Manager, Budget and Planning

Role Summary

• The Budget & Planning Manager is responsible for leading the organization’s financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes across all business units, including storage, marketing, and distribution of petroleum and gas products.
• The role serves as a strategic partner to the CFO, providing high-quality financial analysis, insights, and decision support to drive business performance, ensure financial discipline, and support sustainable growth across nationwide operations.

Key Responsibilities
Budgeting & Forecasting:

• Lead the annual budgeting cycle, coordinating inputs across all business units (Depots, Marketing, Supply, Logistics, Gas, HSE, HR).
• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts and periodic reforecasts, incorporating key variables such as product pricing, foreign exchange fluctuations, demand trends, and regulatory changes.
• Build and maintain financial models to support investment decisions across depots, retail outlets, LPG plants, logistics fleet, and new product lines.

Business Planning & Analysis:

• Translate corporate strategy into integrated financial plans aligned with operational KPIs (e.g., throughput, stock loss, turnaround time, margins).
• Perform detailed variance analysis (Actual vs Budget vs Forecast), identifying key drivers and recommending corrective actions.
• Monitor profitability across products, depots, and distribution routes, providing actionable insights to improve margins.

Reporting & Decision Support:

• Prepare monthly management reports, board packs, and performance dashboards covering revenue, margins, CAPEX, OPEX, and cash flow.
• Support pricing strategy through financial modeling of market, competitive, and macroeconomic scenarios.
• Evaluate capital investment proposals using financial metrics (NPV, IRR, Payback Period).

Process Improvement & Controls:

• Standardize budgeting processes, templates, and assumptions across business units.
• Ensure alignment between financial planning models and ERP/accounting systems.
• Strengthen cost control frameworks and ensure compliance with regulatory (NMDPRA, FIRS, etc.) and internal financial policies.

Leadership & Business Partnering:

• Lead and develop the FP&A team, enhancing analytical and planning capabilities.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Logistics teams to challenge assumptions and improve forecasting accuracy.
• Foster a performance-driven, data-led decision-making culture across the organization.

Key Requirements
Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline
• ACA, ACCA, or CFA required; MBA preferred

Experience:
Must-have:

• 8–12 years of progressive experience in finance, including at least 3 years in FP&A or budgeting leadership roles
• Experience managing full budgeting cycles in multi-location operations

Preferred:

• Experience in downstream oil & gas, logistics, or asset-intensive industries
• Strong understanding of petroleum product pricing, depot operations, and distribution logistics

Technical Skills:

• Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools
• Strong understanding of financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)
• Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle)

Core Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and financial insight
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Commercial acumen
• Leadership and team development.

Application Closing Date
19th November, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants should forward their CVs and degree certificates to: using the job position as the subject of the email.

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