Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a fast growing & ambitious Financial Services business based in Edinburgh in their search for a new FP&A Manager. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this role combines commercial accounting expertise with financial planning and analysis and as such, requires strong experience in budgeting, forecasting and robust financial modelling.
About the role:
- Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, delivering clear performance insight and investigating variances against budget and forecast, supported by strong narrative and actionable recommendations
- Lead key elements of the budgeting and forecasting process, taking ownership of assumptions, key drivers, timetables, and stakeholder inputs
- Deliver scenario & sensitivity analysis, as well as financial modelling to support commercial decision‑making and strategic priorities
- Develop and maintain robust financial models, ensuring they are fit for purpose, well‑controlled, and expertly & efficiently documented
- Perform strategic analysis and support strategic planning, translating strategy into clear financial and operational drivers
- Support the delivery of business‑wide projects by providing financial insight, modelling support, and analysis in response to queries
- Provide day‑to‑day management, coaching, and development of a graduate or part‑qualified colleague, including reviewing outputs and supporting progress towards qualification
About you:
- Recognised professional accounting qualification (ICAS, ACCA, ICAEW or equivalent)
- Experience within FP&A essential
- Ideally someone with 3-5 PQE in Financial Services and served at a large Accountancy Firm
- Advanced Excel capability and experience using Power BI, Power Query or Oracle would be highly advantageous
- Strong skills in financial modelling and quantitative methods
- Ability to apply and consolidate finance knowledge across a broad range of financial issues, using strong technical accounting expertise
- Experience of working autonomously to prioritise personal and team workloads in a fast‑paced, time‑pressured environment
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high standard of output.
- Experience of building and maintaining strong business relationships in a changing and dynamic environment
- Demonstrated experience of influencing at a senior level and managing ongoing relationships with key stakeholders as finance business partner
- Previous experience coaching, mentoring, or supervising junior colleagues or team members would be beneficial
What's on offer for you:
- Starting salary of around £60,000 - £65,000 dependant on experience
- Hybrid working - 3 days in the office
- 30 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays – with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days annually
- Salary exchange pension (3% employee matched at 6% by the business/4% matched by 7%/5% matched by 8%)
- Discretionary bonus
- Preferential lending rate
- Group Life Assurance scheme (3 x annual salary)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Electric car scheme
- Annual flu vaccination
- Many more excellent perks
Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment are working as recruitment partners on this fantastic opportunity and we welcome all interested parties to apply now or contact Craig Sinclair, Recruitment Manager (Edinburgh) for further information.