Senior FP&A Manager

Senior FP&A Manager – Full Time (Hybrid, Derby)

Rolls‑Royce is looking for a Senior FP&A Manager to lead the profit and cash forecasting processes, drive financial performance analysis, and provide insights to senior leadership across the group.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the profit and cash in‑year forecasting process, preparing schedules that explain changes in the forecast along with associated risks, opportunities and levers.
• Lead the daily cash forecasting process, walking home commitments for the HY/FY and preparing schedules that explain changes in the forecast along with associated risks, opportunities and levers.
• Seek and resolve process‑related issues across the Group to improve the efficiency and quality of near‑term forecast outputs.
• Provide insightful analysis of drivers of actual performance and variances to plan, focusing on working capital, group funds flow and the Civil LTSA balance.
• Support decision‑making for the Group CFO, Group CEO, the Executive Team and the Board on where interventions are required.
• Drive improved quality and consistency in how divisions and functional areas report financial performance, ensuring clear explanations of key drivers.
• Produce monthly performance reports for senior leadership, analysing year‑on‑year movements and variances to budget/forecast.
• Produce ad‑hoc performance reporting to analyse specific topics from senior leadership or Investor Relations.
• Manage interaction between Divisions, Group Finance, functional areas and Investor Relations at year‑end and interim results to ensure collective understanding of performance ahead of external reporting.
• Continuously improve management information and data, providing review and constructive challenge to in‑year forecasts and budgets.
• Work with divisions to ensure they deliver financial commitments, proactively review risks and opportunities and drive interventions for optimal performance.

Key Experiences and Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership experience, capable of influencing across all levels of the organization.
• Strong stakeholder‑management skills, able to engage senior audiences who use outputs from this role.
• Solid grasp of the Group’s accounting policies and financial statements, with hands‑on knowledge of key Rolls‑Royce finance systems (HFM and VBM).
• Excellent communication skills, able to distil and simplify complex data and information.
• Delivery‑focused, proactive, able to prioritise and work under minimal supervision.
• Organised, flexible and resilient.
• Professionally qualified accountant or equivalent.
• Experience in working‑capital management and financial forecasting at a senior level.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave.
• Retirement savings through the Rolls‑Royce Retirement Savings Trust.
• Group life assurance providing a lump‑sum benefit if you die whilst employed.
• Income protection providing an income in the event of illness or injury.
• Share scheme – Matched shares: buy one share, get one free.

EEO Statement

Rolls‑Royce is committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

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