Senior FP&A Manager

Salary: Very competitive – generous package

The Accountancy & Finance Division is exclusively working with a leading manufacturing business in recruiting for an experienced Senior FP&A Manager playing a pivotal role in financial planning, forecasting, and commercial decision-making. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys translating complex financial information into meaningful business insight, partnering with senior stakeholders, and influencing strategic decisions across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and assess the company’s overall financial performance using key financial drivers.
• Own and develop the monthly forecasting process, providing accurate reporting.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, working closely with the Finance Business Partnering team to ensure stakeholder requirements are met.
• Create, develop, and maintain detailed financial models, forecasts, and budgets to support future business planning.
• Consolidate forecasts and budgets using advanced Excel modelling techniques.
• Compare actual performance against budgets and forecasts, carrying out detailed variance analysis and providing clear commentary.
• Distil complex financial information into concise, meaningful insights for senior and Group stakeholders.
• Identify forecasting risks early and provide proactive recommendations to improve forecast accuracy.
• Play an active role in ensuring operational and financial plans remain aligned.
• Build strong working relationships with finance and non-finance stakeholders across the business.
• Influence senior stakeholders through clear commercial insight and financial analysis.
• Provide financial support and commercial guidance to functional cost owners and programme leads to aid strategic decision-making.

Skills & Experience Required

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Previous experience in a FP&A, Financial Planning, or Commercial Finance role.
• Experience working within a large corporate organisation, reporting into a Group Finance function.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting experience.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to understand key business drivers.
• Confident presenting complex financial information to senior stakeholders.
• Experience producing variance analysis and financial performance commentary.
• Experience partnering with operational and commercial teams.
• Proven ability to influence decision-making at senior leadership level.

This is a genuine opportunity to join a business where your insights will shape key commercial decisions, and you’ll have the autonomy to challenge, influence and add real value across the organisation.

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