Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

BSS LSE Region; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Car allowance

Generous pension

Save as you earn

Discount across Travis Perkins brands

Private medical cover

Job summary

BSS, part of Travis Perkins plc, is hiring a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to lead forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis across the UK and Ireland. You will partner with leadership to drive profitability, build automated reports, and shape strategic financial decisions.

Hybrid role requiring regular Coventry office visits; from January 2027, three days on-site weekly. A strategic, technology-minded accountant will thrive here as you collaborate across departments to improve

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE).
• Proven experience operating within a multi-site branch operations business.
• Strong ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across differing business areas.

Responsibilities

• Reporting & automation: Own and generate simple, automated reports for broad distribution.
• Forward-looking insight: Manage BI-capable data distribution and future analytics.
• Budget leadership: Lead the entire budget process for all owners.
• Variance analysis: Compare actuals to targets and explain gaps.
• Dashboard design: Create clear, interactive dashboards and KPI reports for execs and the Board.
• Investment evaluation: Assess financial viability of major capital investments.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with non-finance teams to optimise decisions.
• Profitability & cashflow: Analyse margins and costs to boost profitability and long-term cash flow.
• Regional advisory: Inform regional directors on financial performance and strategic focus.

Skills

Collaboration across functions

Relationship building

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or QBE

Job description

BSS, part of Travis Perkins plc, are now hiring for an exceptional Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to join our finance team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our business.

This is far more than a traditional financial reporting role. You'll be a trusted advisor to directors, a key driver of profit improving activity and an essential partner to leadership across a complex multi-site group. If you are a strategic technology minded accountant who loves turning complex data into clear insights, driving budgeting cycles and collaborating across departments to eliminate inefficiencies, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

As Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, reporting into the Head of Finance, you will lead all aspects of our forecasting, budgeting, and commercial performance analysis across BSS UK and Ireland.

Hybrid Working

You will be expected to join the team and visit our BSS Coventry office twice a week.

From Janaury 2027 this will be an expectation of 3 days per week.

What You'll Be Doing

• Reporting & Automation: Owning and generating simple, automated reports designed to be easily understood and distributed across the business.
• Forward-Looking Insight: Controlling business-wide data distribution with a keen eye on future Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities.
• Budget Leadership: Leading the entire budget process to ensure a smooth, simple and effective cycle for all budget owners.
• Variance Analysis: Comparing actual financial results against targets to identify, investigate and explain performance gaps.
• Dashboard Design: Translating complex data into clear, interactive dashboards and KPI reports for executive leadership and the Board.
• Investment Evaluation: Evaluating the financial viability of major capital investments and new strategic business projects.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering across multiple departments to help non-finance teams optimise their commercial and financial decisions.
• Profitability & Cashflow: Analysing profit margins and cost structures to eliminate inefficiencies, boost profitability and project long term cashflow requirements.
• Regional Advisory: Attending regional director meetings to advise directly on financial performance and strategic focus areas.

Essential

About You

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE).
• Proven experience operating within a multi-site branch operations business.
• Strong ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across differing business areas.

We'd Particularly Like to See

• Practical knowledge of Kerridge finance systems.
• A background in dashboard design, data coding or building AI-driven reporting workflows.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive base salary plus an annual bonus linked to business performance
• Car allowance
• Generous pension scheme with matched contributions (based on length of service)
• Save as you earn and share schemes that let you share in the Group's success.
• Colleague discount across Travis Perkins Group brands - 20% off at Toolstation
• Private medical cover