FP&A Manager

Kpler; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kpler is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to lead the implementation of an Enterprise Performance Management tool and support the financial strategy. This role involves enhancing financial planning processes, driving data-driven insights, and collaborating across teams in a dynamic tech environment.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years' experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance or related fields.
• Comfortable with complex datasets.
• Proactive self-starter who thrives in ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of EPM tool for planning and reporting.
• Support FP&A cycle, including monthly closing and forecasting.
• Conduct ad hoc strategic analyses.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data synthesis

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

Planning tools

Job description

At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.

Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 600 experts from 35+ countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.

About the role

As Strategic Finance Manager at Kpler, your first mission will be to lead the implementation of our Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) tool, a critical project to elevate our planning, reporting, and performance tracking capabilities. You’ll drive this project end-to-end, from scoping and vendor selection to roll-out and adoption, in close collaboration with the broader finance team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Beyond this initial focus, you’ll help build our newly created Strategic Finance function and play a key role in shaping our financial strategy. Reporting to the Director of Strategic Finance, you’ll support company-wide planning, deliver data-driven insights, and partner with business leaders to guide decision-making as we continue to scale.

This is a high-impact role with significant ownership. We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, loves solving complex problems, and is excited by the opportunity to build and evolve a finance function in a high-growth, global tech company.

What you’ll do

• Financial Systems and Processes: Help implement scalable processes, systems, and tools (e.g., EPM) to enhance financial planning and reporting capabilities
• FP&A Operations: Once the EPM is live, support the end-to-end FP&A cycle including monthly closing, forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-term planning
• Strategic Projects: Conduct ad hoc strategic analyses and business cases to evaluate new opportunities, initiatives, and resource allocation
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Product, Business Units, etc.) to align financial insights with operational goals
• Data & Tools: Build financial models and dashboards to improve visibility into performance and drive data-informed decision making
• Team Collaboration: Contribute to building a best-in-class Strategic Finance team and play a key role in defining our culture and ways of working

About you

• Experience: 4–6 years in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, investment banking or consulting
• Analytical mindset: You’re comfortable with complex datasets and can synthesise insights quickly and clearly
• Strong communicator: You can explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders with clarity and confidence
• Autonomous & Agile: You’re a proactive self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and adapts quickly to change
• Tool-savvy: Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills; experience with planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Netsuite, Anaplan, or similar) and programming languages for data (e g., SQL, Python) is highly valued
• Team player: You’re collaborative, low ego, and energised by building something from scratch with others

We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We make things happen

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We build together

We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges.

We are here to help

We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach.

Our People Pledge

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.

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