Head of FP&A in London

MANUAL is a leading preventive healthcare platform for men and women, with core clinical pathways across Hormonal Health, Weight, Metabolic Health and Dermatology. The business is scaling fast - $300m annualised revenue, growing >100% YoY, operating across the UK and Brazil.

This role will report to the Director of Finance & Strategy. As the company’s first dedicated FP&A leader, you will take ownership of our financial planning processes and act as a trusted partner to the leadership team. You will be responsible for building and running the company-wide budgeting cycles, introducing processes that drive accountability, and uncovering opportunities to create value and improve cost efficiency across the business.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role that will work closely with every function to align financial plans with strategic priorities, while laying the foundation for a best-in-class FP&A function that can scale through our next stage of growth. We are an office-first company, based in London Bridge, with at least 3 days a week to be worked from the office.

What you’ll do

• Budgeting & Financial Planning: consolidation and streamlining of business unit forecasts at a Group level, to help develop long-term financial plans (including scenario models) that prepare the business for continued sustainable growth.
• Management Reporting & Accountability: establish robust financial reporting and KPI tracking (monthly/quarterly dashboards and management reports) to provide transparency into performance. Partner with department heads to review actuals vs. budget, explain variances and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Cost Efficiency & Value Creation: build business understanding and analyse financial data to identify opportunities for value creation and cost efficiencies across the organisation. Provide actionable insights and recommendations to optimize spending, improve gross margins and drive profitable growth.
• Headcount Planning: lead headcount reporting and workforce planning in partnership with HR, ensuring hiring plans and people costs align with the approved budget and company growth strategy.
• FP&A Team Building: as the first dedicated FP&A hire, take a hands-on approach to establish a world-class FP&A function. Design and implement FP&A processes, systems, and best practices from the ground up and over time recruit and develop a high-performing FP&A team to support the company’s growth.

Who you are

• 6+ years of progressive experience in finance, with a strong focus on FP&A leadership in a high-growth environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships across the organisation, while confidently challenging stakeholders when necessary.
• Relentless, output focused mindset; someone who loves pushing through the noise with disciplined pragmatism.
• Proactive and self-driven, with a strong sense of ownership; someone who constantly seeks opportunities to create and drive initiatives forward independently.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Willingness and ability to operate in an unstructured environment, tackling unstructured problems; an ability to deliver high-quality work, fast.
• Strong proficiency with financial systems and analytics tools. Experience with modern cloud-based ERP and BI platforms is highly desirable - for example, familiarity with NetSuite for accounting/ERP and Looker (or similar tools like Tableau/Power BI) for data visualisation and reporting. Advanced Excel skills for financial modeling are expected.
• Professional finance qualifications (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) are advantageous but not a prerequisite.

What we offer

• Competitive market salary.
• Generous stock option plan.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Electric car scheme.
• 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies.
• Hybrid role with lunch in the office 1 day per week.
• Annual company retreat.