The Senior Manager – FP&A will lead the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management function of Lagos Free Zone, supporting the DGM – Finance in strategic decision-making. The role is responsible for developing robust financial models, delivering insightful analysis, tracking business performance against plans, and providing forward-looking insights to drive sustainable growth. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate operational and strategic initiatives into financial outcomes, while ensuring discipline, accuracy, and consistency in planning and reporting processes. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes for the organisation. • Develop and maintain integrated financial models covering P&L, cash flows, balance sheet, and project economics. • Monitor and analyse financial and operational performance, including variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior periods, and drive corrective actions. • Partner with business and functional heads to translate strategic initiatives, capex plans, and operational assumptions into financial outcomes. • Track key business drivers, KPIs, and unit economics, ensuring clear linkage between operational performance and financial results. • Support cash flow planning, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis, particularly for infrastructure and development projects. • Own the budget-to-actual tracking cadence and lead monthly performance reviews, ensuring timely closure of forecasts, variance explanations, and action tracking. • Prepare management dashboards, monthly MIS, and board-level presentations with clear narratives and actionable insights. • Ensure alignment and data integrity across FP&A outputs, accounting actuals, treasury plans, and operational inputs. • Establish and enforce standard FP&A calendars, templates, assumptions, and governance across functions. • Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, tools, and systems, including automation and use of ERP / BI tools. • Actively support leadership during business reviews, audits, and lender/investor discussions with robust, data-backed analysis.
Location: Lagos Free Zone, Ibeju Lekki
Role: Permanent
Experience: 4 Years 5 Years 6 Years
Salary: Negotiable
Education:
BSc
HND
Skills:
1. Adherence to Values and Culture: Commitment to upholding the values and culture of Tolaram in all business activities and interactions 2. Communication & Presentation: Ability to present financial insights clearly and confidently to senior management and boards. 3. Strategic Financial Acumen: Strong understanding of financial planning forecasting performance management and value drivers. 4. Financial Modelling: Advanced skills in building and reviewing complex financial models scenario and sensitivity analysis. 5. Business Partnering: Ability to work closely with senior stakeholders and translate business strategies into financial insights. 6. Analytical Capability: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and trends. 7. Systems & Tools: Strong proficiency in MS Excel and PPT; experience with ERP systems BI tools and planning software. 8. Governance & Discipline: High standards of accuracy consistency and control in financial planning and reporting. 9. Execution Excellence: Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver outcomes in a dynamic project-driven environment. 10. Structure: Comfort working in imperfect data environments with ability to structure and standardise information 11. Strategic: Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution. 12. Adaptable: Resilience and adaptability in a fast-evolving project-driven infrastructure environment. Qualification/Experience: • Education: Chartered Accountant (CA) / ACCA / CFA / MBA (Finance) • Experience: 4 to 6 years of progressive experience in FP&A financial planning business finance or corporate finance roles • Prior experience in infrastructure industrial parks real estate manufacturing logistics or large project-based organisations will be a strong advantage • Exposure to board-level reporting strategic planning and long-term financial modelling preferred