Job Overview
The Group FP&A team manage the financial reporting and planning processes across the Group, to ensure that the Group is using all available financial and operational data to optimise decision making. The role, based in London, will report into the Group FP&A: Head of Reporting & Data Insights, responsible for providing key financial forecasting analysis to support the Executive management team as well as for the Divisional management teams.
The Group FP&A: Reporting and Data Insights Manager will play a critical role within Mitie's FP&A function, responsible for delivering high-quality financial reporting, developing actionable insights, and driving data-led decision making across the organisation. This role combines technical financial expertise with advanced analytical capabilities to support strategic planning and business performance management. The role provides key financial analysis for a wide range of stakeholders, including the Group executive management team, the Plc Board, Group finance functions, and Divisional senior management teams
Main Duties
You will be responsible and accountable for planning and delivering key financial reporting, forecasting and modelling processes as well as a range of ad-hoc projects. Key responsibilities include:
Financial Reporting & Analysis
1. Own the production of monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting packs for the Executive team and Board, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and insight-driven commentary
2. Own and develop Group FP&A data models, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that analyse Group performance against plan, prior periods, and market expectations, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
3. Prepare executive summaries and presentations that translate complex financial data into clear business insights for senior stakeholders
4. Support strategic initiatives such as M&A, capital allocation, cost optimisation, and transformation programmes through robust data analysis
Data Management & Systems
5. Own and continuously improve the Group financial reporting infrastructure, including automation of reporting processes and data workflows
6. Translate complex financial and operational data into meaningful insights using advanced analytics and visualisation tools.
7. Partner with Finance, IT and Data teams to improve data quality across the Group, including consistency of data definitions, KPIs, and performance metrics across the Group
8. Drive the development of self-service reporting capabilities for business partners
Business Intelligence & Insights
9. Conduct deep-dive analyses to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across business units and cost centres
10. Develop predictive models and scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making
11. Design and implement advanced analytics to enhance forecasting accuracy and business performance visibility
12. Create ad-hoc analyses in response to executive requests, providing actionable recommendations
Forecasting & Planning Support
13. Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes with robust reporting frameworks and variance analysis
14. Develop rolling forecast models that provide forward-looking visibility on financial performance
15. Analyse forecast accuracy and identify areas for improvement in planning processes
Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering
16. Act as a trusted advisor to senior finance leadership and business unit heads, providing financial insights that drive commercial decisions
17. Collaborate with divisional FP&A teams to drive best practice, challenge assumptions, and embed insight-led decision making
18. Present findings and recommendations to senior management and cross-functional teams
Governance & Continuous Improvement
19. Ensure robust controls, governance, and auditability of Group financial models and data output
20. Champion the adoption of new technologies and methodologies that enhance the FP&A function's capabilities
The role may involve travel within the UK
What we are looking for
21. Professional accountancy qualification (ACA / CA / CIMA / ACCA)
22. 2+ years of post qualification experience (PQE) working in data analytics, transaction services, or similar
23. Must have proven experience of working in professional services firm, ideally big 4
24. Must be able to work independently and be responsible for delivering outputs directly to all key stakeholders across an organisation
25. Strong data analytics capability, including experience with large, complex data sets
26. Proficiency in tools such as Excel (advanced), Power BI, or similar visualisation platforms
27. Experience with ERP and planning systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, TM1, or similar).
28. Strong understanding of financial statements, value drivers, and performance metrics in a PLC context
29. Confident and self starting individual able to provide proactive solutions to problems without requiring detailed additional review
30. Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link data insights to strategic outcomes
31. Ability to communicate complex insights clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders, with strong storytelling skills that translates data into compelling narratives
32. Strong attention to detail, with drive to identify and implement processes improvements
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Karen Hayes at .