Finatal is partnering with a private equity-backed services business undergoing an exciting period of growth and transformation.
Following recent investment, the business is focused on professionalising its finance function, enhancing forecasting and reporting capabilities, and supporting ambitious organic and acquisitive growth plans. Finance plays a central role in investor, board and lender engagement, whilst also providing the commercial insight required to support strategic decision-making and capital allocation across the group.
This is a highly visible opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional to shape and elevate the planning and reporting environment within a growing, PE-backed organisation.
The Role
Reporting to the Finance Director, the Senior FP&A Manager will own the Group’s planning, forecasting and performance reporting processes. Partnering closely with senior stakeholders across finance and operations, you will lead budget cycles, long-range planning, investment analysis and board-level reporting, whilst driving improvements across systems, data and forecasting accuracy.
The role offers significant exposure to the executive team, board and investors, alongside the opportunity to mentor and develop a Commercial Finance Analyst.
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Forecasting
- Own the annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes across the Group.
- Develop and maintain robust driver-based financial models covering P&L, cash flow, working capital and capex.
- Lead scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and downside planning to support strategic decision-making.
- Drive forecast accuracy through detailed variance analysis and continuous process improvement.
Reporting & Commercial Insight
- Deliver meaningful analysis and commentary to explain business performance and future outlook.
- Support the preparation of board, investor and lender reporting packs.
- Develop and maintain key operational and financial KPIs to improve decision-making.
- Provide financial modelling and analysis for strategic initiatives, commercial opportunities and M&A activities.
Systems & Process Improvement
- Play a key role in finance systems transformation and ERP implementation projects.
- Enhance planning, forecasting and reporting capabilities across the organisation.
- Improve data quality, reporting automation and management information.
- Reduce manual processes through the development of scalable reporting tools and dashboards.
Business Partnering & Leadership
- Partner with senior stakeholders across commercial, operational and leadership teams.
- Challenge assumptions and ensure plans are robust, consistent and commercially aligned.
- Manage and develop a Commercial Finance Analyst.
- Promote financial literacy across the wider business and support budget owners in managing performance.
Candidate Profile
We are seeking a commercially minded FP&A professional who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments. You will combine strong technical modelling skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights, helping senior stakeholders make better strategic decisions.
Essential Experience
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Significant FP&A experience with ownership of budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
- Strong three-statement financial modelling capability.
- Experience producing and presenting analysis for board, investor and lender audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to improve planning, reporting and forecasting processes.
- Strong business partnering experience with senior non-finance stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with complex datasets.
- Previous leadership, coaching or direct management experience.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within a private equity-backed, infrastructure-backed or high-growth environment.
- Background in capital-intensive, project-based or recurring revenue businesses.
- Exposure to ERP implementations and planning tools such as Adaptive, Anaplan or similar.
- Power BI, Power Query, SQL or broader data analytics experience.
- M&A integration and investor reporting exposure.
- Experience within Transaction Services/M&A