Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week in central London
Contract: 6 months (Fixed term contract – possible temp to perm)
Start date: ASAP (within 3 weeks)
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for a growing professional services organisation. This role is critical in providing high‑quality financial insight, robust modelling, and clear analysis to support strategic decision‑making at senior leadership and board level.
You will act as a trusted finance partner to both finance and operational leaders, translating complex financial data into clear, actionable insights. The role will also play a key part in identifying risks and opportunities, driving continuous improvement in FP&A processes, and ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and usefulness of financial data and analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- Proactively partner with finance business partners, divisional leaders, and central support teams to deliver detailed analysis of budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans
- Analyse income statements, headcount, and key KPIs to understand core assumptions, performance drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities
- Prepare monthly management accounts, performance reports, and board packs with concise commentary and insight
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models to support short‑term forecasting, medium‑term planning, and long‑term strategic analysis
- Prepare and present financial insights to senior leadership, clearly articulating implications, recommendations, and areas for improvement
- Monitor and analyse key performance indicators, identifying opportunities for performance optimisation, margin improvement, and sustainable growth
- Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with stakeholders across finance, operations, and leadership teams
- Collaborate closely with the BI and data teams on ad‑hoc projects, including enhancements to FP&A processes, reporting, and analytics capability
- Continuously review and improve FP&A processes, controls, and reporting timelines to support a high‑quality planning and performance environment
About You
- Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven experience in an FP&A leadership role, ideally within a professional services or project‑based environment
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link financial performance to operational drivers
- Advanced financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Experience preparing and presenting reporting for senior leadership and board audiences
- Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, evolving organisation with multiple stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
- Experience working with BI or data teams to improve reporting and insight capability***
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