FP&A Manager

proSapient; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

proSapient is looking for an FP&A Manager to join their team in London. This pivotal role involves owning and driving financial forecasting, budgeting, and providing insights that impact key decisions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong finance background with proven experience in financial modelling, empowering the company to scale effectively. You will partner with leadership to enhance financial capabilities and contribute significantly to strategic planning while enjoying benefits like flexible remote work and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Tenure Gifts - Vouchers, extra holiday and sabbaticals.

Flexibility to work remotely for up to 20 days each year.

Employee Assistance Programme - health and wellbeing service.

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay.

Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays.

MyMindPal app - Online support for mental fitness.

Corporate Events - quarterly gatherings and parties.

Qualifications

• Strong, relevant experience in FP&A roles.
• Expertise in building and maintaining robust financial models.
• Experience with workforce planning and headcount forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the current forecast model.
• Design and manage the annual budgeting process.
• Provide financial input into commercial strategy and investment decisions.

Skills

Financial modelling

Budgeting

Forecasting

Commercial insight

MS Excel

Strategic thinking

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or equivalent

Tools

MS Excel

Powerpoint

Tableau

Job description

Every day, somewhere in the world, important decisions are made. Whether it is a private equity company deciding to invest millions into a business or a large corporation implementing a new strategic direction, these decisions impact employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

Consulting and private equity firms come to proSapient when they need to discover knowledge to help them make great decisions and succeed in their goals. It is our mission to support them in their discovery of knowledge.

We help our clients find industry experts who can provide their knowledge via interview or survey: we curate this knowledge in a market-leading software platform; and we help clients surface knowledge they already have through expansive knowledge management.

We’re hiring our first FP&A Manager, reporting directly to our Finance Director. As we continue to grow, so do our forecasting, budgeting, and commercial business partnering needs. This is a rare opportunity to own and drive a financial model from the ground up, underpinning short term and multi-year planning and giving leadership and the board real confidence in where we’re headed.

The role will play a key part in the company’s overall success - providing insight and control over the company’s financial plans and performance and building new financial capabilities and analysis to support management and commercial decision-making. You’ll work closely with the Finance Director, CFO and other business leaders to help shape the future of the business.

Key duties in this role will include:

Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning

• Take full ownership of the current forecast model, ensuring that it remains fit for purpose as the business scales, and modifying or upgrading as appropriate

• Build and monitor the company’s financial forecast (P&L and cash flow) – both in-year and multi-year

• Design and manage the annual budgeting process across the business

• Introduce and manage budget allocation frameworks to empower teams and drive accountability

• Lead scenario analysis and support strategic projects with robust financial modelling

Headcount Planning & Resource Optimisation

• Partner with the business to enhance workforce planning and monitoring across the company, especially within client services, our largest function.

• Work with operational leaders to ensure headcount scales efficiently with demand.

Commercial Insight & Business Partnering

• Provide financial input into commercial strategy and investment decisions, including pricing, sales targeting, technology investment allocation and market opportunities.

• Provide effective business partnering and analysis, ensuring finance is a trusted voice in operational decisions

Performance Management

• Partner with Business Operations and other functions to ensure that financial plans are supported by relevant KPIs which are tracked and managed

• Preparation of materials for the Board pack

• Deliver regular management reporting for the ELT and variance analysis with actionable insights

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or equivalent

• Strong, relevant experience in FP&A roles

• Expertise in building and maintaining highly robust financial models (particularly integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow)

• Highly proficient in MS Excel and Powerpoint. Previous Tableau experience would be an advantage.

• Experience with workforce planning and headcount forecasting, particularly in people-heavy operating models

• A strategic thinker who enjoys getting into the detail

• Commercial curiosity and ability to translate operational drivers into financial plans

• Able to interpret and explain complex information to non-finance leaders and teams, and to influence decisions

• Comfortable operating without direct reports but confident in driving cross-functional processes

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

What we can offer you:

• Tenure Gifts - Vouchers, extra holiday and sabbaticals for each year of employment.

• Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely for up to 20 days each year, allowing you to tailor your work environment to your needs and embrace a change of scenery.

• Employee Assistance Programme - Access to a health and wellbeing service that offers personalised advice and support from specialist teams.

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay.

• Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays which includes a week's closure over the Christmas period to fully reset.

• MyMindPal app - Online support for mental fitness that helps people to stress less and enjoy life more

• Corporate Events - From quarterly gatherings to our annual winter & Summer parties, we love to celebrate, collaborate and have fun together!

Want to hear more? Take a look at our careers Notion page - https://prosapient.notion.site/Careers-at-proSapient-bfb1f316031b4dabbd9d40943cc4cc6f

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace – did you know that marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement listed? If you are interested in the above role, but don’t necessarily tick every box, we encourage you to apply anyway – this role could still be a great match!

At proSapient, we are an equal opportunity employer. As such, we offer equal employment opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and other protected class characteristics.

All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Due to the regulated nature of our clients, all successfully offered candidates are subjected to thorough screening & pre-employment checks, including an enhanced background check, which can affect the outcome of any offer of employment.