Job Introduction
We’re seeking an FP&A Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping the financial insight, reporting and performance understanding of the Branded Business Unit (BBU).
In this role, you’ll deliver accurate and high‑quality financial reporting, strengthen forecasting processes, and support the development of automated, consistent reporting frameworks across the BU. You’ll bring analytical rigour, business partnering expertise and strong commercial awareness to help the organisation understand performance, navigate risk and drive growth.
You’ll help embed improved capability across finance teams, support the evolution of the Internal Markets Operating Model, and ensure the FP&A function continues to mature as a centre of excellence for insight, clarity and decision support.
Main Responsibility
1. Delivering clear, accurate and insightful monthly reporting for BBU leadership, ensuring performance drivers, risks and opportunities are fully understood.
2. Interpreting financial and operational data across multiple WG&S systems, using narrative gathered from strong cross‑functional relationships to explain actual and forecast performance.
3. Supporting the development of improved automation and a more effective reporting rhythm, ensuring consistency and efficiency across the BU.
4. Building a deep understanding of the Internal Markets Operating Model and helping the business thrive under this framework through strong financial insight and guidance.
5. Creating reporting that is reliable, intuitive and aligned to business needs, using trend analysis and anomaly identification to influence decision‑making.
6. Partnering with central commercial and functional teams on forecasting, identifying risk and opportunities and financial performance reviews.
7. Supporting the FP&A team in building knowledge of regional business dynamics to improve consolidated insight for the BBU.
8. Acting as a key support to the Financial Controller, BBU — deputising when required to ensure continuity of leadership and delivery.
Our Ideal Candidate
9. A qualified accountant with strong FP&A experience and a passion for turning data into meaningful insight.
10. You enjoy bringing structure and clarity to complex financial information.
11. An effective communicator who builds trusted relationships with stakeholders across regions and functions.
12. You can translate detailed financial information into clear, accessible business understanding.
13. You have strong analytical skills and excellent Excel capability.
14. Ideally, you also have experience with Power BI and Power Query.
15. You thrive in environments focused on continuous improvement, consistency and quality.
This Role Would Suit:
16. Someone with experience delivering high‑quality management reporting and financial insight in a global or matrix environment.
17. An FP&A‑minded finance professional who enjoys explaining performance, challenging assumptions and improving forecasting discipline.
18. An individual with strong analytical thinking who can spot trends, simplify complexity and build robust reporting tools.
19. A proactive communicator who builds strong working relationships across multiple time zones and stakeholder groups.
20. Someone who enjoys balancing hands‑on analysis with supporting broader team development, automation and process improvement.
If you’re motivated by enhancing financial clarity, supporting business performance and playing a key role in shaping the future of FP&A at WG&S, we’d love to hear from you.
What we can offer you
21. We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
22. Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
23. Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
24. Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
25. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
26. Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
27. Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
28. Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
29. Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1, per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
30. Learning resources to help you be your best self.