FP&A Manager Contract: 6?Months
Location: Cambridgeshire (Hybrid, 3-4 days per week on-site)
Start: ASAP
Sector: FMCG
Daily Rate: £425-600
Role overview: An established FMCG business in Cambridgeshire is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to strengthen the accuracy, structure and reliability of financial data across the organisation. The business has identified a clear need for improved insight, consistency and data quality to support better planning and decision?making.
This role will work closely with Divisional Finance Directors and Financial Controllers to build a more robust FP&A environment and ensure reporting is fit for purpose across the group.
The role will also support an ERP upgrade, helping shape data requirements and ensuring FP&A processes align with the future system landscape.
Key responsibilities: - Take ownership of FP&A reporting and the accuracy of reported financials, ensuring consistency across divisions.
- Build standardised FP&A processes covering budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance analysis.
- Partner with Divisional Finance Directors and Managing Directors to improve insight, challenge assumptions and support decision?making.
- Review and improve data structures, reporting flows and information accessibility across the business.
- Create and enhance financial models to consolidate divisional results, incorporating KPIs and additional data to improve clarity for board?level reporting.
- Introduce automation and AI?enabled approaches to reduce manual work and improve reporting efficiency.
- Support the ERP upgrade by shaping FP&A data requirements and ensuring reporting processes are aligned with the future system.
Key Skill set: - ACA or CIMA (or similar) Qualified Accountant with 4+ years PQE experience
- Strong FP&A experience at manager level, ideally within FMCG, Manufacturing environments.
- A proven track record of partnering with senior stakeholders, including Finance Directors and Managing Directors.
- Experience improving or building FP&A frameworks where data quality, structure and consistency need development.
- Confidence working with inconsistent or incomplete data and creating clarity from complexity.
- Experience developing financial models that consolidate multiple business units and enhance reporting quality.
- Familiarity with automation, AI?driven reporting or modern finance tooling.
- Experience supporting or working alongside ERP upgrades or system transitions.
