Senior Group FP&A Manager

Cedar; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer services firm in West London seeks a Senior Group FP&A Manager. This high-profile role offers ownership of the Group's forecasting and reporting processes, driving data transformation into strategic insights. The ideal candidate will have a strong FP&A background, excellent relationship-building skills, and the ability to deliver critical insights to senior stakeholders. This position offers a competitive salary of circa £110,000 plus a 30% bonus and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Ambitious and experienced FP&A finance professional with a strong delivery track record.
• Ability to elevate the quality of business insights and make data-driven decisions.
• Significant emotional intelligence and influencing skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Group’s FP&A internal and external reporting rhythms.
• Deliver analysis and insights for CFO, CEO, and Board.
• Manage two qualified FP&A Analysts.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Strategic Thinking

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Emotional Intelligence

Relationship Building

Job description

Senior Group FP&A Manager

Circa £110,000 + 30% bonus + excellent benefits

West London

Consumer Services

This well‑known brand is a PE backed, market‑leading company operating across multiple international regions, delivering essential services to both the consumer and business markets.

With global revenues of c£4bn, impressive profits and a track record of double‑digit YoY growth, this highly impressive organisation consistently delivers a first‑class service to its customers whilst generating a healthy return to its investors.

Overview

The Senior Group FP&A Manager role has been newly created to provide an improved financial lens across the markets and future succession planning.

This is an exceptionally high‑profile role that will have principal ownership of the Group’s monthly forecasting and performance management rhythm, including the onward reporting and storytelling to senior internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Group’s FPA Internal and External reporting rhythms.
• Responsibility for the Group performance story and onwards messaging to stakeholders.
• Ownership of the Group’s monthly and weekly forecasting processes, driving the translation of reporting into business critical insight.
• Oversee the delivery of the Group’s consensus and analyst reporting.
• Analysis and insight generation to convey key messages, insights, risks and opportunities for the CFO, CEO, and Board.
• Champion continuous improvement in FP&A processes, planning tools, automation, and data quality.
• Support corporate strategy initiatives such as M&A evaluations, integration modelling, and synergy tracking.
• Engage in capital allocation decision support (capex, investments, portfolio analysis).
• Continue the development of the existing high-performance culture, focused on collaboration, analytical rigor, and strategic thinking.
• Coordinate with regional/country FP&A teams to ensure consistent reporting and alignment.
• Manage two qualified FP&A Analysts.

Candidate Profile

• An ambitious and experienced FP&A finance professional with an impressive track record of delivery across a medium to large sized international business.
• Demonstrated ability to elevate the quality and depth of business insights.
• Known for transforming data into high-value, decision-ready insights.
• Skilled at questioning underlying business assumptions and articulating the strategic “so what” behind analytical findings.
• Significant levels of emotional intelligence and influencing skills. This is a people‑led environment where relationship building is critical to your success in role and the wider group.
• Commercially minded and genuinely interested in how a business operates.
• An additional European language would be an advantage.