Business Planning & Performance Management Manager

Job Overview

Dangote Industries Limited is recruiting a Business Planning & Performance Management Manager for its Head Office in Lagos.

The successful candidate will lead budgeting, financial planning, forecasting and business-performance management across the organisation. The role will provide financial insights to executive leadership, challenge planning assumptions and recommend actions that protect margins, cash flow and sustainable growth.

The position also covers Group-level budgeting, rolling forecasts, KPI management, cash-flow planning, capital-investment analysis, executive reporting, transfer pricing, financial-risk monitoring, FP&A systems and the development of a business planning and performance-management team.

Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, an applicable professional certification and at least 10 years of relevant experience. This must include a minimum of five years in a senior finance or strategic-planning position.

Job Details

Purpose of the Role

The Business Planning & Performance Management Manager will translate Group strategy into financial targets, planning assumptions, budgets and performance measures.

The role goes beyond compiling financial results. The successful candidate will analyse what is driving performance, challenge assumptions submitted by business units and recommend actions that support margin, liquidity and growth.

The manager will also help protect the integrity of related-party and transfer-pricing reporting and lead improvements in financial-planning systems, analytical tools and reporting processes.

Annual Budgeting and Business Planning

The successful candidate will:

• Lead the annual budgeting process.
• Manage the medium-term business-planning cycle covering three to five years.
• Establish planning calendars, templates and instructions.
• Translate Group strategy into financial targets.
• Develop operating assumptions for business units and plants.
• Review budget submissions from business units, plants and functions.
• Challenge assumptions for accuracy and realism.
• Assess whether submissions align with strategic objectives.
• Consolidate Group budgets.
• Prepare budget packs for management and Board approval.

Group budgets will cover areas including:

• Revenue.
• Operating costs.
• Capital expenditure.
• Employee headcount.
• Working capital.
• Cash flow.

Financial Models and Planning Assumptions

The manager will develop and maintain driver-based planning models covering:

• Production or sales volumes.
• Prices.
• Energy costs.
• Fuel costs.
• Raw-material costs.
• Foreign-exchange movements.
• Inflation.
• Other relevant macroeconomic and operational assumptions.

The role also involves conducting scenario and sensitivity analyses to show how changes in key assumptions could affect financial and operational performance.

Forecasting and Performance Management

The position will:

• Own monthly forecasting processes.
• Coordinate quarterly forecasts.
• Prepare rolling forecasts.
• Update the full-year financial outlook.
• Compare actual performance against approved budgets.
• Compare performance with forecasts.
• Review results against the previous year.
• Analyse financial and operational variances.
• Identify the root causes of significant deviations.
• Recommend corrective actions.
• Assign clear action owners and timelines.
• Monitor implementation of approved actions.

The source does not provide specific performance targets. AfriJobSpace should not invent percentages, revenue figures or margin expectations.

KPI Frameworks and Business Reviews

Responsibilities will include:

• Designing performance indicators.
• Tracking and refining KPI frameworks.
• Supporting balanced scorecards.
• Maintaining performance measures at Group level.
• Developing relevant business-unit and plant measures.
• Facilitating monthly business-performance reviews.
• Presenting findings to executives and business-unit leaders.
• Identifying performance gaps.
• Following up on agreed management actions.

The manager will be expected to convert financial and operational information into clear insights that decision-makers can use.

Cash Flow and Liquidity Planning

The successful candidate will work with Treasury to:

• Develop short-term cash-flow forecasts.
• Prepare medium-term cash-flow forecasts.
• Support liquidity planning.
• Assess funding requirements.
• Improve working-capital management.
• Review receivables.
• Review payables.
• Review inventory-related working-capital requirements.
• Identify cash-flow risks.
• Recommend actions that strengthen financial efficiency.

The role supports Treasury activities but is not described as replacing the Treasury function.

Cost and Margin Improvement

The position will:

• Lead cost-optimisation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve margins.
• Quantify the expected benefits of proposed actions.
• Establish methods for tracking benefit delivery.
• Monitor whether approved initiatives produce the expected results.
• Support accountability for agreed cost or performance actions.
• Prepare relevant information for executive review.

Capital Investment Analysis

The manager will evaluate capital-expenditure proposals and investment cases using methods including:

• Net Present Value.
• Internal Rate of Return.
• Payback-period analysis.

Responsibilities will also include:

• Reviewing assumptions supporting capital proposals.
• Assessing financial viability.
• Comparing available investment options.
• Preparing decision-support information.
• Conducting post-investment reviews.
• Comparing actual results with the original investment case.

The source does not state that this position independently approves capital expenditure.

Management and Board Reporting

The successful candidate will prepare:

• Monthly performance reports.
• Quarterly performance reports.
• Annual performance reports.
• Executive Committee reports.
• Board reports.
• Financial dashboards.
• Decision-ready presentations.
• Ad hoc analysis for strategic decisions.

Reports should be accurate, timely and supported by reliable financial and operational information.

The manager must be able to convert complex financial data into concise explanations of what happened, why it happened and what management may need to do next.

Strategic Decision Support

The role may provide analysis supporting decisions involving:

• Pricing.
• Product mix.
• Market entry.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Business restructuring.
• Investment priorities.
• Performance-improvement initiatives.

The position provides analysis and recommendations. The source does not state that the manager has sole authority to make final strategic decisions.

Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement

Responsibilities include:

• Conducting internal benchmarking.
• Comparing cost performance across relevant operations.
• Reviewing productivity.
• Assessing profitability.
• Conducting external comparisons with peers.
• Reviewing performance against industry standards.
• Identifying performance gaps.
• Developing business cases for corrective action.
• Sharing appropriate practices across plants, business units and subsidiaries.

FP&A and ERP Systems

The successful candidate will support the implementation, improvement and integration of financial-planning and enterprise systems, including examples such as:

• SAP BPC.
• SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Oracle EPM.
• Oracle Hyperion.
• Anaplan.
• Equivalent FP&A or ERP systems.

The role also involves automating budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes to improve speed and accuracy.

The source presents the named platforms as examples. It should not be rewritten to imply that experience in every listed platform is compulsory.

Business Intelligence and Data Governance

The manager will promote the use of analytics and business-intelligence tools, including examples such as:

• Microsoft Power BI.
• Tableau.
• Equivalent analytical platforms.

The position will also support:

• Strong data governance.
• Reliable financial information.
• Consistent reporting definitions.
• Improved dashboard development.
• Efficient performance analysis.
• Appropriate controls over planning and reporting data.

Related-Party and Transfer-Pricing Reporting

Responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing related-party reporting.
• Supporting accurate transfer-pricing documentation.
• Maintaining compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Protecting the integrity of reported information.
• Working with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Ensuring appropriate records are available for review.

The source does not identify specific transfer-pricing regulations or tax authorities. These should not be added without confirmation.

Financial Risk Management

The manager will identify, assess and support the mitigation of financial risks involving:

• Foreign-exchange movements.
• Inflation.
• Commodity prices.
• Interest rates.
• Liquidity.

The position will help leadership understand how these risks may affect plans, forecasts, cash flow and performance.

Sustainability and ESG Reporting

The role includes:

• Supporting sustainability-performance reporting.
• Supporting environmental, social and governance reporting.
• Integrating relevant ESG measures into business plans.
• Connecting financial and sustainability information.
• Maintaining controls and documentation supporting reported information.

The official source does not prescribe a specific sustainability-reporting framework for this particular version of the vacancy. AfriJobSpace should not add one unless it is confirmed.

Governance and Internal Controls

The successful candidate will:

• Maintain appropriate controls over planning processes.
• Ensure planning and reporting documentation is complete.
• Support regulatory compliance.
• Promote accountability for submitted information.
• Maintain governance across budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Support reliable related-party and transfer-pricing information.

People Leadership

The Business Planning & Performance Management Manager will:

• Lead the business-planning and performance-management team.
• Coach and develop team members.
• Set individual and team objectives.
• Manage employee performance.
• Strengthen technical capability.
• Build business-partnering skills.
• Promote accuracy and accountability.
• Encourage curiosity and continuous improvement.
• Help analysts communicate financial information effectively.

Required Educational Qualification

Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s degree in:

• Finance.
• Accounting.
• Economics.
• Business Administration.
• A related field.

Required Professional Certification

Applicants should hold a relevant professional certification such as:

• ACA.
• ACCA.
• CIMA.
• CPA.
• CFA.
• FP&A Certification.

The official source presents these as alternative examples. It does not require candidates to hold both an accounting certification and a separate CFA or FP&A certification.

Preferred Academic Qualification

The following qualifications are advantages:

• Master of Business Administration.
• Master of Science in Finance.
• Postgraduate qualification in Economics.
• Postgraduate qualification in Business Analytics.
• Another related postgraduate discipline.

Required Experience

Applicants must have:

• At least 10 years of experience in FP&A, business planning, corporate finance or performance management.
• At least five years in a senior finance or strategic-planning position.

The five years of senior-level experience form part of the required 10 years rather than an additional separate 5-year period.

Preferred Industry Experience

Experience in any of the following sectors is preferred:

• Manufacturing.
• Cement.
• Other industrial operations.
• Fast-moving consumer goods.

This sector experience is preferred, not expressly mandatory.

Key Competencies

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Budget preparation and management.
• Forecasting.
• Financial modelling.
• Financial analysis.
• Business-performance management.
• Strategic planning.
• Executive decision support.
• Cash-flow management.
• Treasury optimisation.
• Transfer-pricing knowledge.
• Regulatory-compliance knowledge.
• ERP and FP&A system experience.
• Data analytics.
• Business-intelligence tools.
• Stakeholder management.
• Team leadership.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Who May Be Well Suited to This Position?

This position may suit a senior commercial-finance or FP&A professional who has supported complex organisations with multiple plants, business units or subsidiaries.

A suitable candidate should be able to build financial models, challenge business assumptions, coordinate Group budgets and explain performance to senior executives.

The role also requires someone capable of leading analysts, improving planning systems and providing recommendations that balance financial, operational and strategic considerations.

What to Highlight in Your Application

Applicants should make the following information easy to verify in their CV:

• Bachelor’s and postgraduate qualifications.
• Professional finance certification.
• Total years of FP&A or related experience.
• Years spent in senior finance or strategic-planning roles.
• Annual budgets managed.
• Three-to-five-year plans developed.
• Forecasting processes led.
• Driver-based financial models created.
• Scenario and sensitivity analyses performed.
• Capital proposals evaluated using NPV, IRR or payback.
• Executive Committee or Board reports prepared.
• ERP, FP&A and business-intelligence platforms used.
• Transfer-pricing or related-party reporting experience.
• Financial risks analysed.
• Cost, margin or working-capital improvements delivered.
• Finance teams led and developed.

Applicants should provide only accurate and supportable achievements and avoid disclosing confidential employer information.

Benefits

Dangote Industries Limited lists:

• Private health insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Training and development.

The source does not provide the value, eligibility criteria or detailed conditions attached to these benefits.

Vacancy Verification

The official source confirms:

• Employer: Dangote Industries Limited.
• Location: Head Office – Lagos.
• Date posted: September 30, 2026.
• Required experience: Minimum 10 years.
• Required senior experience: Minimum five years.
• Application deadline: Not specified.
• Employment type: Not specified.
• Salary: Not specified.

Candidates should confirm that the official Apply now option remains available before submitting an application.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should use the Apply for Job button to access Dangote Industries Limited’s official recruitment portal.

Candidates should ensure that their CV demonstrates the required finance qualification, professional certification, FP&A experience and senior-level responsibilities.

Do not pay any person or intermediary to submit, process or guarantee your application.