About the Role
The Sr Director FP&A – Development will serve as a crucial component of the FP&A function, focusing on financial oversight of development projects. This role involves project schedule and risk management, data interpretation from relevant systems and tools, implementation of technology, governance over variations and claims, stakeholder management, and managing budgets. The individual will provide deep insights over variances and maintain action plans for course correction, drive excellence in management reporting, ensure financial discipline and transparency, maintain data integrity between accounting and project systems, and enable a roadmap for automation, AI, and ML. This position is responsible for producing high-quality management packs, board decks, budget submissions, comprehensive action trackers for various development projects, and delivering accurate, actionable insights to senior leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Lead financial oversight of capital projects, ensuring alignment with budget, schedule, and scope.
- Own the preparation of management packs, BoD decks, and executive management presentations.
- Translate complex financial data into clear, structured, and visually compelling materials for senior leadership.
- Confirm and track Contingency Utilization and Releases across projects; review and assess Provisional Sum Utilization requests.
- Review and validate Unapproved Variations, EOT/EOTC, and Contractor Claims.
- Ensure seamless system integration between Project and Accounting Systems; track and close reconciliation issues on a monthly basis.
- Identify and analyze Project Schedule Changes using Primavera P6; proactively identify Project Risks and Opportunities, integrating them into financial forecasts.
- Build and maintain robust data structures and scenario models to support planning, forecasting, and strategic decision-making for Development.
- Standardize and enhance reporting frameworks, including KPIs, action trackers, and executive logs for Development.
- Collaborate closely with internal FP&A teams, accounting, treasury, and other finance functions to ensure data integrity and process alignment.
- Mentor and lead the team, instilling consulting-style rigor, accuracy, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to automate reporting, streamline consolidation processes, and enhance overall FP&A efficiency for the Development vertical.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in finance or business management is essential; a master’s degree is an advantage.
- Professional certifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or MBA are required.
- A minimum of 15 years of overall experience with a noteworthy career progression in the Finance Function is necessary.
- More than 5 years of comprehensive FP&A experience is essential.
- Over 5 years in senior leadership positions with demonstrated capability in stakeholder management, engagement with C-Level executives or Board Members, management reporting, financial consolidation, performance analysis, finance transformation, automation, and related areas is required.
- Experience in master development, construction, infrastructure, real estate, or similar industries is mandatory; alternatively, over 10 years of experience in large multinational corporations (with annual revenues, capital expenditures, or operational expenditures exceeding USD 2 billion) is required, showcasing a progressive career marked by high performance.
- Regional experience is highly preferred.
- Experience with Big 4 or Tier 1 consultancy firms is strongly preferred.
