FP&A Manager

Propel Holdings, Inc.; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

25 days holidays

Growth and opportunity

Culture of innovation and continuousim

Collaboration culture

Job summary

Propel is seeking an FP&A Manager to deliver high‑quality planning, forecasting, performance reporting and decision support. You will partner with senior leaders to translate activity into insights and drive resource allocation decisions.

You will own the integrated forecast model, challenge inputs, and provide KPI insights and scenarios to inform strategic choices across the business.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA) or QBE.
• Five or more years in FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting.
• Experience owning and developing a financial forecast model.
• Strong Excel, financial modelling, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
• Experience partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders.
• Financial services or UK consumer credit experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated forecast model with clear drivers and outputs.
• Regularly update forecast and explain movements, risks and opportunities to senior leadership.
• Partner with budget holders to gather inputs and challenge assumptions.
• Produce concise management reporting, variance analysis and KPI insight.
• Present recommendations on performance, risks and opportunities.
• Build scenarios and business cases to support decisions and translate analysis for non-finance stakeholders.
• Improve model usability, data quality and reporting automation; maintain controls.

Skills

Excel

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

ACCA/CIMA or QBE

Tools

Excel

Job description

Propel (TSX: PRL) is the fintech company building a new world of financial opportunity by facilitating access to credit for consumers underserved by traditional financial institutions. Through its AI-driven platform, Propel evaluates customers in a more comprehensive way than traditional credit scores can. Our revolutionary fintech platform has already helped consumers access over one million loans and lines of credit and over one billion dollars in credit.

To build a new world of opportunity we bring together the brightest talent to help us build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs and believe in measuring success through results and growing within; talent and hard work never goes unnoticed. At Propel, we are here to change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together.

We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, who foster curiosity and growth in our employees. Our culture is why we have been so successful and why our employees choose Propel to build their careers.

Join us as we change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together.

The role:

The FP&A Manager will provide high-quality financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting and decision support across the business. The role will partner with senior leaders and budget holders to translate business activity into clear financial insight, challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and support effective resource allocation. The role will help ensure that financial and operational decisions are based on accurate, timely and commercially relevant information.

Key Responsibilities:

Forecasting and planning

• Own and maintain the integrated forecast model, ensuring assumptions, drivers and outputs are accurate and decision-useful.
• Update the forecast regularly and explain movements, risks and opportunities to senior leadership.
• Partner with budget holders to gather and challenge inputs, assumptions and business drivers.

Reporting and insight

• Produce concise management reporting, variance analysis and KPI insight.
• Present clear recommendations on performance, risks and opportunities.

Business partnering and decision support

• Build scenarios and business cases to support commercial and strategic decisions.
• Translate financial analysis into practical actions for non-finance stakeholders.

Improvement and governance

• Improve model usability, data quality and reporting automation where appropriate.
• Maintain appropriate controls over models, reports and planning assumptions

Experience required:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA) or QBE.
• Five or more years’ experience in FP&A, commercial finance or management accounting.
• Proven experience owning and developing a financial forecast model.
• Strong Excel, financial modelling, forecasting and variance analysis skills.
• Experience business partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders.
• Financial services or UK consumer credit experience is desirable.

Skills required:

• Commercial and analytical mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Strong Excel, financial modelling and communication skills.
• Constructive challenge and effective stakeholder management.
• Proactive, organised and comfortable managing competing deadlines.
• High integrity, accountability and commitment to continuous improvement.

Benefits of joining Propel:

• Pension
• 25 days holidays, increasing by 1 day per year (up to 30)
• Growth and opportunity – we pride ourselves on promoting from within
• Incredible company culture
• A culture that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Our Culture:

Propel brings together the brightest talent to build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs who measure success through results and growth from within; talent and hard work never go unnoticed. Our team fosters curiosity and growth.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

Our organisation is made up of brilliant people. Each of us is unique, whether in terms of our background, personal characteristics, experience, skills or motivations. And we value our people for the differences they bring to the table. These differences - this diversity is powerful.

Fostering an inclusive culture helps each of us to benefit from a wider range of these different perspectives, experiences and skills. We believe that this creates a happier, more productive working environment for us all.