AssociateDirector,FP&A–GlobalCommercialSolutions

**Job Profile Summary** The Associate Director, FP&A plays a senior leadership role within the Global Commercial Solutions Finance team, responsible for overseeing the end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting cycle across the organisation. This role acts as a trusted finance partner to RBU and GBU leadership, driving analytical rigour, process standardisation, and actionable insight generation to support strategic decision-making at the ELT/Board level. **Responsibilities** • Lead the preparation and review of the full financial planning cycle (Budget/Plan, ELPs, forecasts) for Global Commercial Solutions, ensuring quality, accuracy, and on-time delivery across all RBUs and GBUs. • Oversee monthly financial close activities, including variance analysis (actual vs. plan/PY) by Profit Center, Product, and Region; produce executive-ready commentary and reconciliation of key driver amounts to total variances. • Develop and maintain management reporting frameworks (Board packs, risk ladders, heat maps) for senior leadership consumption. • Drive automation and standardisation of FP&A processes, including Roadmap and ELP file automation, Snowflake integration, and Power BI dashboard development. • Act as the primary Finance Business Partner for designated RBU/GBU Finance leads, challenging assumptions, identifying upside opportunities and risks, and ensuring disconnects between actuals and forecasts are escalated appropriately. • Lead cost and FTE forecast reviews at cluster/group/region level; oversee labour cost analysis and identify recast opportunities. • Manage, mentor, and develop junior members of the FP&A team (Analysts, Senior Analysts), fostering a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and analytical excellence. • Lead the onboarding and enablement of new RBUs into standardised FP&A processes, including change management communications and introductory sessions. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial Operation