Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Edward Mann; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Exposure to international portfolio

Senior leadership exposure

Broad FP&A remit

Job summary

Edward Mann is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to join its Corporate Finance team. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes, build sophisticated models, and provide commercial insights to support strategic decisions across a growing international portfolio.

You will collaborate with senior leadership and operational teams, translate complex figures into clear presentations, and drive efficiency, automation and data quality across planning and reporting

Qualifications

• ACA or CIMA qualification.
• Experience in FP&A or management accounting.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Excellent financial modelling and data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting and financial planning process across the Group.
• Own the quarterly forecasting process with alignment to performance and strategy.
• Produce regular management reporting and performance analysis for senior leadership.
• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to support planning.
• Create scenario and sensitivity analyses for business decisions.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, concise presentations.

Skills

FP&A experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder presentation

Education

ACA or CIMA

Tools

FP&A systems

Data cubes

Job description

The Company

Our client is a dynamic international real estate, hospitality and leisure group with a diversified portfolio spanning property investment and development, hotels, franchise operations and private members' clubs. With interests across the UK and international markets, the business works alongside established joint venture partners and institutional investors to deliver growth and long-term value across its portfolio. As the Group continues to develop and expand, its finance function is evolving to provide greater commercial insight and support strategic decision making across the business.

About the Role

Our client is looking to appoint an experienced FP&A Manager to join its Corporate Finance team This is a purely FP&A Focused role, centred around financial planning, forecasting, modelling, performance analysis and commercial decision-making. Working closely with senior leadership and operational teams, you will provide clear financial insight into business performance, identify trends and opportunities, and help shape the Group's future planning and investment decisions. The role offers an excellent opportunity for an ACA or CIMA qualified accountant who wants to take on a broad, commercially focused FP&A position within a diverse and growing international business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting and financial planning process across the Group.


• Own the quarterly forecasting process, ensuring forecasts reflect current performance, trading conditions and strategic objectives.


• Produce regular management reporting and performance analysis for senior leadership and the Board.


• Deliver detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior-year performance.


• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to support business planning and strategic decision-making.


• Build scenario and sensitivity analysis to assess the financial impact of different commercial decisions.


• Analyse revenue, costs, margins, EBITDA, cash generation and other key performance indicators.


• Work closely with operational and commercial teams to understand the underlying drivers of performance.


• Develop and maintain FP&A dashboards and reporting tools, improving visibility of financial and operational KPIs.


• Support the ongoing development and optimisation of FP&A systems and data cubes.


• Identify opportunities to improve the automation, efficiency and scalability of planning and reporting processes.


• Provide financial modelling and analysis to support business cases, investments, acquisitions and strategic projects.


• Translate complex financial information into clear, concise and commercially relevant presentations.


• Act as a trusted finance business partner, providing insight and constructive challenge to senior stakeholders.


• Continuously improve the quality and commercial value of management information across the Group.

Qualifications

• ACA or CIMA qualification.

Required Skills

• Experience within an FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting environment.


• Strong experience across budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.


• Excellent financial modelling skills, with the ability to build models from scratch.


• Strong analytical skills, including variance analysis, scenario planning and performance analysis.


• Experience working with complex datasets and converting financial information into meaningful commercial insight.


• Confidence presenting financial information to senior stakeholders and non-finance teams.


• A commercial mindset and the ability to understand and challenge the key drivers of business performance.


• Advanced Excel skills, ideally alongside experience with FP&A, reporting or financial planning systems.

Preferred Skills

• Ideally experience with FP&A, reporting or financial planning systems alongside advanced Excel skills.

Pay range and compensation package

• Flexible working arrangements


• Exposure to a diverse international property, hospitality and leisure portfolio


• Significant exposure to senior leadership


• A broad, commercially focused FP&A remit within a growing organisation

Equal Opportunity Statement

The job description does not include an explicit equal opportunity statement. The employer is encouraged to add a statement confirming commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcoming applicants from all backgrounds.