Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Beacon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Beacon is a leading provider of data and workflow solutions to the global life sciences industry, with international reach. The FP&A Manager will drive budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting, while partnering with the CFO and senior leaders to enable data-driven decisions and growth.

This hybrid London-based role focuses on building robust financial models, KPI dashboards, and scenario analyses, and includes exposure to acquisitions, due diligence, and post‑acquisition performance

Qualifikationen

• Proven FP&A experience as a Senior Finance Manager, FP&A Manager, Commercial Finance Manager or similar.
• Strong financial modelling, analytical and presentation skills.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decision making.
• Track record of improving processes, systems and reporting frameworks.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insight.
• Desirable: ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent qualification.
• Desirable: experience in data services, life sciences, healthcare tech or SaaS.

Aufgaben

• Lead the annual budget, rolling forecast and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models, scenario analyses and planning tools.
• Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve forecast accuracy and business performance.
• Partner with senior executives and operational leaders to support commercial decision making.
• Provide insight into revenue trends, margins, profitability and ROI.
• Support strategic initiatives, investment appraisals and business cases.
• Partner with commercial leaders to improve revenue forecasting, pricing analysis and sales reporting.
• Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis and board-level commentary.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards and performance measures to enhance decision support.
• Support acquisition analysis, financial due diligence and post-acquisition performance tracking.
• Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, systems and reporting frameworks.
• Work with finance, analytics and systems teams to improve reporting capabilities and planning workflows.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including AI, to improve forecasting accuracy and reporting automation.

Kenntnisse

FP&A experience

Financial modelling

Stakeholder partnering

Process improvement

Commercial acumen

Ausbildung

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

NetSuite

BI tools

Jobbeschreibung

The FP&A Manager is a key role responsible for driving financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting and strategic analysis across the organisation. The role partners closely with the CFO, Executive Leadership Team and functional leaders to support data-driven decision making, improve business performance and support Beacon’s growth ambitions.

Beacon is a leading provider of data, intelligence and workflow solutions to the global life sciences industry. The business supports pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies through proprietary datasets, market intelligence, analytics and decision-support tools that help accelerate research, development and commercialisation activities across the life sciences value chain.

Operating internationally and serving many of the world’s leading life sciences organisations, Beacon is backed by private equity investors and is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy through a combination of organic expansion and targeted acquisitions. This role forms part of the Finance transformation programme led by the CFO to build a scalable finance function capable of supporting both organic growth and future M&A activity.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the annual budget, rolling forecast and long-range planning processes.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models, scenario analyses and planning tools.
• Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve forecast accuracy and business performance.
• Partner with senior executives and operational leaders to support commercial decision making.
• Provide insight into revenue trends, margins, profitability and return on investment.
• Support strategic initiatives, investment appraisals and business cases.
• Partner with commercial leaders to improve revenue forecasting, pricing analysis and sales performance reporting.
• Prepare monthly management reporting, variance analysis and board-level commentary.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards and performance measures to enhance decision support.
• Support acquisition analysis, financial due diligence and post-acquisition performance tracking.
• Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, systems and reporting frameworks.
• Work with finance, analytics and systems teams to improve reporting capabilities and planning workflows.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), to improve forecasting accuracy, reporting automation, scenario modelling and decision support.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and advanced analytics across finance processes, driving efficiency, scalability and enhanced business insight.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience (Essential/Desirable):

• Proven FP&A experience as a Senior Finance Manager, FP&A Manager, Commercial Finance Manager or similar role.
• Strong financial modelling, analytical and presentation skills.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decision making.
• Track record of improving processes, systems and reporting frameworks.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insight.
• Desirable: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Desirable: experience in data services, information services, life sciences, healthcare technology or SaaS businesses.
• Desirable: Experience within a fast-growth, international and/or private equity-backed environment.
• Desirable: experience supporting acquisitions, integrations or strategic growth initiatives.
• Desirable: experience with NetSuite and business intelligence tools.
• Desirable: demonstrable interest in Artificial Intelligence and its application within finance and FP&A.
• Desirable: experience using AI tools and technologies to improve planning, forecasting, reporting, analysis or business decision-making.
• Desirable: ability to demonstrate practical examples of applying AI tools within finance processes and articulate the resulting business benefits.

Key Relationships:

• Finance Manager
• Board and Investor Stakeholders
• Hybrid working environment, two days per week in London.
• Occasional international travel may be required.
• Opportunity to work across multiple functions and potentially countries.
• Central role in supporting business strategy, performance improvement and value creation initiatives.