Job Description
FP&A Manager - 6–9 Month Fixed Term Contract
Start Date - ASAP The OpportunityWe are working with a leading professional services group to appoint an experienced FP&A Manager on a contract or fixed-term basis. This is an urgent requirement, arising from an internal move, and the successful candidate will need to be available to start quickly. The role sits at the heart of the group's Finance function and carries real responsibility from day one — consolidating financial reporting across multiple sub-divisions, benchmarking performance, and providing the senior leadership team with the insight they need to make informed commercial decisions. This is not a slow-burn transformation role. You'll be expected to operate at pace, manage competing priorities across disparate business units, and bring immediate credibility with senior stakeholders. In return, you'll get broad commercial exposure across a complex, acquisitive group and the opportunity to shape how finance is done across the organisation.What You'll Be Doing
* Acting as the central consolidation point for all divisional financial reporting — weekly, monthly, and ad hoc — across several Group divisions.
* Critically evaluating the quality and consistency of reporting outputs across sub-divisions, identifying best-in-class approaches and mapping these across the wider group.
* Owning the Group EXCO pack, Group finance deliverables (Revenue, EBITDA, Capex, Exceptionals, DART), and consolidated cashflow reporting.
* Leading the annual budget consolidation across all sub-divisions, delivering final numbers in line with Group timelines.
* Providing rapid resolution of BAU reporting issues and acting as a steady pair of hands during a period of transition.
* Producing high-quality forecasts, variance commentary, MI, and board-level reporting.
* Building trusted relationships with sub-divisional finance leads and senior operational stakeholders across the group.
* Identifying and driving process improvements across the FP&A function, including better use of Planful and Power BI.
* Supporting the Group CFO on ad hoc strategic and analytical projects as required.
What We're Looking For
* 5+ years of FP&A experience, ideally in a group or divisional role with consolidation responsibility across multiple business units.
* A qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, or CIMA) with strong technical foundations.
* Proven experience managing and influencing senior stakeholders — you'll be engaging at CFO and ExCo level regularly.
* Exceptional Excel modelling skills and comfort working with large, unstructured datasets.
* Experience with Planful and/or Power BI is a strong advantage.
* A commercial mindset — you understand the business behind the numbers and can translate data into decisions.
* A genuine self-starter: organised, resilient, and able to manage multiple deadlines without close supervision.
* A background in Professional Services, Insurance, or Consulting would be advantageous, though not essential.
* Available at short notice — this role needs to be filled quickly.