FP&A Manager in London

Overview

VIRTUS Data Centres is a trusted provider of critical digital infrastructure across the UK and Europe. With a strong UK foundation and a rapidly expanding European presence, we design, build, own, and operate resilient, secure, and energy-efficient data centres for some of the world’s leading organisations. Established in the UK, VIRTUS has built a market-leading portfolio across London’s key availability zones and continues to invest significantly in the domestic market. Building on this success, we expanded into continental Europe in 2023, launching our first campuses in Berlin and accelerating growth across strategic European locations through 2026 and beyond.

Job Summary

The FP&A Manager role sits within the VIRTUS Finance Team, reporting to the VP Financial Planning & Analysis. As VIRTUS continues to expand in the UK and into Europe, finance has a critical role in enabling this growth through accurate, relevant and insightful financial analysis. As a Senior Finance Business Partner at VIRTUS, you will play a pivotal role within our FP&A team with the opportunity to shape and develop a critical finance function within a leading data centre business. You will be able to have a direct impact on operational efficiency, cost management, and strategic business growth, benefitting from career progression and professional development in a dynamic, expanding organisation.

This role will initially focus on business partnering with Technical Operations & IT teams across our London data centre portfolio and the new Saunderton campus, and is integral to driving financial insight, cost optimisation, and strategic decision-making. You will also work with the business on the detailed bottom-up planning for our new 78MW Saunderton campus and later into Europe in Berlin and Milan, ensuring robust financial frameworks underpin our expansion.

Primary functions

• Own assigned areas of the budgeting, forecasting and business planning process; establish appropriate inputs and outputs, timetables, templates and necessary levels of analysis to clearly ‘tell the story’, enabling informed decisions to be made by the business.
• Be a Finance Business Partner to Senior Management and Department leads, playing a key role in ensuring that these key stakeholders achieve their targets.
• Financial modelling and analysis, including BAU analysis, financial and non-financial KPIs, modelling and stakeholder reporting, and identification of risks and opportunities.
• Establish new planning tools and outputs, including automation and migration of budgeting, forecasting and reporting functionality from Excel to SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
• Provide assistance as appropriate to the VP of FP&A and CFO (and other key stakeholders) on other ad hoc projects and initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead annual budgeting and quarterly rolling forecast and planning processes, including comprehensive support for business units, providing accurate projections and scenario analyses to inform strategic planning.
• Business Partnering: Work closely with operational, commercial, and technical teams to provide financial insights, challenge assumptions, and support decision-making. Foster collaborative relationships to drive performance, cost management and alignment of financial objectives with business strategy.
• Performance Reporting: Prepare and present monthly management reporting, analysis and dashboards on financial performance and operational KPIs, highlighting key trends and variances, identifying risks and opportunities to ensure ‘no surprises’ and delivering clear, actionable insights to senior management.
• Financial Analysis: Provide detailed financial analysis of revenue streams, cost drivers, and capital expenditure, identifying and reviewing budget variances at month end with scenario analysis of ongoing impact. Identify opportunities for efficiency and growth and drive cross-functional initiatives to deliver.
• Growth Initiatives: Support the evaluation of new business opportunities, including site expansion, acquisitions, and new service offerings. Conduct financial modelling and due diligence as required.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement enhancements to FP&A processes, systems, and reporting to support scalability and agility whilst driving efficiency and transparency.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with operational, technical, and site management teams, ensuring finance is a trusted advisor and enabler of business success.
• Risk Management: Monitor financial risks and develop strategies to mitigate potential issues arising from rapid expansion.
• Any other reasonable requests made by your line manager.

Person Specification

Essential

• A Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, or similar manager-level roles in a complex, multi-site environment.
• Strong track record of delivering value through business partnering, including influencing senior stakeholders and driving strategic outcomes.
• Proven experience in managing operating expenses & cost control, capital expenditure planning, and scenario-based financial modelling.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into actionable insights including to non-finance stakeholders.
• Academically strong, a degree in Accounting, Economics, Business or a similar field.
• Systems and financial modelling experience, preferably including SAP/SAC or similar.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skillset.

Preferred

• Sector experience in technology or large-scale real estate/infrastructure investment would be a bonus, preferably data centre including hyperscale data centre operators.
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting Technical Operations, facilities management, or infrastructure-heavy businesses.
• Experience in supporting large-scale projects, capital investments, or M&A activity.
• Has worked or has the ability to work in a fast-paced, growth environment.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, able to build trust and credibility across all business levels and functions.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects.
• A team player and strong communicator. Commercial. Inquisitive.
• High attention to detail and commitment to delivering quality outputs.
• Adaptable and resilient, thriving in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

In line with VIRTUS’ Vetting Policy, the successful applicant must be willing to undergo a BS7858 screening process. VIRTUS is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.

We reserve the right to close this post for applications should sufficient applications be received.

Travel and some occasional travel to data centres based west of London.