Head - Budgeting, Analytics & Insights

Summary

The Head - Budgeting, Analytics & Insights is responsible for leading Finance House's enterprise-wide budgeting, financial planning, business analytics, performance management, and management reporting functions while serving as a strategic finance partner to executive leadership. The role drives data-driven decision-making through advanced financial analysis, forecasting, KPI governance, and business insights that support profitability, operational efficiency, and business growth.

The incumbent will oversee budgeting and forecasting cycles, business performance analysis, and reporting frameworks while driving automation, business intelligence, and analytics transformation initiatives to enhance financial visibility, reporting accuracy, and strategic planning capabilities. The role also partners closely with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities, manage financial risks, optimize resource allocation, and support strategic initiatives within a dynamic banking and financial services environment.

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes for all business units.
• Develop robust financial models, planning assumptions, and forecasting methodologies to improve financial visibility and planning accuracy.
• Coordinate with business leaders to review and consolidate budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic and financial objectives.
• Monitor budget utilization and financial performance against approved plans and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Lead rolling forecasts, scenario analysis, sensitivity assessments, and stress-testing exercises to support strategic planning and business continuity.
• Support management in evaluating investment plans, business expansion opportunities, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Prepare executive-level budgeting reports, planning presentations, and financial summaries for senior management review.

• Lead enterprise-wide financial and business analytics initiatives to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Conduct detailed analysis of profitability, revenue trends, cost structures, operational efficiency, and business performance across products and business lines.
• Develop meaningful financial and operational insights to support business growth, performance improvement, and resource optimization.
• Identify key business drivers, performance gaps, risks, and emerging trends and provide actionable recommendations to management.
• Perform financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business case evaluations to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
• Develop predictive and trend-based analytical frameworks to improve forecasting accuracy and business performance monitoring.
• Promote a data-driven culture through effective use of analytics, reporting, and business intelligence tools.

• Oversee the preparation of management dashboards, KPI scorecards, performance reports, and executive presentations.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and insightful monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to senior management.
• Monitor key performance indicators across business units and provide detailed commentary on financial and operational performance.
• Conduct variance analysis between actual performance, budgets, and forecasts and highlight areas requiring management attention.
• Establish and maintain standardized performance management frameworks and reporting structures across the organization.
• Support executive leadership with strategic insights and recommendations to improve profitability, efficiency, and overall business performance.

• Lead automation and enhancement of budgeting, analytics, and reporting processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and reporting accuracy.
• Drive implementation and optimization of Power BI dashboards and business intelligence solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with Technology and Data teams to strengthen data quality, reporting infrastructure, and analytics capabilities.
• Reduce manual reporting dependencies…