Head of Financial Planning, Performance Management & Corporate Finance

As the Head of Financial Planning, Performance Management & Corporate Finance, you will take on a comprehensive leadership role that integrates key responsibilities from financial planning and analysis (FP&A), corporate finance, performance management, financial controlling. This role demands a hands-on leader capable of managing the company’s financial planning cycles, cost-efficiency initiatives, corporate finance transactions, and financial reporting, while ensuring alignment with overall business strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Financial Business Partnership:

• Act as a strategic financial partner to business unit leaders, providing expert financial guidance to ensure alignment between financial objectives and company strategy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support key business initiatives, including new product launches and strategic projects
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis, ensuring data-driven decision-making and quick response to emerging opportunities
• Regularly update senior leadership on financial outcomes, risks, and opportunities, ensuring proactive financial management across the organization

2. Financial Planning & Performance Management:

• Lead the long-term financial planning processes cascading it to annual budgeting, forecasting and ensuring alignment of these processes with company objectives
• Provide financial insights by opening the gaps by means of doing key performance drivers benchmarking
• Oversee the evaluation of KPIs ensuring effective target cascading and monitoring

3. Financial Analysis & Reporting:

• Oversee the preparation of detailed financial reports, focusing on key performance indicators (KPIs), variance analysis, and profitability trends
• Conduct in-depth analysis of business performance, identifying opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency
• Develop executive-level dashboards and reports for senior management, incorporating both financial and operational data to provide holistic insights
• Challenge and validate consolidated performance-related figures, including budgets, actuals, and latest estimates (LE)

4. Corporate Finance & M&A:

• Build and manage complex financial models to evaluate business opportunities, capital investments, and strategic growth initiatives
• Lead financial evaluations for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, ensuring proper due diligence, risk assessments, and valuation analysis
• Collaborate with external advisors and internal teams to ensure the smooth execution of M&A transactions and corporate finance projects
• Perform sensitivity analyses and stress tests to evaluate the financial impact of various strategic initiatives and potential risks
• Present complex financial models and projections to senior management and key stakeholders, providing actionable insights for decision-making

5. Financial Controlling & Reporting:

• Manage the financial controlling function, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies
• Oversee month-end and year-end closing processes, including balance sheet and income statement analysis
• Ensure strong internal controls, audit processes, and compliance with accounting standards (including IFRS reporting)
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, external regulations, and financial reporting standards, including adherence to IFRS and audit requirements

6. Cost Efficiency & Optimization:

• Lead cost-efficiency initiatives, identifying areas for cost reduction and process improvement across the organization
• Coordinate the Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) process for fixed costs across all functions, ensuring effective management and optimization
• Collaborate with operational teams to establish and track cost control measures such as cost centers and expense management programs

7. Leadership & Team Development:

• Lead and mentor the FP&A, financial controlling, and performance management teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development
• Ensure alignment between financial planning, controlling, and corporate finance functions to support overall business objectives

8. Management of IT Systems:

• Oversee the development and management of IT systems that support the planning process, performance monitoring, and financial reporting, ensuring they align with business requirements and enable effective decision-making

Key skills:

• University degree in finance/economics
• 1-3 years’ experience in financial analysis/ management reporting
• Strong level of communication and business partnering skills
• Flexible and proactive approach to work with ability to deal with multiple requests and tight deadlines
• Excellent in Excel, ability to work with big amount of data. Easy going with any digital instruments
• Fluent in Russian and English

What we offer:

• Office on the 38th floor of Moscow City (m. Vystavochnaya, m. Delovoy Centre, m. International)
• Full compliance with the labor legislation of the Russian Federation: official salary, paid leave and sick leave
• Competitive salary, paid annual and sick leave, annual bonus
• VHI (dental included), contests and gifts for employees' children and other bonuses
• Hybrid work schedule with one day remote
• Professional team, scientific potential and unlimited opportunities for self-realisation and career growth