Manager Financial Planning & Analysis Careers – Uganda National Airlines Company Limited

Job Title:   Manager Financial Planning & Analysis (Re-advertised)

Organisation: Uganda National Airlines Company Limited

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

Reports to: Chief Finance Officer

About US:

Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. It began flying in August 2019.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the annual business plans and budgets are aligned to the strategic objectives of the organization.
• Manage the annual budgeting and planning process to ensure that this is within the budget timetable and ensure the executive team is updated and alerted to relevant issues.
• Consolidate departmental work plans and budgets as per company standards.
• Ensure timely and accurate forecasts with in-depth insights into the performance of the airline are prepared in a timely manner.
• Monitor and control procurements to ensure that these are within budget and revenue forecasts for funding.
• Ensure that all costs (fixed and variable) are managed within standards and budget parameters.
• Translate company targets and indicators into departmental targets and Key performance indicators.
• Communicate to all relevant parties the approved budget and work plans and update the relevant information systems.
• Provides financial and statistical analysis, support, and reporting to leadership
• Generates routine reporting as well as specific ad hoc analysis.
• Participates and contributes to meetings involving key finance issues.
• Directly responsible for the development and delivery of financial analyses, and provision of accurate financial performance data to all stakeholders, supporting and informing senior leaders in monthly financial performance
• Manage capex and opex projects through their full implementation lifecycles, from initial concept and sizing to implementation.
• Complete ad-hoc requests across all product lines, maintain data models and long-term financial projections
• Support individual product lines in selected financial analysis projects.
• Manage a team of direct reports, ensure workload distribution, and identify process improvement opportunities across the team – including automation, training, etc.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a University degree or equivalent. Professional Accounting qualification is an added advantage (CA/CPA/CMA/CFA).
• At least three to five years of experience in a similar position. Airline experience in experience is an added advantage.
• Good presentation skills utilizing Microsoft Office tools and any others as may be required.
• Effective communication and leadership skills to drive ownership and accountability.
• Possess good business acumen.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Uganda Airlines in this capacity should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 3rd November 2023