FP and A and Commercial Finance Manager

Location: BrighouseSalary: £65,000 – £75,000 per annum

Role Overview

FP&A and Commercial Finance Manager: Build a function from ground up. You’ll start with nothing but a business, a leadership team ready for change, and a blank canvas.

Why This Isn’t Like Other FP&A Roles: This role gives you a business and asks you to design the framework, instead of running an existing one.

Key Responsibilities

• Define how forecasting should actually work.
• Determine what leadership should be measuring.
• Identify blind spots in performance.
• Turn data into decisions, not just reports.
• Build and define the core FP&A engine.

The Business You’re Walking Into:

• £200m+ organisation, established, recognised and complex.
• Entering a new phase with new leadership.
• Investment in systems and data capabilities.
• Shift from reporting the past to shaping the future.

They’ve already started laying the groundwork

• Strengthening core finance.
• Investing in BI and data capability.
• Bringing in people who think differently.
• But the real step changes when you build a proper FP&A engine.

Day-to-Day

• Deep in models, connecting operational drivers to financial outcomes.
• Engage in conversations that shape real decisions: why a region outperforms, impacts of pricing or investment changes, cash generation and loss.
• Move quickly between detail and big picture; from numbers to narrative and from building to influencing.

What You’ll Deliver

• Forecasting models that reflect business reality.
• Reliable cash flow visibility for leadership.
• Scenario planning that supports real decisions.
• KPI frameworks that drive behaviour, not just track it.
• Reporting that tells a story, not just fills a pack.

Over Time

A function at the centre of how the business thinks, plans and performs.

Role evolution: from building to leading a team, influencing senior leadership on strategy, shaping data usage, becoming the go‑to person for performance and insight.

Ideal Candidate

This role is about mindset, not ticking boxes.

• Prefer building models over maintaining them.
• Curious when something doesn’t make sense.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo.
• Desire to influence decisions.
• Professional background in FP&A, commercial finance or analytical roles; CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified is a plus.

Benefits

• Base salary £65,000 – £75,000.
• Bonus and benefits package.
• West Yorkshire based (initially on site to embed, then flexibility).
• Exposure across multiple sites and leadership teams.

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