FP&A Manager (Finance Business Partner focus)

SRM Recruitment are supporting a PE backed organisation in the real estate space recruit an FP&A Manager.

Our client are multi-site business, growing at scale and operate at a very dynamic cadence. As such, we are focused on attracting a candidate that thrives in that kind of environment and comes from a private equity portfolio environment, multi-site consumer or real estate business.

Joining at a defining point in the Group's evolution, this position offers the chance to oversee FP&A across a multi-country entity platform. Responsibilities include ownership of the annual budget, rolling forecast cycle and monthly management reporting suite, with direct exposure to the Group Finance Director and management responsibility for a Junior Analyst.

This is a highly visible role with genuine autonomy and direct exposure to the Group C-suite. Working across the wider business, you'll play a key role in shaping how the Group plans, analyses and reports performance, while joining a forward-thinking finance team that is embracing automation, Power BI and AI-assisted ways of working,

Finance Business Partnering – Revenue Operations & Commercial Pricing

• Act as a key finance partner to the Group's revenue operations agenda, collaborating closely with senior leadership to support commercial performance and strategic decision-making.
• Support the development of commercial pricing strategies, providing insight and analysis to optimise revenue, occupancy and profitability across the business.
• Lead and develop the Commercial Finance Analyst, overseeing pricing analytics, rate modelling, performance reporting and market benchmarking activities.
• Apply a recurring revenue mindset to business performance, analysing key drivers such as lead generation, sales conversion, customer retention and revenue quality.
• Translate financial and commercial analysis into actionable recommendations, presenting insights to stakeholders and helping drive execution across the wider business.
• Partner with operational and commercial teams to identify opportunities for growth, efficiency and improved financial performance.
• Deliver meaningful reporting and analysis that supports revenue optimisation, pricing decisions and the achievement of broader business objectives.

Budgeting & Forecasting:

• Lead the Group's annual budgeting process, partnering with divisional stakeholders to consolidate submissions into a robust, board-ready financial plan.
• Take ownership of the quarterly reforecast cycle, assessing performance against budget, refreshing assumptions and highlighting key variances and risks.
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models, enabling effective planning and forecasting across revenue, margin, operating costs and cash flow.
• Deliver scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling to support strategic decision-making, investment opportunities and operational initiatives.
• Work closely with finance and operational teams to ensure planning assumptions are aligned, appropriately challenged and consistently applied across the business.

Reporting & Performance Insights:

• Own the monthly management reporting suite, delivering timely and insightful analysis of Group and divisional performance.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Finance Analyst to produce board reporting, ensuring outputs are accurate, commercially relevant and supported by clear narrative.
• Support the ongoing development and enhancement of Power BI dashboards, providing visibility of financial and operational performance across the Group.
• Maintain and evolve the KPI reporting framework, driving consistency in definitions, methodologies and performance measurement.
• Prepare high-quality data and analysis for a range of stakeholders, including investor reporting, lender requirements and broader commercial performance reviews.

We are seeking:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA, CIMA or equivalent), or a finance professional with demonstrable relevant experience.
• Strong FP&A experience covering budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and management reporting within a complex business environment.
• Advanced Excel capability, including financial modelling and data manipulation tools such as Power Query.
• Experience working with Power BI or similar business intelligence platforms to develop and deliver meaningful management insights.
• Confident communicator with the ability to present financial information and commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Previous people management experience, or the capability and ambition to step into a first leadership role.
• Strong understanding of how AI and automation tools can enhance finance processes and decision-making, with practical experience

This role will have staff oversight from day one, be genuinely highly visible and have a collaborative, high-performing team that utilises a modern finance stack.

Our client is Central London based, and operate a four day in the office working policy.