Own recurring FP&A outputs including performance reporting, forecasts, and planning deliverables
Build and maintain robust financial and operational models with clear documentation and controls
Partner with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities
Continuously improve processes, tools, and ways of working
Build and embed a trusted reporting backbone through strong data integrity, reconciliations, and controls
Standardise financial structures and reporting logic across regions
Automate and scale reporting models and workflows
Enable high‑quality management reporting and self‑serve analytics that allow users to drill from outcomes to underlying drivers
Lead the end‑to‑end annual budget and rolling forecast cycles across regions
Define and manage planning timetables, inputs, review points, and sign‑offs
Ensure assumptions, methodologies, and outputs are consistent and well‑governed
Maintain a clear operating model for budgeting and forecasting
Provide insightful variance analysis, trend commentary, and forward‑looking scenarios
Connect revenue, cost, headcount, and productivity drivers to P&L and cash outcomes
Support strategic decisions through modelling and investment analysis
Translate complex analysis into clear executive‑level narratives

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with strong post qualification experience
Proven experience in a finance leadership capacity
Builder mindset with high standards for data quality and governance
Commercially curious, with a track record of driving team performance and challenging stakeholders constructively
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into meaningful insight
Delivery focussed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Strong Excel / Financial Modelling, Power BI and enterprise planning tools like Jedox / Anaplan
Experience in a PE-backed or fast-growth environment advantageous
Data handling experience and ETL exposures
Track record of scaling FP&A

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

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