Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (FP&A)

Well Pharmacy; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent pharmacy chain in the UK is seeking an FP&A Manager to deliver insights for strategic decision-making. This hybrid role involves financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis within a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with at least 5 years’ experience in FP&A. Join a reputable firm dedicated to community wellbeing and employee development in Manchester.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Car allowance

Excellent training & development opportunities

Paid Holidays

Workplace pension scheme

Staff Discount

Travel Loans

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in FP&A or similar roles within large, complex organisations.
• Experience in retail or wholesale sectors preferred.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior analysts or cross-functional teams is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation and delivery of monthly management reporting packs.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting cycles for the Group.
• Develop and maintain long-term financial models to support strategic planning.
• Partner with the Commercial Finance team for business performance evaluation.
• Provide financial analysis for capital investment proposals.
• Respond to ad-hoc financial information requests from the Board.
• Collaborate with the shared service centre in Pakistan for data integrity.
• Influence budget outcomes through financial planning.
• Drive improvements in reporting and analytics.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Data Analysis

Systems Knowledge

Communication

Influencing & Negotiation

Organisation

Strategic Thinking

Education

ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified

Tools

Anaplan

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Overview of the role

The FP&A Manager plays a pivotal role in delivering insightful financial analysis and planning to support strategic decision-making across the Group's retail and wholesale operations. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, the role is responsible for producing high-quality internal reporting, forecasts, budgets, and long-term financial plans. The FP&A Manager will work closely with the Commercial Finance team, CFO, Financial Control teams, parent company's group finance function and business owners across the business to ensure alignment on financial performance and strategic initiatives. The role also supports capital investment analysis, initiative tracking, and ad-hoc requests from the Board and parent company. A key aspect of the role is transforming financial data into actionable insights using BI platforms and financial modelling tools. The FP&A Manager will also collaborate with the shared service centre in Pakistan to ensure accurate and timely financial data processing.

The role is hybrid working with 3 days in the office, and 2 days working from home.

Main Responsibility

• Lead the preparation and delivery of monthly management reporting packs, including variance analysis and commentary for senior stakeholders.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting cycles for the Group, ensuring alignment across business units and timely submission to the parent company.
• Develop and maintain long-term financial models to support strategic planning and scenario analysis.
• Partner with the Commercial Finance team to evaluate business performance, track initiatives, and support commercial decision-making.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations for capital investment proposals, including ROI and payback assessments.
• Respond to ad-hoc financial information requests from the Board and parent company, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
• Collaborate with the shared service centre in Pakistan to ensure data integrity and timely processing of financial transactions.
• Influence budget outcomes indirectly through financial planning and performance analysis, supporting budget holders with insights and recommendations.
• Drive improvements in reporting and analytics through the use of Anaplan, OLAP structures, and BI platforms.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders (CFO, Financial Control, Commercial Finance) and external stakeholders (parent company finance team), acting as a trusted advisor

Key knowledge and skills required:

• Qualifications: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in FP&A or similar roles within large, complex organisations; experience in retail or wholesale sectors preferred.
• Leadership: Experience managing or mentoring junior analysts or cross-functional teams is beneficial.
• Skills:
  1. Financial Modelling: Advanced Excel and modelling skills.
  2. Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills with experience in BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
  3. Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with Anaplan, OLAP structures, and ERP systems.
  4. Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to senior stakeholders.
  5. Influencing & Negotiation: Ability to influence budget holders and senior leaders through data-driven insights.
  6. Organisation: Strong project management and time management skills.
  7. Strategic Thinking: Ability to link financial analysis to broader business strategy.

Problem Solving & Change:

• The role requires solving complex financial problems, often in ambiguous situations where fixed policies may not exist. Decisions must be made using sound judgement and financial acumen.
• Forward planning is essential, particularly in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic modelling, which may span months or years.
• The FP&A Manager has a significant impact on the organisation's financial future through strategic analysis and investment recommendations.
• Work tasks are a mix of short-term deliverables (e.g. monthly reporting) and long-term projects (e.g. financial planning models, investment appraisals).

The Ideal Candidate

Well are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.

Package Description

• Competitive salaries
• Car allowance
• Excellent training & development opportunities
• Paid Holidays
• Workplace pension scheme
• Staff Discount
• Travel Loans and more.....

About the Company

For over 70 years, we've been looking after the health and wellbeing of communities across the UK. Well Pharmacy (part of Bestway Healthcare) is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK with c.760 pharmacies and a team of around 7,000 colleagues based across our Community Pharmacies, Online Pharmacy, Healthcare Services Centre, Community Drivers, Bestway Medhub & Wardles team and our Support Centre team.

Our mission is to be here for the wellbeing of our patients and customers, to provide the best community pharmacy experience in the UK for everyone, for our patients, our customers, our people, and our NHS.

The pharmacy of the future will look very different from the one we know today. It will play a huge role in transforming primary healthcare and we will play a central role in bringing it to life.

We will use our clinical expertise and technological ambition to take advantage of the potential this future has to offer us. Making medicines, advice, services and care available in the places and spaces that people need and want it most.

We want to be a great business. To be recognised as delivering a community pharmacy experience that is the best there is. To do this we want our teams to feel proud about the positive impact they make, feel valued as part of a close-knit and expert community, and feel confident in their role in a business that is stable, innovative, and caring.

'Together we make a difference'