Corporate Planning Manager

• High growth business
• Role with commercial impact

About Our Client

Daikin UK is a high growth, leading provider of innovative and sustainable climate control solutions, specialising in heating, cooling, ventilation, and refrigeration systems for residential, commercial, and industrial markets. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daikin Europe, the company leverages its global reputation for quality and technology, employing over 420 people across the UK to deliver high-efficiency products and support services, including advanced air source heat pumps and chiller systems.

Job Description

The Corporate Planning Manager plays a pivotal role in the financial and strategic planning of the organisation. This position is responsible for finalising total budgets in collaboration with UK local management, developing investment and SGA strategies, and translating these budgets into local operations. The role also involves creating and maintaining regular forward estimations, collecting and presenting data to top management, and coordinating all group reporting towards UK and Europe. Additionally, the Corporate Planning Manager ensures strong governance and compliance through J-SOX and coordination of internal audits, manages supplier processes, and oversees sustainability reporting as well as coordination of legal contract management with the help of external lawyers. This role includes managing two direct reports: one for controlling and one for compliance/sustainability.

• Strategic Planning and Budgeting: Develop strategies and budget plans in collaboration with local top management, including detailed analysis and countermeasures for profit and loss, CAPEX investments, and SGA targets.
• Market Analysis: Understand market developments and competitor situations to inform strategic decisions.
• Budget Translation and Monitoring: Translate external budgets into internal targets, including relevant action plans and progress monitoring.
• Reporting Coordination: Coordinate and supply all official budget progress documentation to both UK (DAUK) and Europe (DENV).
• Forecasting: Take full responsibility for short and long-term forecasts with detailed analysis and processes, including sales progress and evolution to make relevant expense and investment forecasts.
• Business Unit Coordination: Coordinate Business Unit spend estimations and understand key KPIs of the Business to deliver all monthly reporting to DAUK and local management.
• Monthly Reporting: Provide monthly PL, GM and SGA reporting to top management, including detailed business reporting, touchdown and estimated result reporting, and countermeasures and action plans.
• Documentation Preparation: Prepare documentation for DAUK/DENV top management visits and business review meeting updates.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with J-SOX, external audits, internal audits, and follow up on relevant action plans.
• Ad-Hoc Reporting: Provide ad-hoc support to other departments on project basis as needed.

The Successful Applicant

• Flexible and confident problem solver with a strong analytical approach and excellent attention to detail.
• Customer-focused with a positive "can-do" attitude.
• Organised self-starter who can prioritise to meet tight deadlines.
• Demonstrates high levels of integrity.
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to lead from behind.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (e.g. SAP) and relevant reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, BO, BW).
• Desirable knowledge in sales and/or service business environment.
• Degree educated and ideally possessing a professional finance qualification.

What's on Offer

Competitive salary plus excellent benefits including car benefit, bonus scheme, enhanced pension and private medical.

Michael Page are the exclusive, retained consultants. All third party cv's will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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