Dialectica

Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Dialectica

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Athens • Greece

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Tableau

About the role

  • Lead the integrated global budgeting process, ensuring alignment between departmental goals and the company’s long-term strategic vision.
  • Develop and maintain sophisticated rolling forecasts that allow the executive team to pivot quickly in response to market changes.
  • Build complex financial models to evaluate "what-if" scenarios, including new market entries, product launches, and potential M&A activity.
  • Advise the CFO and BU Leaders on optimal capital deployment to maximize ROI and shareholder value.
  • Maintain, Optimize and further develop standardized EPM reporting across all BUs and geographic locations to ensure a "single source of truth" for performance insights.
  • Define, track and dynamically adapt critical “North Star” metrics and unit economics to measure BU and overall business performance.
  • Conduct deep-dive monthly reviews of actuals vs. budget, identifying root causes for deviations and recommending corrective actions.
  • Design and maintain high-level EPM dashboards for the Board, Executive Leadership and Operational Leadership to provide real-time visibility into company health, working closely with the BI to ensure reporting is consistent, live and efficient.
  • Recruit, mentor, and manage a diverse team of FP&A professionals fostering an environment of respect, opportunities, excellence and accountability.
  • Serve as a financial co-pilot to BU Leaders and Regional Directors, translating financial constraints into operational opportunities and proactively identifying growth or cost-efficiencies that impact the topline, the bottom line, the FCF efficiency.
  • Drive the implementation and optimization of FP&A/ EPM tools to improve planning and reporting cycles.
  • Act as a bridge between Finance, Sales, Operations, Strategy, Tech and HR to ensure financial plans are operationally feasible.
  • Establish and enforce global planning and reporting processes, policies and controls to ensure data integrity, discipline and agility across all BUs.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A and related areas, with at least 5 years specifically in a senior FP&A leadership and team management role.
  • Proven track record in a high-growth, multi-location environment (experience in professional services or tech-enabled services is highly preferred).
  • Experience in leading digital transformation and automation projects within FP&A (e.g., EPM implementations).
  • Experience presenting to and influencing C-suite executives and Board members.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business/ Economics and related. An MBA or professional certification is an asset.
  • Modeling Mastery: Expert-level financial modeling skills and advanced proficiency in Excel.
  • Systems Knowledge: Experience with BI tools (e.g, Tableau, PowerBI) and enterprise-level financial planning software.
  • Analytical Rigor: Ability to synthesize complex data sets into simple, persuasive narratives.
  • Executive Presentation & Data Storytelling: Mastery in distilling complex financial datasets into high-impact visual narratives and slide decks (Google Slides/PowerPoint) that drive strategic alignment and facilitate "at-a-glance" decision-making for the Board and C-suite.
  • Global Mindset: Ability to manage cultural nuances and varying environments across international BUs.
  • Resilience: Thrives in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
  • Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to "tell the story" behind the numbers.
Benefits
  • Coverage under the company’s collective health insurance plan.
  • Hybrid work model & extra personal/flex days and paid volunteer days a year for your favourite cause.
  • Company-sponsored team-bonding events.
  • Weekly health & wellness activities, gym discounts, healthy breakfast, snacks and beverages.
  • Entrepreneurial culture and amazing coworkers!
  • Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career in a highly multicultural team within a global organization.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
financial modelingbudgetingforecastingdata analysisEPM implementationcapital deploymentperformance metricsdata storytellingExcel proficiencyanalytical skills
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcollaborationresiliencestrategic thinkinginfluencingadaptabilityproblem-solvingcultural awareness
Certifications
MBAprofessional certification in financeCFACPA