FP&A Manager

Grade Level: L3
Location: Islamabad
Application Deadline: 14th October 2026

This role serves as the lead finance business partner for VEON's Payments & Digital Assets division. The successful candidate will provide financial planning, analysis, and commercial insight to support strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and performance management across wallets, remittances, payments, and digital assets. The position requires bringing financial discipline to a fast-growing and entrepreneurial business, translating complex commercial and operational activities into clear financial narratives and actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes for the Payments & Digital Assets business.
- Develop and maintain robust financial models covering revenue, unit economics, cost base, and profitability across wallet, remittance, and digital asset product lines.
- Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, explaining variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Act as a finance business partner to product, commercial, and operating teams, embedding financial rigor into daily decision-making.
- Evaluate pricing strategies, corridor economics, and partner commercial terms to ensure sustainable margins and healthy unit economics.
- Provide financial input for new market entries, product launches, and partnership negotiations.
- Develop and stress-test business cases for new products, markets, and strategic initiatives, including ROI, payback, and sensitivity analysis.
- Support capital allocation decisions by evaluating competing investment opportunities across the portfolio.
- Collaborate with corporate development and treasury on funding requirements and financing structures when relevant.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reporting packs for senior leadership and Board-level discussions.
- Create and maintain KPI and unit economics dashboards to track performance across markets and product lines.
- Ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned with Group finance standards and controls.
- Coordinate with Group finance, treasury, tax, and controllership functions to ensure alignment and compliance.
- Work closely with local operating company finance teams to ensure consistent reporting and data quality.
- Support ad hoc strategic and financial analyses requested by senior leadership.

Required Qualifications
- Over 10 years of experience in Finance, with a strong background in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and/or Commercial Finance.
- Advanced financial modeling skills, capable of building and stress-testing complex, multi-market models.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial analysis into clear, actionable business recommendations.
- Proven experience partnering with product, commercial, and operating teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders across multiple markets.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Experience in FinTech, payments, digital wallets, or financial services industries is highly preferred.
- Professional qualifications such as CFA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent are advantageous.

VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator serving nearly 150 million customers and 205 million monthly active users across five countries, representing over 6% of the world’s population. VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision aims to redefine customer engagement by providing the best digital experience up to 1440 minutes daily. The company leverages cutting-edge technologies including AI, big data, and cloud services to empower individuals and support enterprise growth.

The VEON Digital Finance Group drives the growth and transformation of digital financial services across VEON’s operating companies. It collaborates with local fintech teams to identify growth opportunities, share best practices, and support strategic initiatives in payments, financial services, and emerging digital asset opportunities. The international leadership team is composed of experienced executives from around the world, led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.