FP&A MANAGER
Reports to: Senior finance manager ( DAF)
Position Purpose
The FP&A Manager is responsible for driving financial planning, performance management and business analysis to support Sanipak Morocco's strategic and operational objectives.
The role acts as a key business partner to management and operational teams, providing reliable financial insights, challenging business assumptions and translating financial data into actionable recommendations.
Based in Berrechid, the position will work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, HR and other functions to monitor business performance, improve cost efficiency and support informed decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
1-Financial planning & budgeting
- Lead the annual budgeting process in coordination with all departments.
- Develop and consolidate financial forecasts, rolling forecasts and long-term financial plans.
- Challenge budget assumptions and ensure alignment with business priorities and operational targets.
- Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying key variances and corrective actions.
2-Financial performance & analysis
- Prepare monthly management reporting, financial dashboards and performance reviews.
- Analyze P&L performance, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA and profitability.
- Monitor manufacturing costs, production variances, material consumption, labor costs and overheads.
- Identify cost optimization opportunities and operational efficiency improvements.
- Provide relevant financial analysis to support investment decisions and business initiatives.
3-Business partnering
- Act as a finance business partner to Operations and other functional leaders.
- Support management in assessing the financial impact of operational decisions.
- Translate financial results into clear business insights and recommendations.
- Challenge spending, resource allocation and performance assumptions.
- Participate in business reviews and strategic planning discussions.
- Financial Modelling & Decision Support
- Develop financial models and scenario analyses to assess business opportunities and risks.
- Evaluate CAPEX projects, investment proposals and their expected returns.
- Assess the financial impact of production capacity, productivity and workforce planning decisions.
- Support pricing, profitability and product-mix analysis.
- Reporting & process improvement
- Ensure the accuracy, consistency and reliability of management reporting.
- Improve reporting tools, financial models and analytical processes.
- Strengthen data quality and coordination between Finance and operational departments.
- Contribute to the development of financial KPIs and performance monitoring tools.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
- 8-15 years of relevant experience in financial planning, controlling or management accounting.
- Previous experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, P&L, cost accounting and manufacturing economics.
- Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and performance analysis.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with SAP, Power BI or similar reporting tools is an advantage.
- Fluency in English and French is required.
Key Competencies
- Strong financial and analytical capabilities.
- A full master of SAP
- Excellent business acumen and strategic thinking.
- Ability to challenge assumptions and influence stakeholders.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Structured, detail-oriented and results-driven approach.
- Ability to translate complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Key Performance Indicators
- Budget and forecast accuracy.
- Timeliness and quality of monthly financial reporting.
- Accuracy and relevance of variance analysis.
- Identification and realization of cost optimization opportunities.
- Quality of financial support provided to business decisions.
- Improvement in financial visibility and performance monitoring.
