FP&A Manager

FP&A Manager

📍 Location: Reading
💰 Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 + bonus & benefits
💼 Type: Permanent
⏰Hours: Hybrid

We are partnering with a large, well-established construction / housebuilding business to recruit an FP&A Manager into a senior, high-impact role supporting a significant regional operation.

This position sits at the heart of financial planning, forecasting and performance insight, working closely with the Finance Director and senior leadership team to drive informed decision-making, strengthen financial control, and support ongoing finance transformation.

The Role

As FP&A Manager, you will lead financial planning, forecasting and performance reporting, ensuring leadership teams have clear, accurate and actionable insight into results, risks and opportunities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning and coordinating the budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning cycles
• Producing weekly, monthly and ad-hoc performance reporting, including management accounts and year-end requirements
• Delivering high-quality financial analysis, variance commentary and forecasting insight
• Supporting commercial decision-making through scenario modelling, benchmarking and business unit analysis
• Maintaining and promoting a robust financial control and reporting environment
• Acting as a senior point of contact for technical accounting queries and application of finance policies
• Leading engagement with internal and external audit
• Partnering with Group Finance and peers on process improvement, standardisation and systems enhancement
• Deputising for the Finance Director at senior forums where required
• Supporting joint ventures / joint operations from a planning and reporting perspective

Role Requirements:

• Housbuilding or Construction experience
• Exposure to COINS or similar ERP systems
• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with strong post-qualification experience
• Proven background in FP&A, financial planning, forecasting or commercial finance
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS
• Experience operating in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
• Able to translate financial data into clear, compelling insight for senior leaders and Board-level audiences
• Confident influencer with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to drive change, improve processes and enhance reporting quality
• Strong Excel and general IT capability