FP&A Global Process Sr. Manager

Overview

This position Sr. Manager, FP&A Global Process leads agency-wide planning process management, owning the design, delivery, communication, and continuous improvement of the agency’s budget and forecast processes, tools, and reporting standards. The role serves as the primary partner for FP&A process governance, maintaining a strong understanding of agency strategy, organizational design, and finance policies and procedures to manage their impact on FP&A processes and partner divisions.

The role represents global FP&A budget and forecast requirements to the EPM Systems team and partners with the Director of FP&A, CFO, and executive leadership on scenario planning, target setting, and resource allocation.

Salary and benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role.

Responsibilities

Budget & Forecast Process Ownership

• Own the global budget and forecast calendar, guidance, training, templates, and communications.
• Lead ongoing budget and forecast process optimization and coordination, including planning cycle simplification and Amended Budget optimization.
• Coordinate with the FP&A Reporting Sr. Analyst to establish appropriate reporting cycles and deliver budget and forecast packages and presentations.
• Collaborate with finance teams to analyze and consolidate insights into results, forecasts, and budget packages for review and presentation to the Director of FP&A, CFO, and executive leadership.
• Support the Director of FP&A in maintaining scenario planning models and provide input to target setting and resource allocation.

Team & Workforce Planning Oversight

• Oversee staff to execute continuous evaluation and improvement in the workforce planning process, redesign, and user experience.
• Drive best-in-class analyses in workforce planning, integrating trending and pacing, including Merit and Fringe budget development and reporting in partnership with GPR/HR, as well as headcount budget reporting.
• Supervise staff partnering with assigned divisions related to financial support.

FP&A Systems & Reporting Governance

• Maintain understanding of the agency’s metadata, systems (e.g., ePBCS, ERP, EPM, etc.), and corresponding reporting tools and platforms.
• Represent global FP&A budget and forecast user and process requirements to the FP&A Systems team.
• As directed by the EPM Systems team, oversee FP&A team delivery of user support and Oracle release and roadmap activities, including functional user testing of the Workforce, Projects, and Amended Budget modules.
• Contribute to the design, testing, and implementation of new FP&A report requirements, partnering with the Manager, Reporting FP&A and Finance Systems team on EPM/ERP and BI reporting requirements and delivery.
• Establish stakeholder guidance and protocols for current and future FP&A reporting tools and reports to drive efficiency and consistency across the agency.
• Contribute to ongoing systems evaluation and enhancements, including testing of systems changes and analyzing data flows for process improvement opportunities.

Continuous Improvement & Training

• Conduct regular audits of end-user report utilization and requirements for organizational alignment and continuous improvement.
• Maintain easy-to-understand guidance on FP&A reporting tools, reports, data sources, and uses.
• Oversee systems training delivery for Global Operations, Global Finance, and Executive, partnering with FP&A and other Global Finance teams.

Strategic Support

• Maintain understanding of agency strategy, organizational design, and finance policies and procedures; manage the impact on FP&A processes and partner divisions.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven quantitative and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of accounting systems and business processes.
• Excel expertise (complicated formulas & functions; filters; pivot tables, etc.) and experience with other Microsoft Office software (Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with reporting software.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Customer-service mindset, including ability to understand, document, and deliver on end-user requirements.
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment and build strong relationships with finance and cross-functional partners.
• Highly motivated, proactive, and organized.
• Ability to learn technical concepts from manuals and documentation.
• Ability to provide inputs and applicable improvement/enhancement in processes and system tools.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop direct reports.

Required Languages

• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
• Arabic, French and/or Spanish language skills are a welcome and added advantage.

Travel

• No travel required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Yes

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 8+ years’ experience in financial planning and analysis, finance operations, data analysis, or a related function.
• Experience leading process improvement initiatives; prior experience managing or mentoring staff preferred.
• Experience with managing data and designing reports using Microsoft and Oracle based products.
• Experience with designing reports and dashboards with business intelligence (BI) and data visualization platforms.
• Experience in financial planning with cloud-based EPM software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly skilled in Excel and PowerPoint and Excel add-in tools such as Oracle Smart View.
• Experience with enterprise planning tools and PowerBI is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with complex financial data.

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package for U.S.-based staff, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan.
• Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role.

Location

• Employment location is determined by where the role is to be performed (U.S. based benefits apply to U.S.-based staff; benefits for roles outside the U.S. vary by country of employment/in-country office).

Additional Requirements

• Offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed.
• Positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government-administered medical examination.
• Candidate selection prioritizes citizens/permanent residents of the countries where the organization has offices.
• The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to the organization’s Code of Conduct.
• Safeguarding expectations apply for program participants, community members, staff, and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse.

Disclaimer

This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.