FP&A Manager - Planning and Reporting

FP&A Manager – Planning & Reporting - 📍 Basingstoke | £65,000–£75,000 | Hybrid

Finance professional who wants to influence more than just the numbers?

We’re looking for an experienced FP&A Manager to take ownership of planning, forecasting and reporting, while working closely with senior leaders to shape key business decisions.

This is a broad, visible role combining commercial insight, financial expertise, problem-solving and people leadership.

What you’ll be doing

📊 Lead the annual budgeting, planning and forecasting cycle

🔎 Provide analysis, scenario modelling and insight to support decisions

🤝 Partner with senior leaders, challenging constructively and adding value

📈 Turn complex financial information into clear, actionable insight

💡 Support business cases, projects and investment decisions

⚙️ Improve reporting, processes and ways of working

🚀 Drive greater use of automation, data and visualisation

👥 Lead, coach and develop a team of finance professionals

The ideal candidate will be:

You’ll be a qualified accountant with strong FP&A experience and a track record across budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.

You’ll also bring:

• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills
• Advanced Excel capability
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders
• The ability to explain complex information simply
• A constructive approach to challenge and problem-solving
• Experience improving processes and ways of working
• Experience managing or developing finance professionals
• Ideally, experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools

Most importantly, you’ll be curious, commercially aware and comfortable connecting the numbers to the bigger picture.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to have genuine influence. You’ll be close to senior decision-making, have scope to improve how finance operates and play an important role in shaping future plans, with plenty of variety and visibility along the way. If you’re ready for a role where you can influence, improve and make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

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