Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Alphasights; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and innovative firm at the forefront of the global knowledge economy. In this pivotal role within the Finance team, you will enhance the FP&A function and drive financial success through strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting. You will provide critical insights that influence key business decisions and support senior leadership in navigating complex financial landscapes. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with a talented team and leveraging your analytical expertise to shape the future of the organization. If you thrive in a challenging and rewarding atmosphere, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

4% matched pension contribution

Comprehensive private health insurance

Dental insurance

25 vacation days

8 bank holidays

Business closure over Christmas

Option to WFH Thursday & Friday

State-of-the-art office amenities

Qualifications

• Relevant work experience in a fast-paced environment managing ambiguity.
• Extensive experience building detailed models and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Develop the FP&A function and coordinate the annual business plan.
• Deliver insights and analysis to support strategic goals.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Analytical Skills

Report Writing

Presentation Skills

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Education

Degree from a leading university

Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA)

MBA

Job description

We operate at the heart of the global knowledge economy, providing a suite of knowledge-on-demand services to investment funds, consultancies, Fortune 500 companies, and nonprofits. Our clients use our services when evaluating critical investment and business decisions. We connect them with industry experts who possess specific knowledge that is otherwise unavailable to them.

We’re a fast-paced, client-driven service organization. We respond to client inquiries within minutes and deliver within hours. When deadlines are tight, and when robust insight is make or break, our clients count on us.

About this role

Within the Finance team, AlphaSights has built up a dedicated FP&A function to drive the group’s continued financial success and to improve the collaboration between Finance and the company’s business units.

The FP&A team plays a key business advisory role supporting decision making at a senior level and in highlighting key financial issues and risks to be considered. FP&A’s responsibilities are the financial support for the strategic plan, budgeting and forecasting, reporting, and control of the P&L and cash flow, as well as scenario analysis and risk management support, project reporting and investment reviews.

This role will report directly to the Group CFO.

What you’ll do

• Further develop the FP&A function and team.
• Own and coordinate the annual business plan as well as regular forecasts and reporting against the plan.
• Implement improved processes, systems, and analytical tools to improve the quality of forecasts, budget, and financial analysis.
• Deliver insight and analysis which helps the business to achieve strategic goals including in analysing financial statements of competitors
• Provide commercial support to pricing and investment decisions.
• Develop KPIs and metrics that support the business strategy and support the ongoing performance reviews between Finance and senior management.
• Drive scenario modelling and planning to support business strategies and targets and manage capex forecasting.
• Continue to improve planning and analysis capabilities that will provide senior leadership with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Group’s products and services.
• Support key projects within the broader finance function.

Requirements

• Relevant work experience in a fast-paced environment and comfortable in managing ambiguity
• Extensive experience building detailed models and forecasts in a complex environment. Comfortable extracting and combining data from a variety of systems.
• Comfortable working at executive level, and preferably experience at board level in terms of report writing and presentations
• Organised and able to lead a team and organise the teams’ workload. Previous leadership experience a plus
• Excellent modelling and analytical skills, with ability to think independently and draw conclusions
• A team player who can work with stakeholders in other functions to achieve objective
• Educated to degree level or equivalent from a leading university
• Previous work experience in FP&A, modelling, strategy consulting, M&A, or financial analysis.
• Professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent) or MBA is a plus

What you’ll get

• 4% matched pension contribution on qualified earnings
• Comprehensive private health insurance coverage and dental insurance
• 25 vacation days, 8 bank holidays, and business closure over the Christmas break.
• Option to WFH Thursday & Friday
• State-of-the-art office with amenities in the City of London

AlphaSights is an equal-opportunity employer.