FP&A Manager

Finatal; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Finatal is partnering with a fast-growing professional services business seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. You will own end-to-end processes, deliver monthly management accounts and investor reports, and build robust models to enable growth and capital decisions.

The role supports a PE-backed environment, with 2 days in the East Midlands office and ongoing interaction with CFO and leadership teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in FP&A or commercial finance in a fast-scaling environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end budgeting and forecasting across all sites with visibility to CFO and PE sponsor.
• Produce monthly management accounts, board packs and investor reporting with variance analysis.
• Build robust financial models to support planning, scenario analysis and capital allocation.
• Develop and maintain KPIs and site-level reporting.
• Partner with operational and commercial leaders across the site network.
• Support PE reporting cycles, covenant reviews and investor updates.
• Drive continuous improvement of financial processes, systems and data quality.
• Assist long-range planning, unit economics and cohort analysis for strategic decisions.
• Support due diligence, fundraising and exit-readiness activities.

Skills

FP&A

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management accounts

Financial modelling

Investor reporting

KPI reporting

Stakeholder partnering

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: East Midlands (2 days in office)

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The Role

Finatal is partnering with an expanding Private Equity backed professional services business who is searching for an experienced FP&A Manager to support its exponential growth. Having grown from £80m t/o to £150m t/o in the last 4 years the client is looking to expand their finance function and bring in an ambitious FP&A Manager who is able to further this organic growth and inorganic growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end budgeting and forecasting process across all sites, providing clear visibility on growth trajectory to the CFO, leadership team, and PE sponsor.
• Produce monthly management accounts, board packs, and investor reporting, including detailed variance analysis on key performance drivers.
• Build and maintain robust financial models to support business planning, scenario analysis, and capital allocation decisions.
• Develop and maintain KPIs alongside site-level reporting.
• Act as a trusted business partner to operational and commercial leaders across the site network.
• Support the PE reporting cycle, including covenant reporting, KPI packs, quarterly investor updates, and ad hoc investor queries.
• Drive continuous improvement across financial processes, systems, and data quality.
• Support long-range planning, unit economics, and cohort analysis to inform commercial and strategic decisions.
• Support due diligence, fundraising, and exit-readiness activity.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with strong post-qualified experience in FP&A or commercial finance.
• Proven experience in a professional services-based business, ideally within a PE-backed environment.
• Experience owning end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and management accounts in a fast-scaling business.
• Advanced financial modelling skills, with the ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable insight.
• Experience supporting PE reporting requirements, including covenant reporting, KPI packs, and investor queries.
• Track record of improving finance systems, processes, and reporting capability.
• A confident communicator, comfortable business partnering and presenting to senior stakeholders and PE investors.