At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead budgeting and forecasting processes while collaborating with finance and leadership teams.
- Company: Join itsu, a fast-growing healthy eating brand with global ambitions.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, bonuses, health insurance, and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace encouraging applicants from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic role with opportunities for growth and development.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant or experienced FP&A professional with strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
The ideal candidate:
- Qualified accountant [ACCA / CIMA or equivalent], or qualified by experience in a senior FP&A role
- A highly organised and experienced FP&A professional with a strong track record of leading budgeting and forecasting processes end-to-end
- Comfortable taking ownership of complex planning cycles, managing timelines, coordinating inputs and ensuring outputs are accurate, clear and delivered on time
- Strong analytical capability, with experience interpreting complex data sets and turning analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Confident working independently in a temporary role, quickly building relationships and bringing structure, pace and control to planning processes
- A collaborative communicator who can influence across finance, commercial and leadership teams
Scope of the role:
This is a temporary 6-month role reporting into the Head of Commercial Finance. The Head of Commercial Finance will provide oversight and direction, but the successful candidate will ideally take day-to-day ownership of the budgeting, forecasting and planning processes, bringing structure, control and momentum to key finance activities.
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes end-to-end, managing timelines, templates, stakeholder inputs, review meetings and final outputs
- Work closely with the Head of Commercial Finance to ensure planning outputs are robust, clearly understood and aligned to business priorities
- Partner with commercial, finance and leadership teams to gather assumptions, challenge inputs and translate business plans into clear financial forecasts
- Own and improve planning models, templates and reporting packs, ensuring they are accurate, consistent, easy to use and fit for purpose
- Identify opportunities to improve existing budgeting and forecasting processes, including better ways to capture assumptions, track changes and communicate outputs
- Provide clear variance analysis, scenario modelling and insight to support decision-making across sales, margin, overheads, cashflow and wider business performance
- Support ad hoc analysis and project work as required, helping the business understand performance, risks, opportunities and trade-offs
- Bring strong organisation, attention to detail and proactive communication to ensure stakeholders know what is required, when it is required and how decisions will be made
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
- Health insurance
- Company pension scheme
- Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
- Opportunity to work from abroad
- 50% employee discount in itsu shops
- Free itsu lunch
- Discounts at major retailers
- Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
- A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development
FP&A Manager [FTC] - London employer: itsu
itsu [grocery] is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its employees, offering a competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, it fosters a vibrant work culture where innovation thrives, and employees are encouraged to grow through substantial training budgets and opportunities for international collaboration. Located in a dynamic environment, this role not only allows you to make a meaningful impact on food safety and quality but also offers unique perks like employee discounts and the chance to work from home abroad.
