FP&A Manager
Role Overview
AO is hiring an FP&A Manager to lead group forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning.
The role consolidates and reports performance across business units, supports business decisions, and develops an FP&A Junior Business Partner.
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Role overview
AO is hiring an FP&A Manager to lead group forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning.
The role consolidates and reports performance across business units, supports business decisions, and develops an FP&A Junior Business Partner.
What you will do
- Own group forecasting and budgeting, ensuring plans are robust, evidence-based, and aligned with business objectives.
- Consolidate group profit and loss, balance sheets, and cash flows to report business performance.
- Identify and explain financial and operational trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
- Challenge assumptions and improve forecast quality through stakeholder engagement.
- Produce weekly group forecast reporting and support the monthly CFO board report.
- Prepare board-level papers and executive reporting with clear, actionable insight.
- Partner with senior commercial and operational leaders on decisions.
- Develop financial models, dashboards, and KPI reporting.
- Lead and develop an FP&A Junior Business Partner.
- Deliver analysis supporting strategic priorities and business performance.
Candidate requirements
- Fully qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
- Significant FP&A experience in a large, complex, or multi-divisional business.
- Strong expertise in forecasting, budgeting, financial planning, and group consolidations.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience building financial models and reporting tools.
- Experience producing executive- and board-level reporting and presentations.
- Able to uncover performance drivers, challenge assumptions, and influence senior stakeholders.
- Strong relationship building, organisation, attention to detail, and ability to deliver at pace.
- Seeks opportunities to improve reporting, automate processes, and create better insight.
Workplace
- Based onsite in the Bolton office five days a week.
About AO
AO is a UK electrical and appliance retailer.
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