Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

LSL Property Services plc; Kettering; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to enhance performance reporting and market analysis. This role involves leading the planning cycle, collaborating with finance analysts, and optimizing strategic decisions through financial modeling. You'll manage an FP&A analyst while driving continuous improvement through technology solutions. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for delivering high-quality work and have experience in commercial finance, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact in a leading firm.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A or Commercial Finance with strong commercial acumen.
• Ability to create and present robust plans, budgets, and forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead revenue performance reports with KPIs and insights.
• Develop profit plans aligned with business strategy and present forecasts.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Strategic Planning

Communication

Collaboration

Commercial Finance

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Tools

MI/BI Solutions

Dynamic Reporting

Job description

UK-Kettering

Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

e.surv Chartered Surveyors is currently recruiting for an FP&A Manager to drive best-in-class performance reporting, forecasting, and market analysis. Do you have experience delivering the overall planning cycle with high-level business partnering? Are you a strategic thinker with modeling and forecasting experience?

If you excel in communication, collaboration, and take pride in delivering high-quality work, we want to hear from you.

This is a home working role, with regular travel to the Head Office in Kettering on an ad hoc basis.

Accountabilities include

Reporting

• Design daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly revenue performance reports with full KPIs and insights; lead discussions on implications, next steps, and remediation.
• Ensure visibility of the operating cost base, its drivers, and opportunities to variabilise, reduce, or exploit resources, especially surveying resources.
• Collaborate with finance analysts to create and comment on relevant reporting and KPIs.
• Work with the Head of Finance Change, Technology, and MI to develop MI/BI solutions, including dynamic, self-serve reporting and dashboards.

Strategic Optimization

• Maintain external market perspective by modeling market, customer, and competitor trends and their impact on projections.
• Deliver scenario planning outputs to support strategic planning.
• Provide profit modeling for potential business strategies, including organic growth, acquisitions, market entry, and exit.

Planning Cycle

• Develop a robust, defensible profit plan aligned with business strategy, with a clear narrative.
• Create the five-year business plan, one-year budget, and ongoing forecasts, consolidating opportunities based on performance, market conditions, and initiatives.
• Present plans and forecasts visually with clear transitions, narratives, and commentary.

Team & Group Liaison

• Manage and develop one FP&A analyst to ensure they are confident, motivated, and effective.
• Drive continuous improvement by automating processes and enhancing technology solutions.
• Build collaborative relationships with Group and divisional FP&A teams to optimize planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

Essential Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with FP&A or Commercial Finance experience.
• Strong commercial acumen, strategic mindset, and ability to influence business decisions.
• Significant experience in creating and presenting robust plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Ability to present business performance and strategies compellingly and visually.
• Experience in financial modeling and scenario planning.

Trading since 1989, we're the UK's largest provider of property risk expertise and residential surveying services, completing over one property inspection every 12 seconds with a team of over 600 surveyors nationwide. We are part of the LSL Property Services PLC Group, which includes Your Move, Reeds Rains, and PRIMIS. We work with lenders, intermediaries, social housing entities, estate agents, and private customers.

Apply

If you meet our requirements and are seeking your next career challenge, or wish to discuss this role confidentially, please contact Loren Worrall at 07800705566 or [e-mail]. Alternatively, apply with your CV and cover letter for a prompt response.

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