Senior FP&A Analyst - Growth, Margins & Strategic Insight

Forge Talent; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Forge Talent partners with a PE-backed business to recruit a Senior FP&A Analyst into the Group Finance team. This role offers ownership of cost bases, margins and commercial drivers, with a clear route to FP&A Manager as the business grows.

You'll report to the Head of FP&A and partner with senior stakeholders, building financial models, budgets and forecasts, and supporting pricing and strategic growth decisions across the Group.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or be a finalist.
• Experience within FP&A, commercial finance, costing or margin analysis.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling capability.
• Experience building financial models and analysis from first principles.
• Short-term cash flow forecasting experience would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed understanding of the business, operations and cost base.
• Lead costing analysis across different treatment and surface coating processes.
• Produce detailed gross margin analysis by treatment, coating type and customer.
• Analyse impact of increased internal transfer volumes as the Group grows.
• Use financial insight to support pricing, investment and growth decisions.
• Develop and improve financial models, drivers and assumptions.
• Use variance analysis and actual performance to strengthen forecasting.
• Own the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts and short-term cash flow forecasting.
• Support Head of FP&A with Group reporting and monthly Board reporting.
• Support wider Group budgeting, reforecasting and longer-term strategic planning.
• Build trusted relationships with MD and senior leadership; broaden FP&A across Group.

Skills

FP&A

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Education

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or finalist

Tools

Planful

Job description

Forge Talent partners with a PE-backed business to recruit a Senior FP&A Analyst into the Group Finance team. This role offers ownership of cost bases, margins and commercial drivers, with a clear route to FP&A Manager as the business grows.

You'll report to the Head of FP&A and partner with senior stakeholders, building financial models, budgets and forecasts, and supporting pricing and strategic growth decisions across the Group.