FP & A Manager

Overview

In this FP&A Manager role, you will provide financial leadership and cross-functional business partnering for the UK manufacturing operation. You’ll translate financial insight into actionable actions with operational teams, supporting forecasting, budgeting and performance reviews. You will own cost control, inventory management and KPI reporting while driving continuous improvement and transformation initiatives. You’ll work closely with manufacturing, supply chain and commercial functions to support sound decision-making and value delivery. This is a hands-on, impact-focused opportunity in a manufacturing environment with a clear emphasis on partnering, analytics and performance.

Pay / Benefits

• An extensive benefits package

Responsibilities

• Partner with operations to support performance reviews, forecasting, action planning and decision-making
• Provide financial insight into manufacturing performance, costs, backlog, and risks/opportunities
• Support monthly performance reviews with variance explanations and corrective actions
• Develop operational scorecards and KPI reporting
• Support transformation and continuous improvement initiatives through financial analysis and benefits tracking
• Build strong relationships across manufacturing, supply chain, service and commercial functions
• Forecast, budget and plan labour, overheads, materials, inventory and COGS
• Challenge assumptions, produce scenario modelling and business cases for investments
• Manage inventory-related month-end processes including valuation and adjustments
• Maintain standard costing, BOMs, routings and item master data governance
• Lead inventory counts and support audit requirements; strengthen controls to minimise losses
• Analyze manufacturing costs, variances, margins, inventory performance and KPIs
• Provide actionable financial commentary to operational stakeholders
• Manage and develop a manufacturing finance analyst and ensure reporting accuracy
• Support projects focused on operational efficiency and costing improvements
• Drive enhancements to reporting, controls and decision-support processes

Key requirements

• Qualified accountant or qualified by experience
• Strong manufacturing finance experience
• Knowledge of inventory accounting, standard costing, BOMs, routings, COGS and variances
• Experience in forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills
• People management or analyst development experience desirable
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills
• ERP system experience preferred
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Experience in changing or transformational operational environments

• stakeholder management
• communication
• analytical thinking
• Advanced Excel
• ERP system experience
• costing and inventory accounting

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