Job Description
FP&A Manager
My client requires a commercially minded FP&A Manager to join their growing, privately backed services business. This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who enjoys working close to the action, partnering with non‑finance stakeholders and helping the business make better decisions through insight rather than reporting for reportings sake.
This is not a highly structured, transactional finance role. Its designed for someone who thrives in an SME environment, is comfortable with ambiguity, and is happy to roll up their sleeves in a lean, collaborative team.
The Role You will act as a trusted finance partner to sales and operations, helping translate financial data into meaningful commercial insight. While budgeting and forecasting are part of the role, the primary focus is on business partnering, performance analysis, and decision support.
Key elements include:
Partnering with operational and commercial teams to understand performance, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes
Turning complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insight
Producing and improving management information, KPIs, and analysis to support decision-making
Supporting revenue recognition, reporting improvements, and cover within the team as needed
Contributing to ad‑hoc projects, process improvements, and future system evaluations
About You This role will suit someone who:
Has strong commercial acumen and instinct, not just technical finance skills
Comes from an SME or scale‑up background, where flexibility and initiative are essential
Is an experienced finance business partner who enjoys working cross‑functionally
Can analyse ambiguous problems and explain the "so what," not just the numbers
Is confident engaging with non‑finance stakeholders and influencing conversations
Is practical, curious, and comfortable in an unstructured, fast‑moving environment
Qualified accountant
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Working Style The role is primarily office‑based to encourage strong collaboration and effective business partnering. Some limited home working flexibility is available, but this position is best suited to someone who values face‑to‑face engagement with the business.
Why Apply?
High visibility role with real influence on business decisions
Broad scope and autonomy in a growing organisation
Opportunity to shape reporting, insight, and ways of working
A chance to make a tangible commercial impact rather than sit in a rigid finance structure
If youre a commercial finance professional who enjoys variety, ownership, and working closely with the business, Id love to hear from you.
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