Senior Finance Manager - FP&A
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at SSP- The food travel experts. London · no salary stated · we estimate £55,413–£81,209 across the United Kingdom.
SSP- The food travel experts has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Run budgeting, forecasting and longer-range planning across the UK, Ireland and Netherlands businesses
- Turn plans from regional and functional leads into realistic, data-backed financial targets
- Explain revenue, margin and cost movements, surfacing risks and opportunities for senior decision-makers
- Build and maintain financial models that test strategic choices, operating scenarios and external changes
- Improve planning and reporting workflows through automation and tools such as Power BI
What you bring
- You hold an accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent credential
- You have a track record in FP&A covering budgets, forecasts and financial reporting
- You can build financial models in Excel and use FP&A and business intelligence platforms
- You have improved planning and reporting processes through streamlining or automation
Who this fits
This senior role suits a commercially focused finance professional who can work with senior stakeholders across multiple entities and regions. You should be comfortable working through change, transformation or growth. The position is a twelve-month fixed-term contract and can be based in the London or Birmingham head office. Hybrid working is offered.
From the employer
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior FP&A Manager to deliver the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting processes across the UK, Ireland & NL businesses. This is a key role within the finance team, providing strategic insights to support decision-making and drive business growth.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality financial analysis, developing robust financial models, and partnering with senior stakeholders to influence strategy and performance outcomes.
Please note this role can be based either in our London or Birmingham Head Office & is a 12 month FTC
What you'll be doing:
- Financial planning cycle:
Coordinate the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s strategic objectives. Work closely with functional and regional leads to translate business strategies into robust financial plans, ensuring targets are realistic, data-driven, and achievable. - Strategic and operational insight:
Deliver high-quality financial analysis and insight that informs executive decision-making. Provide rigorous analysis of business performance, identifying key drivers of revenue, margin, and cost trends. Challenge assumptions constructively and support senior leaders in making fact-based decisions that drive sustainable performance improvement.
- Performance management and business partnering:
Partner closely with the Finance Director – FP&A and Transformation and senior business stakeholders to monitor financial and operational performance against budgets, forecasts, and strategic goals. Provide clear visibility of risks and opportunities, recommending corrective actions or interventions where necessary to protect or enhance profitability.
- Financial modelling and scenario planning:
Develop, enhance, and maintain complex financial models to support strategic decision-making & scenario planning, Ensure models are flexible, accurate, and scalable to support a range of commercial and operational initiatives. Use data-driven insights to model the impact of strategic choices, external factors, and market changes on financial outcomes.
- Risk and Opportunities Analysis:
Develop short- and long-term financial plans that account for the potential risks and opportunities affecting the business, supporting data-driven strategic decision-making.
- Continuous improvement:
Drive improvements in financial planning and reporting processes, leveraging technology and automation where possible (e.g. Power BI, or similar). Establish best practice standards for financial analysis and ensure processes are efficient, transparent, and scalable as the business grows.
To be successful in this role you'll need:
Essential:
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
Experience
- Experience streamlining and automating financial planning and reporting processes.
- Proficiency in using modern FP&A tools and BI platforms.
- Strong Excel and financial modelling capabilities are essential.
- Experience working in matrix or multi-entity environments, ideally with exposure to both UK and international operations.
- Comfortable operating in environments undergoing change, transformation, or growth.
- Proven track record of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
- Commercially minded and strategically focused.
- Proactive and solution oriented.
- Highly organised with attention to detail.
Why join SSP?
At SSP, we’re passionate about creating places people want to be - whether that’s for our customers, our partners or our colleagues.When you join us, you’ll be part of a business where commercial thinking, collaboration and ownership really matter, and where your work can make a visible difference.
We Offer:
- Employee discounts across our brands
- Friends and Family Discount App
- Award-winning training, apprenticeships and development programmes
- Health and wellbeing support
- Hybrid working with flexibility to support work–life balance
- An inclusive and diverse workplace, with employee networks and communities
Start the best part of the journey with us.
At SSP, we value diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, skills and perspectives.
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