FP&A Manager

Sharp Consultancy; Askern; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business in the UK is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to take on a strategic role. You will drive profitable growth, oversee financial planning, and provide insights for business decisions. The ideal candidate should have FP&A experience and be comfortable with budgeting and forecasting. This role offers flexible working options and a chance to collaborate with experienced finance leadership.

Benefits

Work from home three to four days a week

Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Life assurance cover

Flexible start and finish times

Qualifications

• Strong FP&A experience.
• Comfortable presenting to senior business managers.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and present rolling forecasts, budgets, and strategic plans.
• Analyse financial results and explain variances.
• Build and enhance reporting and dashboards using Power BI.

Skills

FP&A experience

Forecasting

Budgeting

Reporting

Variance analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Interpersonal skills

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

Job description

Sharp Consultancy are recruiting an experienced FP&A Manager to join a leading manufacturing business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to take a forward-facing, strategic role within a fast-paced, innovative organisation.

You’ll report directly to the Head of FP&A and work closely with the wider finance team, helping to drive profitable growth, oversee financial planning, and provide insights that influence key business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and present rolling forecasts, budgets, and strategic plans.
• Analyse financial results, provide commentary, and explain variances versus forecast, budget, and prior year.
• Build and enhance reporting and dashboards, including Power BI, to automate processes.
• Undertake ad-hoc financial analysis and modelling to support business decisions.
• Act as a forward-facing business partner, providing actionable insights to senior managers.

Who we’re looking for:

• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or actively studying.
• Strong FP&A experience
• Experienced in forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis.
• Comfortable presenting to senior business managers and leaders.
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint skills; experience with BI tools advantageous.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work under pressure.
• Resilient, creative problem solver with commercial awareness.

Why this role is exciting:

• Work for a dynamic, well-established manufacturing business.
• Influence key business decisions with real responsibility and impact.
• Collaborate with experienced finance leadership and gain mentoring.
• Flexible working options

Benefits:

• Work from home three to four days a week.
• Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Life assurance cover.
• Flexible start and finish times.
• Full support and guidance from a qualified mentor.

This is a confidential search – apply via Sharp Consultancy.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.