Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager (FP&A)

We are looking for an experienced Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager to join us, working initially in a two year fixed term contract.

The Interim Head of FP&A Senior Manager will lead the organisation's planning, budgeting, forecasting and business analysis functions through a period of financial transformation and system implementation. The role will build and embed best-in-class financial reporting, deliver insightful MI through Power BI, and implement Anaplan to drive agility and strategic decision-making. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a confident self-starter with gravitas and the ability to influence senior stakeholders, mentor team members, and build scalable financial capabilities.

A bit about the Finance Department: The Finance team at KINTO is pivotal in ensuring the financial stability, transparency, and strategic insight required to support a fast-paced and evolving business. The department is responsible for end-to-end financial management including reporting, forecasting, planning, treasury, and governance. With a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making, Finance partners closely with stakeholders across all business areas to drive performance, control risk, and enable sustainable growth. This role sits at the heart of this mission, leading transformational change within FP&A to elevate the value finance brings to the wider organisation.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes across the business
• Oversee the implementation and optimisation of Anaplan across finance and business users
• Build and develop a Power BI reporting suite including dashboards, KPIs, and trend analytics
• Drive the development and governance of the financial data warehouse
• Partner with senior stakeholders across departments to provide insightful commercial analysis
• Deliver accurate, timely, and relevant MI to drive operational and strategic performance
• Mentor and coach direct reports with a view to succession planning
• Improve data quality, control and visibility to support faster, evidence-led decision-making
• Provide financial challenge and support to transformation initiatives
• Lead a high-performing team, embedding a culture of continuous improvement

What you'll get to own:

• Full ownership of the forecasting, planning and budgeting processes across the business
• The implementation and roll-out of Anaplan as the group-wide planning tool
• Development and delivery of all financial dashboards, KPIs and Power BI reporting to the business
• Leadership of the financial data warehouse transformation, including structure, integrity and governance
• The financial MI strategy—what is reported, to whom, how often, and through which systems
• Direct engagement with senior leaders, acting as the go-to expert for performance insight and challenge

Requirements

Key Experience & Skills:

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with significant post-qualified experience
• Proven experience leading FP&A and reporting functions in complex or transforming environments
• Strong understanding of forecasting, planning, and budgeting best practices
• Hands-on experience with Anaplan and Power BI
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills
• Experience mentoring and developing finance professionals
• Excellent communicator and confident in engaging with senior stakeholders

Desirable:

• Experience in financial services or vehicle leasing
• Familiarity with SAP, SQL, or data warehouse structures

Attributes & Behaviours:

• Gravitas and credibility to operate at senior levels
• Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail
• Commercially aware
• Confident and collaborative leader
• Proactive problem-solver
• Resilient under pressure and adaptable to change

Benefits:

• Bonus earning potential
• 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday
• Great pension scheme starting at employee (EE) contribution of 4% with an employer (ER) contribution of 11%. This can flex up to 6% EE contribution and 15% ER contribution
• Hybrid working policy 2 days from home each week should you want to
• Car Scheme following passing of probation
• Private Medical Cover
• Life assurance scheme
• Discounts on different retailers
• Free onsite car parking
• Onsite nursery with discounted prices
• Well-being hour each month
• Discounts on Toyota & Lexus Cars
• Well-being events
• Volunteer Days
• Employee assistance programmes
• Free fruit in the office

KINTO UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from anyone who is excited by the opportunity of joining us and will thoroughly consider all applications without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.

Our Recruitment Process: At KINTO we value everyone and are pleased to be recognised as a Disability Confident Employer, which is a national standard that ensures our processes are accessible to all. Everyone is unique, and that means what works for some may not work for everyone. When it comes to recruitment, please do let us know if we can adjust our process to meet your accessibility needs. Some examples of how we might be able to help are listed below:

• Providing a copy of interview questions before the interview
• Organising a time and location that best suits you
• Allowing additional time for the assessment and interview

We are happy to review any adjustment on a case-by-case basis, so please let us know how we can support you to be your best self. On the job training will be provided, we recognise we all learn differently, and we want to ensure that our training will suit your learning style. We are open to talking to you about how we can make learning your new role in the most positive way.