FP&A Manager

The job: We are looking for an FP&A Manager to join our Finance team based in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. As part of our fast-paced Finance & Insights team, the FP&A Manager will play a critical role in shaping the financial future of the business. This role leads the planning, forecasting and performance insight processes, enabling informed and confident decision making across the organisation.

This role is central to building a best in class FP&A capability, including improving our forecasting cycles, driving simplicity and accuracy in reporting, and setting the standard for effective business partnering. You will partner closely with business leaders and the C-suite to provide high quality analysis, challenge assumptions, highlight risks & opportunities, and guide the business toward achieving its strategic and financial goals.

Ready to skip the snooze button and get stuck in? Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing day-to-day...

• Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning: Own and deliver the annual Budget and formal Reforecasts, consolidating a complete company view. Own the monthly Forecast to Group, ensuring accurate, timely submission of results, drivers and commentary in line with Group timelines and expectations. Lead planning cycles with clear timetables, frameworks, assumptions and stakeholder engagement. Provide robust challenge to business plans and performance drivers to ensure ambitious but realistic projections. Working with the Finance Business Partners, maintain and develop the core forecasting models, ensuring they remain fit for purpose and aligned with business drivers. Develop scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling to support strategic and operational decision making.
• Performance Reporting Reviews & Analysis: Lead the review of weekly and monthly performance reporting, ensuring clear, insight-led commentary. Run monthly financial performance reviews with senior stakeholders and the Executive team. Strengthen commentary, insight, KPIs and forward looking analysis within reporting packs. Ensure reporting is accurate, timely and aligned with a single version of the truth across the business.
• FP&A Process, Tools & Controls: Simplify and modernise reporting processes, reducing manual work and improving financial controls. Support compliance with internal and external audit requirements, including key SOX related controls. Champion continuous improvement across planning, reporting and commercial analysis models. Drive adoption of new tools, systems and best practices within FP&A and across the finance community.
• Team Leadership & Development: Set the standard for Business Partnering within the team through high quality analysis, communication and challenge. Help mentor FP&A colleagues, supporting the development of skills, modelling capability and stakeholder management. Play an important role in shaping the future FP&A team structure, with the expectation of managing direct reports as the function grows.

The Person

This is the type of person we’re dreaming of: commercial finance or business partnering. Proven ability to lead planning, forecasting or performance cycles within a fast-paced environment (retail experience beneficial but not essential). A highly motivated and self-driven individual who enjoys challenging the status quo, driving change and improving processes. Exceptional analytical and financial modelling skills; advanced Excel as standard (experience in Power BI or similar tools desirable). Strong communicator with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders and explain complex issues clearly. Organised, detail driven and calm under pressure, with excellent prioritisation skills and a commitment to accuracy and control. A collaborative team player who is passionate about helping the business make better decisions.

In your dream role, you’ll also receive:

• Bonus: Our discretionary annual bonus scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers.
• Discounts: Amazing staff discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
• Buy-in schemes: You’ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
• Parking: We know it goes without saying, but our free onsite parking gives you peace of mind when you travel.
• Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a 24-hour helpline with a variety of support services, as well as hosting an on-site gym and out of hours GP service.
• Hybrid working: Whether you’re an early bird or night owl, we trust you to work your hours responsibly to suit you!

About Dreams: At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we’d like to make work a special place to be too. We’re the UK’s most loved bed retailer, so it’s important our people feel the love as well. There’s over 250 of us at our affectionately named 'Bedquarters' in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where every dreamer makes a difference.

We’re super passionate about our people-first culture, which means we like to keep things simple and celebrate every success, big or small! From a payday treats trolley to charity fundraisers and all-staff lunches, we know we do it best when we do it together. And together we’ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We’re owned by the world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and have our very own Bed Factory right here in the UK. You’ll even get a guided tour when you join - that’s part of our mission to get you fully bed-ucated during your induction.

With 208 stores nationwide, 6 central warehouses and 12 delivery centres, we sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that’s a lot of Zzzs. So if you’re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, we think Dreams could be the perfect place for you.

Dreams. Love your job.