FP&A Manager

Job Description

Every day, we push beyond expectations to help millions of people save money, at a time when it’s never mattered more. Through MoneySuperMarket, MoneySavingExpert, Quidco and our B2B partnerships we supply products to more than 24 million unique monthly visitors, helping UK households to save billions of pounds a year. Can you tell this is something we’re exceptionally proud of!

Creative, collaborative, ambitious – it’s hard work. But what makes it worth it? Leaving work knowing we’ve made a difference to our customers, users, and to each other.

The Commercial Finance team plays a critical and valued role in our business. Our team partners closely with senior leaders and their teams ensuring clarity in financial planning and forecasting as well as providing timely and insightful reporting, analysis and recommendations. We help drive our commercial success and achieve the Group’s mission of ‘helping households save money’.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reporting directly to the Head of Financial Planning and Performance this role will work closely and proactively with the broader finance team and the Executive and Senior Leadership Community.

The FP&A manager role is varied and challenging, responsible for forecasting and planning for the whole Group, which currently includes 5 diverse reporting segments (or ‘verticals’ – Insure, Money, Home Services, Cashback and Travel). The role is pivotal delivering easily digestible reporting, clear performance storytelling and actionable performance insight to finance and senior leadership. The role is plugged in to the heart of the Group’s strategic agenda, supporting M&A opportunities as well as strategic and operational planning. The role holder must be proactive and curious: actively horizon scanning for performance themes (market/internal), enabled through deep and collaborative relationships, and proactively developing analysis and insight to help the Group navigate and take decisions in an evolving market landscape. In a fast-moving business, this role is also key in identifying and driving finance process improvements through automation and AI.

The FP&A team includes the Head of FP&A, FP&A manager (this role) and the Opex team (comprising one Senior Business Partner and two analysts). The broader Commercial Finance team has circa 10 roles providing business partnering to Commercial, Marketing, Tech, Product and Data. The Transactional Finance team (largely based in Ewloe, North Wales) has about 16 people.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

• Professional accountancy qualification, preferably ACA, ACCA or CIMA

• Very high level of accuracy and attention to detail but ability to understand the bigger picture

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills. Proven ability to work with and analyse large amounts of numerical data. Expert financial modelling and analysis - e.g. bringing new level of sophistication to Group planning.

• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel. Being comfortable with the creation of automated reporting, easily manipulated modelling and analysing and simplifying vast amounts of data

• Track record of prioritisation and pace with high quality delivery to deadlines

• Ability to network with peers internally to understand key initiatives/projects and performance trends.

• Ability to present to executive level stakeholders. Ability to business partner Exec level when required, understanding of business risks and opportunities and strategic initiatives.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work to tight deadlines

• Ability to manage multiple projects/support different areas simultaneously

• Ability to manage own workload and conflicting priorities including stakeholder management

• Understanding of our external market dynamics and macro-economic context for the Group

• High competency in creating and presenting (powerpoint) presentations, excellent senior level verbal and written comms

• Challenge and review - ability to constructively challenge forecasts (including with externals), understand group-wide dependencies and impacts, surface and orchestrate key decisions on group plans.

Nice to have:

• Previous experience of Anaplan or Tableau

• Experience of corporate development (M+A) – on the job training and support will be provided

• Experience of working in a retail or digital environment

• Zero based budgeting

WHAT REWARDS ARE ON OFFER

• Up to 30 holidays + bank holidays

• Pension up to 6% employer contribution

• Bonus scheme

• Enhanced shared parental leave - 6 months paid for both parents

• Digital Doctor on demand

• Work from anywhere scheme – 2 weeks per year

• Financial coaching

• Mental health platform access

HOW WE’LL INVEST IN YOU

We’re invested in your development. Expect mentorship, training, and opportunities to expand your skill set, including access to your own individual LinkedIn Learning license with access to over 16,000 courses.

At MONY Group, we believe in the strength of diversity and see inclusion as a strategic advantage. Our values guide us in creating a workplace where fairness and equity is a reality for all. We’re committed to minimising systemic bias and creating a level playing field for all candidates.

Contact us for reasonable accommodations in the application process, no need to disclose your disability or condition, just specify your needs. Unsure what to ask for? We can guide you through available accommodations.

We understand that job adverts only say so much and you’re likely to have a lot of questions. If you’d like to know more before applying such as more on hybrid working, salary, our parental leave policy etc, please just let us know, and we’ll be happy to help. You can contact the recruiter for this role, Laura at laura.hughes@monygroup.com

We believe that success isn’t solely defined by ticking boxes on a skills checklist. We encourage your application, so we can discover your skills and experience that will help you succeed in this role.