6 Variance Analysis jobs in London

Group FP&A Manager – Strategic Finance Role | Global Infrastructure Leader

We’re working with a leading global infrastructure provider in their search for a commercially astute Group FP&A Manager . This role is central to delivering high-quality financial insights that support executive and board-level decisions across international markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop high-level reports for executives and stakeholders, combining financial, operational, and commercial insights
• Coordinate the annual planning cycle, leveraging Adaptive Planning to unify inputs from international teams
• Perform detailed financial evaluations to uncover performance drivers and suggest strategic actions
• Work closely with regional FP&A teams to ensure unified messaging and consistent financial practices
• Establish and track core performance metrics to monitor progress across the organisation
• Deliver targeted financial insights through ad hoc analysis to support key business decisions
• Lead initiatives to refine and automate forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes
• Advocate for the effective use of integrated planning platforms such as Adaptive Planning and Workday
• Cultivate a collaborative, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture within the finance function

Candidate Profile:

• 5+ years’ FP&A experience at group or business unit level
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Proven experience with financial planning tools (preferably Adaptive Planning)
• Comfortable working across multi-currency environments and global teams

A great opportunity to join a dynamic organisation and an impressive finance team to take your next step in your professional growth. Please submit your CV for a confidential conversation.

FP&A Manager (Executive Reporting), Financial Services Start-Up, London, £75k + 20% bonus + 20% pension

We are exclusively partnering a leading Financial Institution start-up formed by a group of the UK's top retail banks. This is a newly created role and an outstanding opportunity for a qualified, commercially astute FP&A Manager to join a business leading the UK's financial access.

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Your new company
A global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services. This opportunity sits within a high-performing audit and assurance brand, supporting international clients through a critical budgeting cycle. The team is collaborative, fast-paced, and focused on delivering excellence across finance operations.


Your new role
As an Interim FP&A Consultant, you'll provide essential support to the EMEA Finance Director during the peak budgeting period. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Delivering accurate and timely financial reports
• Preparing executive-level financial slide decks
• Collaborating with international teams across APAC and the US
• Managing full P&L responsibilities, including revenue, cost of sales, and internal allocations
• Handling ad-hoc FP&A tasks in a dynamic environment
  
  
  

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven FP&A experience, ideally as a seasoned contractor
• Strong grasp of international business operations
• Proficiency in SAP, Tagetik, and Excel
• Ability to work independently and flexibly across time zones
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  
  
  
  

What you need to do now


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Your new company
A global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services. This opportunity sits within a high-performing audit and assurance brand, supporting international clients through a critical budgeting cycle. The team is collaborative, fast-paced, and focused on delivering excellence across finance operations.


Your new role
As an Interim FP&A Consultant, you'll provide essential support to the EMEA Finance Director during the peak budgeting period. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Delivering accurate and timely financial reports
• Preparing executive-level financial slide decks
• Collaborating with international teams across APAC and the US
• Managing full P&L responsibilities, including revenue, cost of sales, and internal allocations
• Handling ad-hoc FP&A tasks in a dynamic environment
  
  
  

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven FP&A experience, ideally as a seasoned contractor
• Strong grasp of international business operations
• Proficiency in SAP, Tagetik, and Excel
• Ability to work independently and flexibly across time zones
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  
  
  
  

What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

The Assembly Finance team is seeking a detail oriented and driven Senior manager, FP&A.

The Senior manager, FP&A role provides an opportunity partner with key stakeholders across the company. In this position, the Senior manager will Support the Senior Director FP&A with responsibility for ensuring the completeness and integrity of forecasts, budgets, tracking performance, managing monthly operating expenses, and using analysis help drive informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Senior Director FP&A and other business leaders to play a crucial role in planning and assessing the company's performance.
• Manage FP&A analyst.
• Contribute to the development of accounting systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain client profitability reporting and forecast.
• Work with Senior Director FP&A and business leaders to maintain revenue forecast and pipeline.
• Work with business leaders and senior director FP&A to plan and carry out annual budgeting and quarterly / rolling reforecasting.
• Work with the accounting team to handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, ensuring all expenses are recorded accurately and reconciled to forecast.
• Own cash flow forecasting and management for Assembly Europe working with AP, AR and Billing central services to forecast and manage cash flow.
• Drive operational improvements through automation.
• Collaborate with other key stakeholders to monitor performance, identifying & understanding any differences from our budget plans.
• Build and maintain financial reporting packages and dashboards.
• Conduct research and analysis into issues and questions raised by leadership team to inform decision-making
• Partner with cross-functional teams to help optimise business performance, including identifying trends, gaps, insights, and opportunity areas within the business

About Assembly

We find the change that fuels growth. We're a cutting-edge global agency combining data, tech, and top talent to supercharge the world's best brands. With over a decade in social and environmental impact, we clinched Ad Age’s Purpose-Led Agency of the Year, championing a diverse, purpose-driven culture. 

Join Assembly, and you're instantly with 1,600 digital specialists across 30 global offices, pushing boundaries in omnichannel media, data, and tech to drive brand evolution. 

Requirements

• ACCA qualified or equivalent
• Prior experience in international, multi-currency environment
• Experience within media or marketing services advantageous
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Understand widely accepted accounting principles and financial concepts.
• Approach tasks with ownership, using analytics to guide decisions and solve problems, rather than just reporting results.
• Seek and implement ways to improve, streamline and automate processes
• Well-organised with strong people skills and ability to evaluate and communicate with Clients and Agency leaders

Benefits

In return for your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ll reward you with an enviable range of benefits that include, 24 days holiday a year (increasing by 1 day/year to a max of 30 with every year of service), a day of birthday leave, early finish Fridays, pension, life assurance, enhanced parental leave and access to perkbox.

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Social and Environmental Responsibility

At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours.