Financial Planning and Analysis Manager – Private Equity

This role sits within the Group Finance team and combines FP&A, financial modelling and commercial finance support. The focus is on providing robust financial analysis and forward-looking insight, while working closely with senior stakeholders to understand performance, challenge assumptions and support business decisions.

Key areas will include:

• Supporting the Group budget and forecasting cycles, from planning and preparation through to consolidation and review.
• Providing finance support to senior leaders across central functions, including cost management, headcount planning and investment decisions.
• Producing analysis and management information covering Group performance, key trends, underlying drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Taking ownership of the Group’s three-year planning model and ensuring it remains accurate, well maintained and aligned to the wider business plan.
• Developing financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Working closely with the Finance Director, CFO and wider leadership team on financial analysis, planning and ad-hoc commercial requirements.

Experience and technical requirements

Required

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Strong experience across FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and providing meaningful financial challenge and insight.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience, preferably within a Group or multi-entity environment.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, including experience building and maintaining multi-year models.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial and operational data and communicate the key messages clearly.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and tight reporting and planning deadlines.

Highly desirable

• Experience within transaction services / transaction-related environments, with an understanding of financial due diligence, deal analysis, acquisitions or post-transaction activity.
• Experience in a private-equity-backed, acquisitive or high-growth business.
• Experience of three-year planning, long-range forecasting and strategic modelling.
• Experience working across multiple entities or recently acquired businesses.Experience within technology, IT services, managed services or another recurring-revenue environment.
• Familiarity with modern FP&A, consolidation or planning systems.

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