Senior Finance Planning & Analysis Manager in Woking

Senior FP&A Manager

Lead the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function, delivering high-quality budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial insight that supports strategic and operational decision‑making across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the FP&A team, ensuring high performance, development, and delivery of all core reporting and planning activities.
• Own the end‑to‑end budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring robust, consistent and strategically aligned financial plans.
• Oversee monthly financial reporting, providing challenge, interpretation, and clear, actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic, commercial and operational long‑term planning and organisational strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting to improve efficiency, accuracy and decision‑making capability.
• Build and maintain trusted, influential relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation, positioning FP&A as a strategic partner.
• Oversee financial insight for ad hoc projects, ensuring robust evaluation, risk assessment and financial oversight.
• Act as a key integrator across the Finance function, ensuring alignment between FP&A, Financial Accounting and Operational Finance.
• Translate complex financial information into clear messages for financial and non‑financial stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, governance and financial policies, safeguarding financial integrity.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA).
• Experience managing and developing a team.
• Advanced financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate financial information.
• Highly organised, able to manage high volumes of requests in a fast‑paced environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, confidence in finance systems and Power BI experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from £68,000 to £75,000 per annum.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per annum.
• Pension.
• Life assurance.

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