Senior Analyst / FP&A Manager - #2147296

This role will lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management across the UK and MEA regions. This maternity cover role requires an experienced, adaptable finance leader who can quickly take ownership in a complex, evolving environment with multiple new systems, changing reporting definitions, and high expectations for commercial insight.

The role partners closely with the other Co-Head of FP&A, Finance Director, regional leadership, and global finance, ensuring continuity, clarity, and momentum across FP&A, reporting, and business partnering.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Continuity

• Co-lead FP&A for the UK and MEA regions, ensuring seamless continuity of planning, forecasting, and performance management during the maternity cover period
• Partner closely with the other Co-Head of FP&A to maintain a single, aligned FP&A voice across regions and stakeholders
• Quickly establish strong relationships with regional, practice, and client leaders

Reporting, Analytics & Systems

• Co-own the development and evolution of Power BI dashboards covering revenue, pipeline, utilization, and key KPIs
• Use hands-on SQL to extract, clean, and analyze large datasets from CRM, Data Warehouse, and finance systems
• Navigate and adapt to multiple new systems and evolving reporting definitions, ensuring data accuracy and consistency
• Maintain strong data governance and compliance with internal policies

Delivery & Improvement

• Support revenue planning, target setting, and variance analysis
• Identify risks, flag revenue or pipeline anomalies, and ensure proactive issue resolution
• Drive pragmatic process improvements to enhance reporting efficiency and decision-making during the contract period

Revenue, Pipeline & Commercial Insight

• Analyze regional and global revenue performance, delivering executive-level insights on trends, risks, and growth opportunities
• Own pipeline forecasting and revenue outlooks in partnership with Sales and Client leadership
• Monitor key drivers across retainer and project-based work, supporting forecasting, scenario analysis, and decision-making

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted finance partner to Sales, Client, and Practice leaders
• Support pricing, scoping, margin analysis, and client investment decisions
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for non-financial stakeholders

Required Experience & Attributes

• Senior FP&A leadership experience, ideally within a professional services, communications, or advisory firm
• Strong commercial and business partnering capability, particularly with client-facing teams
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Power BI, CRM, and Data Warehouse reporting
• Proven ability to operate effectively in time-bound, fast-changing environments
• Comfortable stepping into an existing leadership structure and delivering impact quickly