Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Mackie Myers Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Occasional travel

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Mackie Myers Ltd is seeking a talented FP&A leader to own budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and commercial analysis across the business.

In this newly created role you’ll partner with senior leadership to drive performance, develop reporting tools and provide strategic financial insight to support growth and acquisitions.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate data into commercial insight.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Produce monthly board packs and provide insightful analysis for decision-making.
• Deliver financial modelling, scenario planning and performance analysis.
• Partner with senior stakeholders, offering commercial challenge and support.
• Develop KPI reporting and performance dashboards.
• Analyse trends, risks and opportunities to improve performance.
• Own the financial narrative around business performance and drivers.
• Assist with investor, lender and external stakeholder reporting.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Excel

Power BI

Commercial finance

Independent working

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Big 4 or Top 10 trained

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Our client is aprivate equity-backed, multi-entity businessthat, following a period of continued growth, recent acquisitions and the ongoing development of its finance function, has created a new role to take ownership of the FP&A function and lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and commercial analysis across the business.

This newly created position offers the opportunity to establish and develop the FP&A function, partnering closely with senior leadership to support strategic decision-making and drive business performance.

The Role

• Lead the annual budget, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Produce monthly board packs and provide insightful analysis to support decision-making.
• Deliver financial modelling, scenario planning and business performance analysis.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the business, providing commercial challenge and support.
• Develop meaningful KPI reporting and performance dashboards.
• Analyse trends, risks and opportunities, making recommendations to improve financial and operational performance.
• Own the financial narrative around business performance and key drivers.
• Support strategic initiatives, including acquisition activity and integration projects.
• Assist with investor, lender and external stakeholder reporting where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning, reporting and FP&A processes.
• Work closely with the wider finance team to improve data quality and reporting capability.
• Support the continued development of reporting tools, systems and analytics.

The Successful Candidate

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), ideally Big 4 or Top 10 trained.
• Previous experience in an FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering role.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear commercial insight.
• Confident producing reports and presenting findings to senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively.
• Commercially curious with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Comfortable operating independently and taking ownership of a broad remit.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with financial planning and reporting systems.
• Experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £70,000 - £80,000, dependent on experience.
• Predominantly remote working with occasional travel for team and business meetings.
• Opportunity to join a growing, PE-backed organisation during an exciting period of development, and to build and shape the FP&A function as the business continues to scale.
• Exposure to senior leadership, investors and strategic decision-making.
• Involvement in acquisition activity and future growth initiatives.
• Competitive benefits package.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Selection decisions will be based on skills, experience and potential, ensuring all candidates are treated fairly and with respect.