FP&A Manager - Projects

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager role is focused on driving commercial success by supporting the Head of FP&A, divisional leadership and their operational teams, as well as working closely with business development teams. This dynamic role will partner key business stakeholders to provide valuable insights and recommendations to optimise operations and maximise revenue. Responsible for supporting the Head of FP&A in delivering FP&A activity which ensures accurate financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis to facilitate informed business decisions. The FP&A Manager supports a high‑performing finance team culture, empowering members to deliver exceptional financial management and drive performance across the entire organisation. The role will need to have key analytical skills and strategic mindset and contribute significantly to the company's financial success and growth.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Assisting with FP&A activity as part of the FP&A team within the division and interface with the Group FP&A team.
• Assist in the preparation of management and board‑level presentations, providing clear and concise financial analysis and commentary, including the preparation of the Divisional MBR.
• Monitor key financial metrics and performance indicators and provide variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and historical trends.
• Assisting with the delivery of rolling P&L and cash forecasts, working with the divisional finance team to present to senior management monthly.
• Support the preparation and analysis of yearly and quarterly financial budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes.
• Cash Reporting; working with cash collection team & BUs to consolidate the receipts forecast, then tracking vs actuals, with a view to improving the process.
• Linking cash reporting to working capital reporting to develop a process to improve visibility and reporting going forward.
• Drive improvement in working capital by improving the analysis and trends by customer.
• Assisting with the maintenance and monitoring of the forward order book, work with the sales and data team to ensure pipeline reporting is clear and aligned to the financial forecasts & consistent with the sales system (Salesforce).
• Close working relationship with the senior management of the business, driving efficiency, best practice, processes.
• Improving management information across the BU for more detailed analysis.
• Develop and maintain financial models and reports for internal and external stakeholders, providing actionable insights and recommendations for improvements.
• Provide ad‑hoc financial analysis and business intelligence support to management and business partners.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and reporting requirements.
• Engage with senior stakeholders in the business and the group, build and proactively maintain constructive relationships to ensure deliverables and deadlines are set appropriately and duly delivered.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Essential
• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent commercial finance experience.
• Demonstrated FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering experience in a complex environment.
• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel and modelling skills as well as Power point.
• Experience presenting financial information to senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to interpret financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights.
• High attention to detail & interpretation of data, with strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Fast paced environment, the ability to multi task.
• Ability to use initiative to drive improvement and understand issues.
• Desirable
• Experience in projects‑based, engineering, construction or service‑led industries.
• Working knowledge of systems such as SAP, TM1/IBM Planning Analytics, Power BI, Salesforce, or similar planning/reporting tools.
• Experience working within a matrix organisation with multiple business units.

Key Behaviours & Competencies

• Commercial acumen: Understands business drivers and can link operational reality to financial outcomes.
• Collaboration: Builds trust and strong working relationships across Finance and Operations.
• Challenge & influence: Comfortable questioning assumptions and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement: Seeks to simplify, standardise and improve FP&A processes.
• Agility: Able to operate in a fast‑paced environment with competing priorities.
• Communication: Proactive, clear and concise communicator at all levels.