Assistant Manager – Financial Planning & Analysis
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About the Role
Americana Restaurants seeks an Assistant Manager for FP&A to lead workforce-related financial planning. The role involves budgeting, forecasting, headcount modeling, and partnering with HR and operations to align people investments with business objectives.
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Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for payroll and people costs
- Develop workforce planning and headcount models
- Monitor labor cost, productivity, overtime, and vacancy metrics
- Partner with HR on hiring plans, compensation changes, incentives, and restructuring
- Perform variance analysis and explain key drivers against budget and forecast
- Prepare monthly management reports and presentations for senior leadership
- Evaluate business cases for new roles, restructures, and people initiatives
- Ensure financial governance over manpower approvals and organizational changes
- Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining operational effectiveness
- Support automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting and planning processes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field
- 3–6 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or management accounting
- Exposure to HR/people cost planning preferred
- Master's degree or certification (CA, CFA, ACA, MBA) preferred
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Job Purpose
- The Assistant Manager – FP&A (People) is responsible for leading financial planning and analysis for workforce related costs across the organization.
- The role partners with HR, operations, and leadership to develop budgets, forecasts, workforce models, and performance insights.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for payroll and people costs.
- Develop workforce planning and headcount models.
- Monitor labor cost, productivity, overtime, and vacancy metrics.
- Partner with HR on hiring plans, compensation changes, incentives, and organizational restructuring.
- Perform variance analysis and explain key drivers against budget and forecast.
- Prepare monthly management reports and presentations for senior leadership.
- Evaluate business cases for new roles, restructures, and people initiatives.
- Ensure financial governance over manpower approvals and organizational changes.
- Identify opportunities for cost optimization while maintaining operational effectiveness.
- Support automation and continuous improvement of FP&A reporting and planning processes.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- Master’s degree or certification (CA, CFA, ACA, MBA) preferred.
Experience
- 3–6 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or management accounting, preferably with exposure to HR/people cost planning.
Job Specific Skills
- Workforce planning and headcount modelling
- Budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Payroll and total people cost management
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling
- Data analysis and reporting (Power BI/Tableau)
- HR–Finance business partnering and stakeholder management
- ERP systems experience (SAP/Oracle)
- Scenario planning and cost impact analysis
- Process improvement and reporting automation
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