigeria
• Undertaking strategic analysis and assisting the Director and Executive Committee with strategic planning,
• Responsible for all activities related to business planning and expenses budgeting
• Building the company’s business plan in line with the company’s strategy
• Perform regular forecasts in timely manner, with sufficient analytics including the underlying fundamentals
• and assumptions
• Support in the definition of the company’s strategy
• Prepare strategic presentations to support the Management decisions
• Coordinate with all department’s heads regarding business plan and expenses budget preparation.

Performance Management:

• Regular monitoring of the company's financial status and business performance to identify areas for potential improvement
• Effectively interface with Line of business owners to understand key trends, challenges, opportunities, and forecasting implications
• Research and analyses financial reports and market trends to Design and lead best practice planning discussions and modelling, develop planning tools, processes, reports and analytics
• Propose ways to increase sales and cash cycle (receivables collection)
• Challenge the expenses budget with stakeholders reaching the optimum level of expenses in favor of the business
• Reviewing, monitoring and tracking budgets on regular basis to avoid deviations
• Conducting reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities
• Carry out detailed analysis of payables, inventory levels and assets in general and propose ways for optimization
• Provide insightful information and expectations to senior executives to aid in long-term and short-term decision making
• Coordinate timely and accurate monthly reporting and analysis to the Finance Director and executive committee, which integrates both financial and non-financial data in reporting dashboards for distribution to senior management and board of directors.
• Ensure that all Finance internal rules and procedures are updated reflecting any changes in Legal, regulations, local GAAP and/or Group standards
• Support in the definition of new services, products or refinement of existing products through financial analysis to ensure financial viability, maximize the company’s profitability and business needs
• Support in the definition of the pricing strategy of the company Synergies and coordination with insurance business
• Setup and define KPIs for claim cost reduction with AXA Egypt insurance business and other potential insurers
• Assess and measure periodically claim cost reduction KPIs and propose proactive and corrective measures
• Define and setup measurement mechanisms for claims cost reductions related to outpatient claims Define measurement matrix for sales synergies and track sales synergies

Job Requirements:

Education:

University degree from Finance, Economics or Engineering

Post graduate studies in connection to the job description are an advantage (e.g. Advance Finance,

Actuarial science etc)

Experience:

• +5 years of experience in Financial Planning, performance management roles
• Experience in healthcare industry and/or Insurance industry is a plus
• Experience working in a multinational organization supporting diverse businesses and geographies.
• Knowledge in developing Financial KPIs and business process analysis and redesign.
• Knowledge of various operating systems and databases.
• Experience with working with an on-shore/off-shore model, with project management expertise.

Skills:

• Problem-solving, with a willingness to work in a fast-paced environment and hands-on mentality to do whatever it takes to deliver a successful product/ project.
• Outstanding analytical skills, problem-solving and result oriented
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent knowledge of financial modelling (using spreadsheets or database)
• Proficient level of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Excel macro or Visual Basics
• Capacity to work under pressure.
• Structured thought process.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English Language. Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent team spirit and leadership