Senior FP&A Manager Permanent NEW

Cedar is partnering with a high-growth, Private Equity-backed business to appoint a Senior FP&A Manager. This is a unique opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at a pivotal stage of its growth journey, working closely with the CFO and senior leadership team to drive strategic decision-making and support value creation initiatives.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping the FP&A function, delivering best-in-class planning and analysis, and providing commercial insight across the business. This role is ideal for someone who combines a strong technical accounting background with strategic finance experience and thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring robust financial modelling and accurate performance projections.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the business to provide strategic financial analysis and commercial insight that supports decision-making.
• Develop and enhance KPIs, management reporting packs, dashboards, and forecasting tools to improve business performance and visibility.
• Build sophisticated financial models to evaluate strategic opportunities, investments, and operational initiatives.
• Support M&A activity, refinancing projects, and other corporate transactions through financial analysis, due diligence, and integration planning.
• Work closely with the executive team on value creation initiatives and business planning for investors and the Board.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve FP&A processes, reporting capabilities, and financial systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, commercial, and data teams to drive performance and accountability across the organisation.
• Mentor and develop members of the FP&A team while helping to build a best-in-class finance function.

About You

• ACA qualification gained within a Big 4 or Top 20 accounting firm.
• Experience working within a Private Equity-backed or similarly fast-paced, high-growth business.
• A background in Transaction Services or Investment Banking, with strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities.
• Experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Finance Business Partnering roles, with evidence of influencing senior stakeholders.
• Exposure to corporate development, M&A, strategic projects, or other deals-related activity.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to step into a highly visible role with significant exposure to strategic decision-making, corporate transactions, and the continued growth of a market-leading PE-backed business.