Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Role Overview

The FP&A Manager will lead the Financial Planning & Analysis team in delivering budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis. Working closely with business units and corporate functions, the role will provide financial insights, challenge business assumptions and support decisions that improve financial and operational performance. The successful candidate will also champion continuous improvement across finance processes, systems, and reporting capabilities while developing a high-performing FP&A team.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning and Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes, coordinating submissions across business units and corporate functions.

• Review and challenge key assumptions, revenue projections, operating costs, manpower requirements and capital expenditure to ensure plans are realistic and aligned with business objectives.

• Consolidate financial projections and prepare analyses of key drivers, risks and opportunities.

Management Reporting and Performance Analysis

• Oversee the timely and accurate preparation of management reports, financial forecasts and presentations for senior management and the Board.

• Analyse actual performance against budget, forecast and prior periods, explaining key movements in revenue, profitability, costs and cash flow.

• Connect operational indicators with financial outcomes to identify performance gaps and recommend actions.

• Work with business stakeholders to track agreed initiatives and their financial impact.

Business Partnering and Commercial Support

• Act as a finance business partner to business units and corporate functions, providing financial advice and constructive challenge.

• Evaluate cost optimisation and revenue improvement opportunities.

• Support financial assessments of capital expenditure, business proposals and other strategic initiatives.

• Review cost allocations and intercompany charges to ensure a consistent basis for performance reporting and planning.

Team Leadership and Development

• Set clear priorities, allocate responsibilities and manage team workload to meet reporting and planning deadlines.

• Coach and develop team members’ technical, analytical and business partnering capabilities.

• Establish performance expectations, provide regular feedback and foster accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Budgetary Control and Governance

• Oversee the monitoring of operating and capital expenditure against approved budgets, highlighting potential overruns and funding requirements.

• Review budget transfers and supplementary requests in accordance with approval limits and internal policies.

• Partner with accounting teams to ensure management reporting reflects appropriate accruals, cost classifications and intercompany transactions.

Systems and Process Improvement

• Improve budgeting templates and reporting formats to strengthen consistency, accuracy and efficiency.

• Undertake ad hoc financial analyses and projects as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or a related discipline; CA, CPA, ACCA or an equivalent professional qualification would be advantageous.

• At least 10 years of relevant finance experience, including substantial experience in FP&A, management reporting and business partnering.

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing an FP&A or finance team.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate financial and operational data into clear insights and practical recommendations.

• Experience managing budgeting and forecasting processes involving multiple stakeholders.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively.

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver accurate work within tight timelines.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic and commercially focused finance professional to influence business performance, partner with senior stakeholders, and lead a high-impact FP&A function within a dynamic organisation.

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