Financial Planning and Performance Manager
5 days ago
London
\n Financial Planning and Performance Manager - luxury retail \n \n This FP&P (Financial Planning & Performance) Manager forms a key part of our finance transformation, supporting the transition from a traditional finance function to a modern, high-performing organisation. Sitting at the centre of this journey, this new role will help establish and embed a mature and dedicated Financial Planning & Performance (FP&P) capability. A unique opportunity to build processes, reporting and models from the ground up and develop new stakeholder relationships. \n Reporting to the FP&P Lead, the position operates as a trusted deputy, delivering core FP&P activities and ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the function, enabling the FP&P Lead to focus on strategic priorities. Sitting in a pivotal position across a matrix organisation, the role provides leadership through influence, acting as a role model and mentor to junior colleagues across the organisation by offering guidance, support, and technical expertise, despite not holding direct line management responsibility. \n The role also serves as a natural successor to the FP&P Lead, with the ability to step in and provide continuity of leadership when required. \n RESPONSIBILITIES \n Management Reporting \n \n\n • Own the preparation of weekly trading performance reporting for the group, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and provide clear insight into key drivers, risks and opportunities.\n, • Own the production and detailed analysis of monthly P&L reporting, working closely with Financial Control to ensure results are accurate, reconciled and supported by clear, well-articulated interpretation.\n, • Perform deep-dive analysis across revenue, margin, costs and cashflow, identifying drivers, challenging inconsistencies and supporting a clear and credible financial narrative.\n\n Support the FP&P Lead in preparing Board-level reporting, ensuring materials are robust, internally consistent and underpinned by high-quality analysis. \n \n Budgeting & Forecasting \n\n • Play a leading role in the delivery of the annual budget process, building models, challenging assumptions and ensuring outputs are coherent, consistent and aligned to business drivers.\n, • Own the in-year reforecasting process (both bottom up and top down) so that at all times, ensuring there is a credible and continually updated view of expected financial performance, with clear articulation of movements, risks and opportunities.\n, • Ensure forecasting is not purely mechanical, but reflects a considered view of underlying business performance, incorporating commercial insight, trend analysis and forward-looking judgement.\n, • Some ownership of inputs into the Forecast for areas that fall outside of other team’s roles in the business, particularly for the Cashflow.\n\n \n Long-range planning \n\n • Support the development of the five-year plan, translating strategic initiatives into robust and clearly articulated financial outcomes.\n, • Conduct scenario modelling and analysis on key internal and external drivers, providing quantified insight into potential risks, opportunities and trade-offs.\n, • provide analytical support to strategic initiatives, including business case development and investment appraisal.\n\n \n Business Performance & KPI Framework \n\n • Support the definition and maintenance of KPI frameworks, ensuring metrics are clearly defined, consistently applied and aligned to strategic priorities.\n, • Develop and maintain KPI and performance dashboards that provide clear insight into trends, drivers and areas requiring management focus.\n, • Ensure outputs go beyond data presentation, highlighting actionable insights and supporting better performance discussions.\n\n ABOUT YOU \n\n • Emotionally intelligent, with strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and sustain business relationships and offer both support and challenge\n, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and develop solutions quickly\n, • Digitally savvy, comfortable with financial modelling and curious about data, tooling and the possibilities of AI.\n, • Comfortable with ambiguity, with intellectual capacity to navigate an organisation in a period of change.\n, • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified\n, • Integrity, transparency and honesty in all interactions coupled with personal pride and passion for delivering success\n\n