Location: Reading (Hybrid – 3 days office)
Overview
Our client is a Private Equity-backed, multi-site organisation operating across the UK, delivering essential services through a large operational footprint.
The business is in a high-growth, evolving phase, with a strong focus on building robust financial insight, improving data quality, and supporting strategic decision‑making. With multiple locations and a decentralised operating model, there is a clear need for high‑quality, centralised FP&A capability.
Role Summary
This is a standalone FP&A Manager role, reporting directly to the CFO and working closely with the wider leadership team.
The position plays a critical role in establishing and building a best‑in‑class FP&A function, taking ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, while also improving the quality and structure of financial data.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role is ideal for someone who enjoys building processes from scratch, working through ambiguity, and making a tangible impact on business performance and decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning processes
- Develop rolling forecasts, scenario modelling, and sensitivity analysis
- Own monthly management reporting including P&L, cashflow, KPIs, and board packs
- Deliver high‑quality reporting and insight to senior leadership and external stakeholders
- Support investor reporting, covenant reporting, and financial reviews
- Play a key role in financial modelling, exit readiness, and transaction activity
- Improve the quality, structure, and integrity of financial and operational data
- Identify and resolve data gaps, inconsistencies, and reconciliation issues
- Build and maintain robust data models and reporting frameworks
- Drive automation and reduce reliance on manual processes
- Develop dashboards using tools such as Power BI
- Partner with operational teams to provide insight on performance drivers
- Collaborate with finance, operations, and IT to improve data flows and reporting consistency
To Be Suitable
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
- Strong FP&A or commercial finance experience
- Experience operating in a standalone or highly autonomous role is highly desirable
- Proven experience delivering board‑level and stakeholder reporting
- Exposure to Private Equity environments or transaction processes is advantageous
- Strong technical skills including Excel, and ideally SQL or Power BI
- Ability to build processes and operate effectively in a developing environment
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into insight
- Confident communicator, able to engage with senior stakeholders
This is a high‑impact opportunity to build and own the FP&A function within a growing, Private Equity‑backed business.
The role offers significant autonomy, exposure to senior leadership and investors, and the chance to play a key part in shaping financial insight, improving data quality, and supporting strategic growth.
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