Financial Planning and Performance Manager

Financial Planning and Performance Manager - luxury retail

This FP&P (Financial Planning & Performance) Manager forms a key part of our finance transformation, supporting the transition from a traditional finance function to a modern, high-performing organisation. Sitting at the centre of this journey, this new role will help establish and embed a mature and dedicated Financial Planning & Performance (FP&P) capability. A unique opportunity to build processes, reporting and models from the ground up and develop new stakeholder relationships.

Reporting to the FP&P Lead, the position operates as a trusted deputy, delivering core FP&P activities and ensuring the effective day-to-day running of the function, enabling the FP&P Lead to focus on strategic priorities. Sitting in a pivotal position across a matrix organisation, the role provides leadership through influence, acting as a role model and mentor to junior colleagues across the organisation by offering guidance, support, and technical expertise, despite not holding direct line management responsibility.

The role also serves as a natural successor to the FP&P Lead, with the ability to step in and provide continuity of leadership when required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Management Reporting

• Own the preparation of weekly trading performance reporting for the group, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and provide clear insight into key drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Own the production and detailed analysis of monthly P&L reporting, working closely with Financial Control to ensure results are accurate, reconciled and supported by clear, well-articulated interpretation.
• Perform deep-dive analysis across revenue, margin, costs and cashflow, identifying drivers, challenging inconsistencies and supporting a clear and credible financial narrative.

Support the FP&P Lead in preparing Board-level reporting, ensuring materials are robust, internally consistent and underpinned by high-quality analysis.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Play a leading role in the delivery of the annual budget process, building models, challenging assumptions and ensuring outputs are coherent, consistent and aligned to business drivers.
• Own the in-year reforecasting process (both bottom up and top down) so that at all times, ensuring there is a credible and continually updated view of expected financial performance, with clear articulation of movements, risks and opportunities.
• Ensure forecasting is not purely mechanical, but reflects a considered view of underlying business performance, incorporating commercial insight, trend analysis and forward-looking judgement.
• Some ownership of inputs into the Forecast for areas that fall outside of other team’s roles in the business, particularly for the Cashflow.

Long-range planning

• Support the development of the five-year plan, translating strategic initiatives into robust and clearly articulated financial outcomes.
• Conduct scenario modelling and analysis on key internal and external drivers, providing quantified insight into potential risks, opportunities and trade-offs.
• provide analytical support to strategic initiatives, including business case development and investment appraisal.

Business Performance & KPI Framework

• Support the definition and maintenance of KPI frameworks, ensuring metrics are clearly defined, consistently applied and aligned to strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain KPI and performance dashboards that provide clear insight into trends, drivers and areas requiring management focus.
• Ensure outputs go beyond data presentation, highlighting actionable insights and supporting better performance discussions.

ABOUT YOU

• Emotionally intelligent, with strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and sustain business relationships and offer both support and challenge
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and develop solutions quickly
• Digitally savvy, comfortable with financial modelling and curious about data, tooling and the possibilities of AI.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, with intellectual capacity to navigate an organisation in a period of change.
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Integrity, transparency and honesty in all interactions coupled with personal pride and passion for delivering success