Financial Planning & Analyst

Job Title: FP&A ManagerLocation: Hybrid (with HQ in London)Salary: Up to £80,000 + BonusCompany: High-Growth, PE-Backed Data Centre Business

Join a high-growth, Private Equity-backed data centre company that's scaling rapidly to meet the surging demand for digital infrastructure across the UK and Europe. With major capital investment and a pipeline of cutting-edge projects, we're building the next generation of mission-critical facilities to support cloud, AI, and enterprise services.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused FP&A Manager to play a key role in shaping the financial strategy of a fast-moving, capital-intensive business.

As FP&A Manager, you will lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and performance analysis across the business. You'll act as a key business partner to senior stakeholders across operations, delivery, and commercial, supporting strategic decisions and driving profitable growth.

The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and PE investors, with the opportunity to make a real impact in a scale-up environment.

• Own the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.

• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support project evaluation, capacity planning, and scenario analysis.

• Business partner with project, commercial, and operational teams to challenge assumptions and support data-driven decisions.

• Deliver insightful management reporting with clear commentary on performance drivers and risks.

• Support board and investor reporting with high-quality financial analysis and presentations.

• Track and report on project costs, capital spend, and cash flow performance.

• Enhance FP&A systems and processes as the company scales.

• Contribute to strategic initiatives, including investment appraisal and new site development.

Essential:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent - all considered).

• Strong FP&A or commercial finance experience, ideally in a project-based industry such as construction, engineering, manufacturing, or IT infrastructure.

• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills - able to build and adapt models from scratch.

• Experience working in an SME or scale-up environment with hands-on ownership of financial outputs.

• Strong communication and business partnering skills - able to influence non-finance stakeholders and work cross-functionally.

• Commercially curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-change business.

Desirable:

• Experience in a PE-backed or investor-led business.

• Knowledge of capital-intensive sectors such as infrastructure, utilities, or data centres.

• Exposure to FP&A tools or data visualisation platforms and Net-suite experience.

• Competitive salary and great benefits

• Hybrid working

• Exposure to Private Equity and board-level stakeholders

• High-impact role in a fast-growth, strategically important industry

• Dynamic, entrepreneurial culture with genuine career progression opportunities

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