Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

About Us:

One Beyond is an award-winning custom software development company, helping organisations solve complex business challenges through innovative technology solutions. We partner with clients across a range of sectors to deliver high-quality digital products and services.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for a commercially focused and analytical Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to support strategic decision-making and drive financial performance across the business.

The Role:

FP&A Manager will play a key role in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and business performance analysis. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, providing insight and recommendations that support growth and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

Financial Analysis:

• Conduct financial analyses, including variance analysis.
• Develop and maintain financial models to assess business performance and identify key drivers.
• Assist with the forecast of revenues based on information provided by the commercial and operational teams to assist with strategic decision making.
• Contribute to the development of insightful management dashboards.
• Create informative slides which are used within board meetings.
• Liaise with external stakeholders to understand and report on other KPI metrics.

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Collaborate in the preparation of annual budgets and regular forecasts.
• Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, providing insights into key variances.
• Evaluate and analyse business threats and opportunities for optimisation and efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with operational teams to understand cost drivers and provide recommendations for cost control.

Project Implementation:

• Identify where efficiencies within the business can be made and investigate potential solutions through cost-benefit analysis.
• Assist in the implementation of projects and/or lead a departmental projects which have been identified by you or the business.

Other Duties:

• Contribute to the identification and mitigation of financial risks.
• Partner with the commercial team to ensure figures are understood and provide a point of contact for any finance related queries.
• Effectively prepare and manage monthly payroll over multiple entities, ensuring timely completion.
• Lead and offer guidance to a small sub team within the finance department.

Skills and other attributes required for this role:

• CIMA / ACCA finalist, or ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified.
• Proficient with Excel and /or other reporting tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc…)
• Previous experience working within a finance team
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial standards.
• Experience managing people is not essential but preferred