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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Employer
Stanton House
Location
Staines, Surrey, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Jan 31, 2025
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Job Role
Financial Planning & Analysis
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
FP&A Manager

£70,000-£90,000

Private Equity Backed (Mid-Market)

West London (Staines) Hybrid working (2 days/week)

Stanton House are partnering exclusively with a PE backed Software business to source an FP&A Manager for their team.

Reporting to the Finance Director this role will manage budgeting processes, financial modelling, and board reporting for a company as they prepare for a transaction.

I am looking to network with high-rising individuals who are looking for a challenge in a fast pace, private equity environment. Ideally you will be ACA qualified with 2-3 years experience in an FP&A role.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to align strategic goals with financial budgets, preparing divisional and consolidated financial plans for board approval.
  • Develop departmental profit-and-loss statements to track actual performance versus budget.
  • Lead the creation and maintenance of monthly group forecasts using a fully integrated financial model.
  • Understand key business drivers and develop dependable assumptions for forecasting.
  • Manage the financial model, ensuring accuracy, relevance, and evolution over time.
  • Conduct detailed modelling for subscription-based revenue and professional services recognition.
  • Forecast headcount and associated costs, reflecting business growth, and prepare long-term financial plans (+5 years).
  • Partner with sales leadership to generate performance metrics from CRM systems, ensuring visibility into sales pipelines, conversion rates, and bookings targets.
  • Forecast bookings across all divisions, supporting ambitious sales growth goals.
  • Perform ad hoc analysis to uncover trends and inform decision-making, including ROI assessments, pricing strategies, and capacity utilisation tracking.
  • Develop forecasts for research and development capitalisation and other strategic initiatives.
  • Support targeted mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and responses to investor or banking queries.
  • Prepare board reports with financial and operational key performance indicators for each division.
  • Analyse financial results, identifying trends or concerns to inform leadership discussions.
  • Collaborate with financial controllers to understand results and produce full-year projections for profit and loss, cash flow, and balance sheet summaries.


Required Experience
  • 2+ years PQE from a relatable industry in an FP&A role.
  • Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS business models.
  • Relevant professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is advantageous but not mandatory.
  • Proven ability to work autonomously, deliver detailed insights, and drive change.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling and scenario planning.
  • Experience with tools like NetSuite (ERP) and CRMs such as Salesforce or HubSpot.
  • Strong communication skills for partnering with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

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