Finance Manager – Business Planning

The Business Planning Manager combines forward-looking business planning (validating assumptions, tracking performance, and driving cost optimization and process improvements) with strong financial governance (internal controls, compliance, reporting integrity, and risk management). This role serves as the financial and operational backbone of the regional branch, enabling efficient, transparent operations aligned with corporate standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Business Model Validation

Evaluate and continuously validate branch business-model assumptions, including vendor funding processes, operational expenses, revenue projections. Develop and maintain scenario models (base, upside, downside) to support leadership decision-making under uncertainty. Partner with regional leadership to assess whether forward-looking projections are realistic and achievable. Develop and validate expense models across product categories and regions for overall marketing and operational expenses. Monitor cost changes, cost drivers, and vendor programs that impact budgets.

Performance Tracking and Variance Analysis

Own the branch performance-management cadence, including monthly close reporting, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs). Prepare and distribute monthly budgetary reporting with insights into business trends; analyze results, identify drivers, and partner with business leaders on budgeting and forecasting. Build and maintain KPI dashboards tracking revenue attainment, credit notes expenses, customer programs, and operating expenses versus plan. Conduct structured variance analyses for material deviations from plan and forecast; present root-cause findings and corrective actions to regional leadership. Lead the rolling forecast process for the region, improving accuracy and ensuring alignment with corporate planning cycles. Coordinate with FP&A and Accounting to ensure regional results are accurately and timely reflected in consolidated reporting.

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