FP+A Manager, London

Purpose of the job

The Group FP+A Manager will support the Group Head of FP+A in delivering high-quality planning, forecasting and performance management across the Group. This role leads the consolidation of the monthly Finance update and bi-monthly Board packs, together with functional cost, capital expenditure, cash flow, people-cost efficiency and bonus-related financial reporting.

The role works in partnership with the other Group FP+A Manager to provide cross-cover, maintain continuity and deliver an integrated view of Group performance.

You'll operate on a hybrid basis and must be able to access our head office in Bishopsgate, London.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the monthly Finance update pack and bi-monthly Board pack processes, including procedure and timetable management, data collation and population, quality review, analysis and commentary
• Coordinate stakeholder inputs, ensuring pack content is complete, internally consistent, appropriately evidenced and ready for senior review
• Own functional Opex and Capex review, working with the Finance Business Partnering team to explain performance, challenge forecasts and identify risks, opportunities and actions
• Own Group cash-flow variance analysis, reporting and forecasting, working with Financial Control, Finance Operations and Finance Business Partnering to reconcile movements and improve forward visibility
• Explain the relationship between profit, working capital, capex and other cash-flow movements, ensuring material variances are reflected in the latest forecast
• Own people-cost efficiency tracking and system reporting, including performance against plans, actions and expected financial benefits
• Provide bonus calculation support to the P+T team, including relevant performance inputs and assumptions
• Own bonus financial tracking, forecasting and reconciliation, ensuring assumptions, accruals, forecasts and actual outcomes are aligned and supported
• Leverage technology, automation and AI to reduce repetitive activity, improve FP+A processes and drive greater efficiency across Finance and the wider business
• Work in partnership with the other Group FP+A Manager, maintaining documented processes and sufficient knowledge to provide effective cover during reporting peaks and absences
• Support Group projects, business cases and ad hoc strategic analysis, including financial modelling and scenario assessment
• Support investor, Board and senior management reporting where required, ensuring outputs are accurate, evidence-based and appropriate for the audience
• Maintain effective controls and reconciliations between source systems, planning outputs, management reporting and statutory results
• Improve the quality, speed, automation and standardization of FP+A processes, data and reporting
• Build effective relationships across Finance and the wider business, provide constructive challenge and deputize for the Group Head of FP+A when required

Knowledge, skills + experience

• Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Strong FP+A or financial management experience in a complex, multi-entity or international organization
• Experience producing executive management reporting and Board packs, including data collation, analysis, commentary and quality assurance
• Strong Opex, Capex and cash-flow analysis and forecasting experience
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability, with experience of planning, ERP, reporting or business-intelligence systems
• Experience analyzing people costs, efficiency initiatives, bonus accruals or incentive-related financial impacts
• Ability to coordinate multiple function inputs into a consolidated Group view
• Ability to produce concise, evidence-based insight for senior management, Board or investor audiences
• Experience coordinating multiple internal stakeholders

What success looks like

• Monthly Finance update packs and bi-monthly Board packs are accurate and delivered on time with clear analysis and commentary
• Functional Opex and Capex reporting clearly explains performance, forecast implications, risks, opportunities and actions
• Cash-flow reporting reconciles movements accurately and explains drivers across profit, working capital, capex and other cash items
• Cash forecasts provide credible forward visibility supported by coordinated Finance inputs
• People-cost efficiency initiatives are tracked consistently, with benefits, timing and delivery risks clearly reported
• Bonus calculations, forecasts, and reconciliations are supported by controlled assumptions and clear records
• Critical processes are documented and the other Group FP+A Manager can provide effective cover

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