Group FP&A Manager | £65,000 - £84,000 (DoE) | Hybrid | London | Permanent
For a large international organisation, we are recruiting a Group FP&A Manager to deliver group-level MI, planning and forecasting. This role will oversee and produce high-quality financial reporting, Flash results, monthly MI, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), long-term planning, and will review and validate insight-led analysis to support decision-making. The Group FP&A Manager will lead variance analysis, performance reviews and liaise with the Regions and Business Units to consolidate and interpret data, ensuring consistency across month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting. This role will also produce strategic planning and modelling for leaders, support the SSC and Centre of Excellence with financial modelling, dashboards and reports, and will support the roll-out of the Anaplan FP&A system.
Main Duties:
* Lead preparation for end-to-end delivery of monthly MI including Cash Flow, P&L and Performance Management
* Oversee the consolidation of the annual budget, Long Range Plan, Quarterly Business Preview, Flash, and monthly re-forecasts across P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow forecasting (3-Statement Modelling)
* Monitor and report on group liquidity
* Lead preparation of papers and financial packs for the Board, SLT and Trustees
* Produce in-depth variance analysis and KPIs for Exec decision-making
* Support long-range planning, scenario modelling and ad-hoc analysis
* Work with the FP&A Centre of Excellence to create financial models and deliver insights
* Mentor and guide the FP&A Analyst in their deliverables and serve as key contact for the global FP&A community – linking the Business Units and Regions
* Lead he functional design and implementation of Anaplan alongside the Centre of Excellence, ensuring new tools and dashboards meet organisational needs
* Drive process and reporting improvements with the Centre of Excellence to standardise Anaplan reporting templates and automate manual processes
Person Specification:
* Qualified Accountant with proven Group-level FP&A experience including MI reporting
* Experience managing the annual planning and reporting calendar
* Ability to build budgets, forecasts, and annual plans at Group level
* Annual planning and consolidated reporting at Group-level
* International, FX, and multi-currency experience
* Financial modelling and advanced Excel
* Shared Services experience (SSC)
* Anaplan and SAP experience would be desirable