Senior Finance Manager – Modelling & Strategic Analysis
Permanent | £100,000
We’re partnering with a high-profile, regulated consumer organisation to appoint an experienced Senior Finance Manager specialising in financial modelling and strategic analysis.
This is a high-impact role within FP&A, working closely with Commercial Finance and senior stakeholders to lead the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of critical financial models, reporting and strategic analysis.
The Opportunity
As Senior Finance Manager, you’ll play a central role in shaping strategic decision-making across the organisation. You’ll take ownership of complex financial models and provide insight across business planning, scenario analysis, regulatory requirements and executive stakeholder engagement.
This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished finance professional who combines advanced modelling expertise with commercial judgement, clear communication and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll support confident, insight-led decision-making by:
- Leading the development of core Excel-based financial models using best-practice modelling techniques.
- Owning and continuously improving the long-range planning model, including actuals, forecasts and evolving business requirements.
- Developing sales forecasting models and integrated three-statement long-range planning models.
- Working with Finance and Commercial teams to capture accurate financial inputs and create effective input templates where required.
- Designing outputs that use data visualisation and trend analysis to communicate the story behind financial performance.
- Developing efficient Excel-based reports with robust accuracy checks.
- Delivering high-quality financial analysis to support strategic and commercial decision-making.
- Building and adapting models for business case appraisal, scenario planning, stress testing and financial resilience analysis.
- Ensuring models and outputs align with business planning methodologies and regulatory requirements.
- Identifying gaps between business needs and regulatory expectations and developing pragmatic solutions.
- Preparing high-quality reporting packs, analysis and messaging for senior management, executive and regulatory stakeholders.
- Creating manuals and training materials to enable the wider Finance team to take ownership of models and reporting.
About You
You’ll be an experienced finance professional with advanced financial modelling capabilities and the confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders.
You will also have:
- Strong experience building and maintaining integrated financial models in Excel, covering profit and loss, balance sheets, cash flow, KPIs, actuals against budget and trend analysis.
- Experience supporting business planning cycles and producing models and reporting packs that influence senior-level decision-making.
- A strong understanding of the relationships between the three financial statements and how business performance, balance sheet movements and cash flow interact.
- Demonstrable experience in agile scenario planning, with the ability to assess changing assumptions and provide clear decision support.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud would be advantageous, including system mapping or configuration.
- Strong systems knowledge, with the ability to use functionality effectively and improve reporting efficiency.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and present clear recommendations.
- The credibility to challenge senior leaders constructively and influence outcomes through insight-led analysis.
- A proactive and independent approach, with the confidence to identify risks and opportunities early.
- The ability to work effectively at pace and bring structure to ambiguous or evolving requirements.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to take ownership of critical financial models and analysis within a complex, fast-moving and highly regulated organisation.
In return, you’ll benefit from:
- A salary of £100,000.
- A permanent senior finance position with significant organisational impact.
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Ownership of strategically important financial models and reporting.
- The opportunity to influence business planning, commercial decisions and regulatory priorities.
- A collaborative role spanning FP&A, Commercial Finance and the wider organisation.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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