FP&A Manager

We have created a brand new role for an FP&A Manager as we focus on strengthening this function and adding value to the business. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this role is designed to lead the delivery of robust financial planning, forecasting, and commercial insight, owning the development of the integrated three-statement financial model, driving the detailed long-range strategic plan, and serving as a trusted finance partner to the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Long-Range Strategic Plan: Lead the detailed build of a long-range driver-based plan, develop scenarios and sensitivity analyses, translate operational strategy into financial outcomes, and identify risks and opportunities embedded within plan assumptions.
• Integrated 3-Statement Model: Design and own an integrated P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow model by defining key drivers including volume, pricing, mix, COGS, working capital, and capex. Ensuring model integrity and alignment with Group standards, and overseeing its implementation within Anaplan.
• Budget & Reforecast: Lead the annual budget and rolling forecast cycles by coordinating stakeholders and constructively challenging assumptions, improving forecasting accuracy, and providing clear variance commentary alongside forward-looking insights.
• Commercial Business Partnering: Act as a trusted business partner across functions, leading performance reviews, challenging assumptions, and providing insight to support informed decision-making and stronger overall business performance.
• Revenue & Margin Driver Ownership: Develop and maintain detailed revenue and margin frameworks that clearly map the key value drivers, deliver structured price–volume–mix analysis to explain performance, and proactively identify opportunities to optimise margin and enhance overall profitability.
• Cash Flow & Working Capital: Own and continuously refine the rolling cash forecasting approach, connect operational performance drivers to working capital movements, and lead initiatives that strengthen inventory efficiency and overall liquidity management.
• Anaplan Product Ownership: Define modelling requirements and establish a robust planning structure, lead the transition from Excel to Anaplan, drive user adoption and process standardisation, and enhance automation to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Reporting & Insight: Own the monthly performance reporting, ensuring it delivers clear, insight-led analysis, oversee the accuracy and integrity of Group submissions, embed meaningful performance metrics into planning and forecasting, proactively identify performance gaps with actionable recommendations, and promote accountability across the business.
• Ad-hoc Analysis: To provide ad-hoc analysis to the business.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified: Professional accountancy body qualification e.g. CIMA, ACCA or ACA.
• Financial modelling: Delivers detailed financial models to predict future revenues and expenses, translates these with consideration of the audience.
• Analysis and actionable insight: Dissects complex financial data and distils it into clear, actionable insights. Interprets financial reports, forecasts trends and always adopts an approach of making informed recommendations.
• Business partnering: Consults with stakeholders across the business, building relationships and adding value by understanding the business needs, but crucially influencing how we get there.
• Commercial mindset: Applies a deep understanding of the factors impacting performance, optimizing how budgets can be allocated to deliver the goals. Adapts swiftly to changes and continuously challenges the business to make better decisions.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex and technical financial concepts to financial and non-financial stakeholders and can challenge decisions respectfully and tactfully.
• Process Improvement: Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset with regards to processes, spots opportunities and delivers change effectively.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Builds relationships with stakeholders with ease, supports the learning of others, and operates with a helpful disposition to support the goals of the team.
• Systems: Advanced Excel skills, Anaplan experience or a similar tool, knowledge of Power BI and Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be helpful.

Benefits

• We operate a Hybrid Working Policy which means three days in our Avonmouth offices and two days working from home.
• Flexible working hours, core hours are between 10am - 4pm.
• Generous Staff Discount on all your favourite ELEMIS products and spa treatments, as well as discounts on L'OCCITANE Group products (including L'Occitane, Erborian and more).
• Excellent well-being policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity policies, Income Protection, Life Assurance and more.
• Generous Holiday Allowance, increasing with length of service.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Healthcare Cash Plan (with Dental).
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme for all Associates and their families.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Length of Service Awards.
• Much, much more!