Senior FP&A Manager in London

Closing date for applications - Sunday 21st June

The Senior Manager, FP&A oversees financial planning and analysis for all Rugby World Cups. These events are complex, multiyear, multi-entity programmes with significant commercial, operational and reputational impact. This position manages budgeting, forecasting, and provides insightful financial guidance for upcoming tournaments. Additionally, the role provides FP&A support for centrally managed areas of ongoing RWC operations, working closely with the Operating Company (OpCo) finance team.

Principal accountabilities

• Act as the finance lead for all future Rugby World Cups (RWCs), overseeing the evaluation of bids through to OpCo establishment, providing comprehensive financial insights, scenario modelling and risk/opportunity analysis to support key decisions.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes for tournament budgets relating to future RWCs.
• Oversee the budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting of centrally managed activities for ongoing RWCs in close collaboration with the OpCo finance team.
• Act as senior finance business partner to WREM leadership, OpCo Finance leaders and functional leads.
• Strengthen FP&A processes, reporting and tools, improving visibility, agility and control.
• Support governance forums and senior stakeholders with clear, concise financial analysis and recommendations.
• Working with finance colleagues, ensure all information reconciles to financial accounts on a monthly basis.

Qualifications & experience

• Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 8 years PQE (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong experience in end-to-end financial planning for large events or projects, including budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting and post event reviews.
• Advanced financial modelling skills, including scenario analysis and risk/opportunity assessment to support bid evaluation and OpCo decisions.
• Excellent understanding of P&L, cash flow and balance sheet dynamics, and how tournament and central costs flow through the financial statements.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross functional teams to shape budgets, challenge assumptions and support key investment and operational decisions.
• Comfortable working with complex, multi entity structures (e.g. WREM Central and OpCos), ensuring consistent treatment of costs and revenues.

Key skills & personal attributes

• Highly effective finance business partner, able to build trusted relationships with WREM leadership, OpCo finance leads and functional heads in Finance.
• Strong communication skills, presenting complex financial information and scenarios in a clear, concise way for governance forums and senior stakeholders.
• Confident in challenging and influencing senior stakeholders, using evidence‑based analysis and well‑structured narratives to support recommendations.
• Proactive, ownership mindset, taking responsibility for the quality of insight and the robustness of information.
• Process minded, with a drive to improve FP&A processes, tools and reporting, increasing visibility, agility and control over time.
• Calm and resilient under pressure, especially around bid deadlines, budget cycles and key decision meetings.