FP&A Manager in London - Harper May Ltd

Our client is a financial services organisation operating within a regulated, performance-driven environment. With continued focus on forecasting accuracy, commercial insight, and strategic planning, the business is strengthening its FP&A capability to support informed decision-making. As part of this, they are seeking an FP&A Manager to lead planning, analysis, and performance insight across the organisation.

The Role
Reporting into senior finance leadership, the FP&A Manager will take ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, providing clear insight to support strategic and commercial decisions. The role offers broad exposure across senior stakeholders within a structured financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes

• Produce performance reporting with variance analysis and actionable insight

• Analyse revenue, costs, and profitability to support strategic decision-making

• Build and maintain financial models for forecasting, scenario analysis, and business cases

• Partner with senior stakeholders to provide clear financial insight and challenge

• Support management reporting and Board-level analysis

• Improve FP&A processes, reporting, and forecasting accuracy

• Support ad hoc analysis to inform commercial and strategic initiatives

Candidate Profile

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified

• Previous FP&A or commercial finance experience within financial services

• Strong analytical and financial modelling capability

• Confident communicator comfortable working with senior stakeholders

• Detail-focused with the ability to translate data into clear insight

• Comfortable operating in a deadline-driven, regulated environment