Senior FP&A & Strategy Manager — Global Planning

Airwallex; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is hiring a senior FP&A leader in London who will own the consolidated planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. You will partner with Operations, Regulatory & Compliance, Legal, People & Talent, and Communications to provide actionable financial insights and drive efficient resource allocation.

You’ll work hands-on with models and data, strengthening reporting and planning cycles while guiding senior leaders with clear, data-driven recommendations.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, a quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or related finance experience, with ownership of consolidated budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of the full P&L and underlying accounting, linking drivers to performance and forecasts.
• Experience partnering with corporate functions on headcount, employee costs and capex, and evaluating business cases.
• Advanced financial modelling skills in Excel/Sheets, including driver-based forecasting and scenarios.
• Proven ability to translate complex financial analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated planning and forecasting across revenue, gross profit and operating expenditure.
• Own the annual budget and quarterly forecast process.
• Lead monthly management reporting and performance reviews; explain drivers and outlook.
• Partner with corporate leaders on headcount and spending plans; assess investments.
• Build scenario analyses to evaluate trade-offs and risks.
• Strengthen FP&A tools, data and processes; explore AI/automation to improve forecasting.

Skills

Consolidated budgeting

Forecasting

Management reporting

FP&A partnering

Excel/Google Sheets

Scenario analysis

Executive communication

Data-driven decisions

Automation awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics or quantitative discipline

Tools

Pigment

Anaplan

Databricks

Tableau

Looker

SQL

Job description

Airwallex is hiring a senior FP&A leader in London who will own the consolidated planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. You will partner with Operations, Regulatory & Compliance, Legal, People & Talent, and Communications to provide actionable financial insights and drive efficient resource allocation.

You’ll work hands-on with models and data, strengthening reporting and planning cycles while guiding senior leaders with clear, data-driven recommendations.