FP&A Manager

Overview

As the first dedicated FP&A hire, you will own budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across the Group’s brands. You will provide the Senior Leadership Team with clear insights on profitability by business line, brand, and channel, guiding pricing, investments, and growth decisions. You’ll develop financial models for partnerships and launches, automate recurring reports, and support multi-currency planning in a fast-paced, media-focused environment. This role offers strategic influence and cross-functional collaboration to drive profitability and scale the business.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyse monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports and explain variances to budget holders and leadership
• Produce performance reporting by business line, brand, artist, and sales channel, including product and channel margins
• Develop and maintain KPI reporting with BI tools as needed
• Coordinate annual budget and rolling forecasts with inputs from diverse businesses/brands
• Support long-range planning and cash flow forecasting across currencies
• Build financial models to evaluate partnerships, launches, and production commissions
• Advise on pricing, contracts, and commercial proposals
• Prepare board and executive-level presentations
• Assist year-end and statutory audits and ensure compliance with UK GAAP (FRS 102)
• Identify process improvements and automate recurring reports
• Collaborate with international accounting teams to align reporting and uncover cross-group opportunities

Key requirements

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Proven experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or similar
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills (scenario models, lookups, pivot tables)
• Solid understanding of UK GAAP, FRS 102, and IFRS
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Confidence presenting financial information to senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues
• Accurate, organized approach with robust, scrutinizable models
• Understanding of revenue, margin, and cash drivers in a multi-business group
• Initiative and commitment to the company’s vision
• Background in media, music, or merchandise, or a genuine love of music and the sector

• analytical
• curious
• commercially minded
• Excel advanced (pivot, lookups, modelling)
• financial modelling
• scenario planning

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