Manufacturing FP&A Lead: Build & Optimize Plant Performance

Marc Daniels; Slough; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Marc Daniels is seeking an FP&A Manager to design, build, and run the FP&A function from the ground up within a growing manufacturing business. The role connects finance with operations, supply chain, and commercial teams to shape planning, forecasting, and decision making.

You will own end-to-end FP&A setup, create processes, models, and reporting that drive insights and actions across manufacturing sites.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• FP&A experience within manufacturing (multi-site or complex BOM environments).
• Experience setting up or significantly transforming FP&A processes.
• Strong grasp of manufacturing P&L drivers: standard costing, variances, yield, capacity.
• Advanced Excel and modelling; ERP and BI tools desirable.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing the FP&A framework: annual budget, rolling forecasts, monthly re-forecasts, and long-range planning tailored to a manufacturing environment.
• Building driver-based financial models for volume, mix, price, yield, scrap, labour, and overheads to support operational decision-making.
• Leading monthly performance reviews with site/operations leaders, explaining variances and driving actions.
• Developing standard cost roll-ups, product and customer profitability analysis, and make-vs-buy / capacity scenario modelling.
• Creating management packs, dashboards, and KPIs that give clear visibility of plant performance, margins, and cash.
• Partnering with operations, supply chain, and commercial teams to support pricing, CAPEX/ROI, and productivity programmes.
• Establishing data sources, templates, and ways of working with GL/controlling/operations to ensure one version of the truth.
• Coaching non-finance leaders on how to use FP&A outputs to run the business.

Skills

Advanced Excel & modelling

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/MDynamics)

Power BI

Data interpretation

Leadership & influence

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Power BI

Job description

Marc Daniels is seeking an FP&A Manager to design, build, and run the FP&A function from the ground up within a growing manufacturing business. The role connects finance with operations, supply chain, and commercial teams to shape planning, forecasting, and decision making.

You will own end-to-end FP&A setup, create processes, models, and reporting that drive insights and actions across manufacturing sites.