Budgeting and MIS Manager

* Lead the end-to-end annual budgeting process across the group, including planning timelines, assumptions, consolidation, reviews, and final approvals.

* Collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders to develop detailed budgets covering revenue, costs, headcount, capital expenditure, and cash flow.

* Manage regular forecasting cycles and rolling forecasts, identifying business risks, opportunities, and key assumption changes.

* Enhance and maintain financial planning models, cost allocation frameworks, budget controls, and reporting structures.

* Support financial planning for strategic projects, business transformations, new contracts, investments, and expansion initiatives.

* Ensure budgets are accurately maintained and integrated within ERP and reporting systems.

* Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc management information reports for executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.

* Develop insightful reporting covering revenue performance, profitability, EBITDA, overheads, working capital, cash flow, capital expenditure, and operational KPIs.

* Conduct detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, historical performance, and business targets, providing clear recommendations.

* Establish and maintain standardised reporting methodologies, governance frameworks, and data quality controls.

* Design executive-level dashboards and visual reporting tools that simplify complex financial information.

* Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, pricing reviews, business cases, investment decisions, and operational improvements.

* Analyse business performance trends and identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, productivity, and cost management.

* Partner with leadership teams to improve forecasting accuracy and support commercial decision-making.

* Prepare presentations, briefing packs, and financial analyses for senior executives and key stakeholders.

* Monitor approved business cases and track the delivery of expected financial benefits.

* Strengthen budgeting and reporting governance through robust controls, accountability, and compliance processes.

* Work closely with Finance, Treasury, HR, Procurement, IT, and operational teams to align financial and business data.

* Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives across planning, reporting, and dashboarding processes.

* Support the implementation and optimisation of ERP, BI, and reporting technologies.

* Maintain confidentiality and integrity of commercially sensitive financial information.

* Lead and develop finance team members while fostering a high-performance culture