Group FP&A Manager - Planning
$80,000,000–$80,000,000 year
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Support the Head of Planning in delivering the Group annual budget, monthly forecasting, quarterly performance reviews, and five-year strategic planning processes. Manage the daily planning timetable, instructions, templates, submissions, and review processes across regions. Review and analyse historical and forecast performance across revenue, EBIT, productivity, EPS, cash flow, capex, and KPIs to identify drivers, risks, and opportunities. Prepare financial analysis, papers, and presentations for the Global CFO, Global Financial Controller, Group FP&A Director, Executive Committees, and Board-level discussions. Work with regional and functional FP&A teams to improve planning procedures, standardise outputs, and promote consistent use of Group systems. Identify opportunities to redesign planning workstreams using AI, automation, and digital tools to reduce manual activity and enhance reporting quality. Manage the Group FP&A Financial Analyst and coordinate offshore analyst support, including prioritisation, review of deliverables, and coaching.
Required Qualifications
- A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent
- Experience with financial forecasting, budgeting and performance management
- Experience managing, coaching or coordinating analysts, including offshore or shared service support where relevant
- Knowledge of technical accounting areas relevant to planning
- Excel experience using planning, consolidation and reporting tools such as WFP, MINT, Hyperion Essbase, Tableau or similar
- Financial and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex information into meaningful recommendations
- Stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build trusted relationships, influence decisions and challenge constructively
- An understanding of the responsible use of AI, including data confidentiality, governance, accuracy and appropriate human oversight
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