FP&A Manager

EA First; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

EA First in the United Kingdom is seeking an FP&A Manager to partner with senior leadership, drive budgeting and forecasting, and influence commercial decisions. The role offers exposure to strategic initiatives and cross-functional collaboration with commercial, operations and manufacturing teams.

You will develop financial models, business cases and investment appraisals to support growth, while delivering actionable insights on profitability, working capital and cost management.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with substantial FP&A or finance business partnering experience.
• Manufacturing costing, inventory accounting and operational performance understanding.
• Advanced Excel and data handling skills; ERP/BI tools experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-term planning.
• Build financial models, business cases and investment appraisals.
• Analyse profitability by product, customer and area to drive performance.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions and translate analysis into recommendations.
• Support revenue forecasting, order intake analysis and contract reporting.
• Collaborate with operations on product costing, variances and overhead absorption.
• Provide insights on inventory, working capital and procurement decisions.
• Improve reporting, dashboards and forecasting via data/automation.

Skills

Financial planning

Business partnering

Financial modelling

Margin analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting close to a business, challenging assumptions and turning financial insight into action?

We're recruiting an FP&A Manager for a growing business offering significant exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence commercial and operational decisions. This is a highly visible position for someone who wants to understand what drives performance and help shape what happens next.

Reporting to the CFO, you'll work closely with colleagues across commercial, operations and manufacturing. You'll combine financial planning and analysis with hands-on business partnering, helping stakeholders evaluate opportunities, improve margins and make informed investment decisions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and long-term planning, bringing clarity to financial expectations and business priorities.
• Building financial models, business cases and investment appraisals to support growth and strategic decision-making.
• Analysing profitability across products, customers and business areas, identifying opportunities to improve commercial performance.
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, assess risks and translate analysis into practical recommendations.
• Supporting revenue forecasting, order intake analysis and commercial contract reporting.
• Working with operational teams on product costing, manufacturing variances, labour efficiency and overhead absorption.
• Providing insight into inventory, stock valuation and working capital, supporting better production and procurement decisions.
• Improving reporting, dashboards and forecasting processes through stronger data, automation and systems development.

You'll be a qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA or CIMA, with substantial experience in FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering. Manufacturing experience is essential, alongside a sound understanding of product costing, inventory accounting and operational performance.

Advanced Excel skills and confidence handling complex datasets are important. Experience of ERP improvements, finance transformation or business intelligence tools would also be valuable.

£80,000 to £90,000 plus benefits

Hybrid Working