Temporary FP&A Manager

Walker Hamill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Walker Hamill is seeking a Temporary FP&A Manager in London to lead budgeting, forecasting and long‑term financial planning across sites and Group. You will build robust models, provide board‑ready insights, and support strategic decisions with accurate financial analysis.

The role focuses on delivering high‑quality planning outputs, partnering with site finance teams and stakeholders, and driving performance improvements for a global leader.

Qualifications

• Big 4 background in transactional services and financial analytics.
• Proven track record in budgeting, forecasting and long‑term planning.
• Advanced financial modelling skills with disciplined data management.
• Experience with BOARD and Yardi ERP for planning and reporting.
• Strong Excel capabilities and ability to present to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary FP&A contact for sites, supporting budgets and forecasts.
• Analyse budgets, assess assumptions, and align with Group planning guidelines.
• Identify risks, opportunities and potential value uplift across plans.
• Review monthly actuals and rolling forecasts for variance impact.
• Coordinate Group budgeting cycle and multi‑year financial models.
• Collaborate with site Financial Controllers to provide guidance and challenge.
• Build robust planning models and ensure accurate Group roll‑ups.
• Develop scenario analyses and ad‑hoc forecasts for strategic decisions.
• Produce management information and board‑ready reporting for sites.
• Support month‑end close and treasury/liquidity related calculations.
• Assist with enhancements to Yardi FP&A tools and related models.

Skills

Big 4 transactional services

Budgeting & forecasting

Long-term financial planning

Financial modelling

BOARD planning tool

Yardi ERP

Excel modelling

Stakeholder communication

Tools

BOARD

Yardi

Excel

Job description

Employment Type: Temporary (Initially 6 months, Potential Long-term)

Location: London

REF: MA54140

Description

Our client, a global industry leader is seeking a Temporary FP&A Manager to join their team to contribute to annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial planning, providing insight that supports informed decision‑making across the business.

The successful candidate for this Temporary FP&A Manager role will likely have a Big 4 Transactional Services background and will play a key role in supporting Group and site‑level financial performance through high‑quality budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis.

The role also involves producing clear, accurate management information, board‑ready materials, and ad hoc financial models to support strategic and operational objectives globally.

Initially for 6 months, the role may extend into a long‑term position. This role is office‑based full‑time.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this Temporary FP&A Manager role will include, but are not limited to:

• Act as the primary FP&A contact for assigned sites, supporting the preparation, review, and challenge of budgets, forecasts, and long‑term financial plans.
• Analyse site budget submissions, critically assessing assumptions to ensure alignment with Group FP&A guidelines and strategic objectives.
• Identify financial risks, opportunities, and potential value uplift across budgets, forecasts, and long‑term projections.
• Review monthly actuals and rolling forecasts, assessing variances and their longer‑term financial impact.
• Support the coordination of the Group business planning cycle, including annual updates to multi‑year financial models.
• Work closely with site Financial Controllers throughout the planning cycle, providing guidance, challenge, and technical support.
• Build and maintain robust planning models, ensuring accurate roll‑up to Group consolidation, including finance charges, tax assumptions, and RCF calculations.
• Develop and maintain financial models, scenario analyses, and ad‑hoc forecasts to support strategic and operational decision‑making.
• Produce clear, insightful analysis and KPIs to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities across Group and site performance.
• Prepare high‑quality management information and board‑ready reporting for assigned sites and cost centres.
• Support the month‑end close process by reviewing performance, validating assumptions, and contributing to management accounting outputs.
• Perform timely ad‑hoc analysis to support investment decisions, cost optimisation initiatives, and operational priorities.
• Partner with finance stakeholders to identify, scope, and deliver enhancements to the Yardi ERP system and FP&A planning tools.
• Design, build, test, and implement new and improved financial models to support evolving business needs.

Skills

The skills and experience required for this Temporary FP&A Manager role include, but are not limited to:

• A background in Transactional Services, ideally within Big 4.
• Strong experience supporting site‑level and Group budgeting, forecasting, and long‑term financial planning cycles.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to build and maintain robust financial models and scenario analyses.
• Experience working with FP&A planning tools (e.g. BOARD) and ERP systems (e.g. Yardi), supporting model build, enhancement, and ongoing optimisation.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling capability, with a structured and disciplined approach to data management.
• Comfortable working within consolidated Group models, including finance charges, tax assumptions, and liquidity metrics.
• Effective communicator, able to work confidently with site finance teams, Financial Controllers, and Group stakeholders.