MacGregor Black are partnering with a well-established £8m turnover Food & Drink business in London to recruit a Fractional Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (Fractional – 1 Day per Week).
This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional seeking a flexible, part-time engagement, ideally 1 day per week, within a growing SME environment.
The successful candidate will work closely with the senior leadership team, helping to strengthen financial visibility across the business through improved forecasting, reporting, and commercial insight.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and enhance monthly management reporting, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and timely delivery
- Develop and improve budgeting and forecasting processes, embedding a more structured planning cycle
- Provide cash flow visibility and forward-looking financial insight to support business planning
- Analyse sales, margins, and overhead performance, partnering with stakeholders to explain variances
- Support the leadership team with commercial decision-making through clear financial insight and modelling
- Work alongside bookkeeping and transactional finance support to ensure accurate financial data
- Introduce improved reporting frameworks and performance tracking
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic projects as required
- Act as a trusted finance partner to the senior leadership team on a fractional basis
What We're Looking For:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent)
- Strong background in FP&A, Finance Business Partnering, or Commercial Finance
- Experience operating within SME or owner-managed business environments
- Strong forecasting, budgeting, and analytical capability
- Advanced Excel skills; ERP system experience advantageous
- Able to translate financial data into clear commercial insight for non-finance stakeholders
- Proactive, self-sufficient, and comfortable working in a fractional or part-time capacity
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact within a growing SME, helping shape financial planning processes and improve commercial decision-making while maintaining flexibility through a fractional working arrangement.
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