FP&MI Finance Manager

Pearson; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global educational firm is seeking a Finance Manager to support the CFO and executive team by providing critical financial insights. The ideal candidate will deliver robust forecasts, prepare management reports, and ensure accuracy in external financial communications. Candidates should possess a recognized accounting qualification and excellent stakeholder management skills. This role is high-impact, with visibility across the organization, and requires a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience. Join a dynamic team focused on enabling informed decision-making.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer

Accommodations for individuals with disabilities

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years PQE required.
• Strong complex Excel modelling capabilities needed.
• Experience with data visualisation tools or techniques is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly internal management reporting templates.
• Prepare Group month-end results for Board and Executive review.
• Verify accuracy of financial data in external announcements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Commercial mindset

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Education

Recognised accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or MBA

Tools

Excel

Oracle/Hyperion

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a Finance Manager to join Pearson's Group Planning and Management Information team. In this role, you'll provide critical financial insight to the CFO, Deputy CFO, Executive Team, and Board, enabling informed decision-making across the business.

You will prepare accurate management reporting, deliver robust forecasts, and support the verification of key external financial communications. This is a high-impact role with visibility at the most senior levels of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Management Reporting & Analysis

• Deliver monthly internal management reporting templates, including divisional trading packs, group management packs, and Board reports
• Review monthly results, identify anomalies, and follow up variances with business units
• Prepare Group month-end results and monthly management reporting for Board and Executive review
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support leadership decision-making

External Reporting & Verification

• Support preparation of Group Prelims, Interims, and Annual Report, including relevant disclosures (e.g., WACC)
• Provide ad hoc support to Investor Relations
• Verify accuracy of financial and operational data included in external announcements, presentations, and annual reporting

Financial Planning

• Support group consolidations and reporting
• Review divisional and group plans, highlight anomalies, and follow up as required

Collaboration & General Activity

• Work closely with colleagues across Finance, including BPM, PFS, Group Reporting, Financial Control, GPO, and Centres of Excellence
• Partner with teams such as Investor Relations, Reward, and Group Strategy
• Participate in the Financial Planning & Reporting community, including monthly FP&R meetings

Essential Skills

• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong commercial mindset - able to extract insight from financial data
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills; able to tailor narratives for senior audiences
• Broad finance understanding with the ability to identify when to draw on specialist expertise
• Strong stakeholder management with confidence to challenge constructively
• Highly organised, adaptable, and accountable; able to work effectively in fast-changing environments

Qualifications & Experience

• Recognised accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or MBA
• 2+ years PQE
• Complex Excel modelling capabilities
• Experience with data visualisation tools or techniques
• Experience with group reporting/consolidation systems (Oracle/Hyperion preferred)

About the Team

The Group Planning and Management Information team delivers internal financial reporting, forecasting, and planning for Pearson's Board and senior leadership. The team defines reporting requirements, oversees planning processes, prepares group-level outputs, and verifies financial information used in external communications.

The team works closely with Pearson Financial Services (PFS) in Belfast and collaborates with the Group Financial Reporting team and other finance partners across the organisation.

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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