Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

City Plumbing; Crick; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Discounts at retailers

Life assurance

Extended family policy

Mental Health First Aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Induction and development

Flexible working options

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

City Plumbing is seeking an FP&A Manager on a fixed-term contract based in Crick. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting, translating complex numbers into clear narratives for the CEO, CFO, SLT and Private Equity owners.

You’ll collaborate with a small team and partner with senior stakeholders to drive commercial finance decisions. You’ll own reporting packs and provide financial insights that steer strategic direction, identify risks and opportunities, and support

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA).
• Proven background in running budget, forecast, and month-end reporting processes within a multi-business or group environment.
• A strong track record of consolidating complex results, presenting to C-suite leadership (CEO/CFO), and influencing the business areas you support.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills with extensive experience manipulating large datasets.
• Previous people management experience, alongside a history of driving process improvements and financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and report on the overall strategic plan for Highbourne Group, ensuring seamless interpretation of corporate timelines.
• Challenge business units to ensure rigorous planning for maximum returns from the Division's capital base.
• Take ownership of budgeting and forecasting, managing the budgeting timetable and creating budgets for central cost centres (c£55m).
• Stakeholder management of the Group finance function and review of all business financial plans.
• Direct and support the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on business financial performance and prepare regular reporting on risks and opportunities.
• Own the format and content of reporting packs, ensuring concise, accurate data for decision-making.
• Lead the Security team in investigating, reporting, and making recommendations for all security incidents within the P&H division.
• Identify process and system improvements to drive a culture of continuous improvement in the finance function.
• Coach and develop your 3 direct reports, and a further 5 indirect reports.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Month-end reporting

Consolidation

C-suite communication

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

Tools

Advanced Excel or Google Sheets

Job description

Come join our finance team at City Plumbing as our FP&A Manager, where you’ll play a pivotal role elevating business understanding for the Senior Leadership team.

This position is an exciting opportunity for you to make a significant impact in a business that is PE backed, and contribute to the continued success of City Plumbing’s Finance team.

The Role:

We are seeking an FP&A Manager on a Fixed Term Contract basis to support Highbourne Group's budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting. In this pivotal role, you'll do more than just manage data - you'll translate complex numbers into a compelling, clear narrative for our CEO, CFO, Senior Leadership Team, and Private Equity owners.

Based out of our Crick office, you will collaborate with a small, dedicated team and business partner with senior stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of central commercial finance day-to-day, while providing the vital financial insights that help steer our strategic direction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and report on the overall strategic plan for Highbourne Group, ensuring seamless interpretation of corporate timelines.
• Challenge business units to ensure rigorous planning for maximum returns from the Division's capital base.
• Take ownership of budgeting and forecasting, managing the budgeting timetable and creating budgets for central cost centres (c£55m).
• Stakeholder management of the Group finance function and review of all business financial plans.
• Direct and support the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on business financial performance and prepare regular reporting on risks and opportunities.
• Own the format and content of reporting packs, ensuring concise, accurate data for decision-making.
• Lead the Security team in investigating, reporting, and making recommendations for all security incidents within the P&H division.
• Identify process and system improvements to drive a culture of continuous improvement in the finance function.
• Coach and develop your 3 direct reports, and a further 5 indirect reports.

You:

You are a driven, ambitious self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You aren't just a number-cruncher; you are a natural storyteller who can make financial data accessible and actionable for senior stakeholders. Comfortable working under pressure to hit fixed deadlines, you are highly organised, commercially aware, and possess a fantastic eye for detail. You want to learn, you want to grow, and you take pride in mentoring a team to reach their full potential alongside you.

Skills and competencies:

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA).
• Proven background in running budget, forecast, and month-end reporting processes within a multi-business or group environment.
• A strong track record of consolidating complex results, presenting to C-suite leadership (CEO/CFO), and influencing the business areas you support.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills with extensive experience manipulating large datasets.
• Previous people management experience, alongside a history of driving process improvements and financial controls.

Us:

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

#BelongWithUs

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.