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Lead FP&A Analyst
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Lead FP&A Analyst
Salary: Up to £65,000 + Benefits
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced FP&A professional to join a growing, multi-site organisation as Lead FP&A Analyst.
Reporting into the Head of FP&A, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping financial planning, performance reporting and commercial decision-making across the business. This is a highly visible position, partnering with senior leaders to provide strategic financial insight, improve reporting and lead the planning cycle.
You'll also provide day-to-day leadership across FP&A activities, driving continuous improvement, developing financial models and helping to build a best-in-class planning and analysis function. This role would suit an ambitious Finance Business Partner or Senior FP&A Analyst looking to step into a leadership position with genuine strategic influence.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Lead the monthly FP&A reporting cycle, ensuring accurate, insightful and timely financial reporting for Executive and Senior Leadership teams.
- Deliver high-quality analysis of financial performance, identifying risks, opportunities and key commercial drivers.
- Produce executive-level reporting packs, dashboards and board-quality commentary.
- Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic business decisions.
- Analyse operational and financial performance, translating complex data into meaningful commercial insight.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning
- Lead the annual budgeting process and rolling forecast cycles across multiple business areas.
- Coordinate planning activities across Finance and operational teams, ensuring consistency, accuracy and adherence to deadlines.
- Challenge assumptions, identify financial risks and provide recommendations to improve performance.
- Develop long-term financial models to support business planning and investment decisions.
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Business Partnering
- Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to senior operational and corporate leaders.
- Provide commercial support to strategic projects, investment cases and business initiatives.
- Influence decision-making through robust financial analysis and constructive challenge.
- Present financial information confidently to senior stakeholders, simplifying complex issues into clear commercial messages.
- Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider business to improve financial understanding and accountability.
Leadership & Continuous Improvement
- Support the Head of FP&A in developing and embedding a high-performing FP&A function.
- Provide coaching and guidance to FP&A Analysts and Finance Business Partners where appropriate.
- Drive continuous improvement across reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
- Work alongside Business Intelligence and Finance Systems teams to automate reporting and enhance data quality.
- Champion best practice in financial planning, reporting and analysis.
About You
You'll be an experienced FP&A professional who combines strong technical capability with excellent commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills.
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You'll have:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification (or be in the final stages of qualification).
- Significant experience within FP&A, commercial finance or finance business partnering.
- Experience leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes.
- Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling, scenario planning and large data analysis.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Experience producing Executive or Board-level reporting.
- A proactive approach with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within a large, multi-site or private equity-backed organisation.
- Experience using Power BI or similar reporting and visualisation tools.
- Knowledge of ERP or finance systems.
- Previous experience mentoring or leading junior finance colleagues.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a business that is investing in its Finance function and values commercial insight. You'll work closely with senior leadership, influence strategic decisions and help shape the future of FP&A within a growing organisation.
If you're looking for a role that offers genuine ownership, visibility and the opportunity to progress into Finance Manager or Head of FP&A level in the future, we'd love to hear from you.
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