Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

The Job

As our Financial Planning & Analysis Manager , you will play a key role in shaping and continuously strengthening Milence's financial planning and performance management capabilities.

You will help create the financial insights, planning frameworks, and governance that enable informed, forward-looking decision-making across the organisation. Combining strategic thinking with practical execution, you will support the development of FP&A processes, team capability, and ways of working, ensuring financial planning and performance management remain effective, scalable, and closely aligned with business priorities.

Reporting to the Finance Lead , you will collaborate closely with colleagues across the business to strengthen financial steering, improve systems and processes, and translate complex financial information into meaningful insights. You will also contribute to future fundraising activities by maintaining a robust business plan, developing financial scenarios, and preparing reliable analyses for investors, lenders, and other external stakeholders.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing people together, building capabilities, creating clarity in evolving environments, and helping organisations make better decisions through insight, partnership, and continuous improvement.

What You Will Do

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Lead the continued development of the FP&A function, supporting team growth, capability building, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

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Facilitate and continuously enhance budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes, ensuring alignment between financial objectives and business priorities.

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Develop, maintain, and improve financial and business models that support scenario planning, investment decisions, business cases, and strategic discussions.

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Maintain and evolve Milence's financial business plan and forecasts, ensuring assumptions, targets, and performance metrics remain aligned with business realities and future growth ambitions.

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Strengthen financial steering through the development of KPIs, reporting frameworks, and performance insights that provide visibility into opportunities, risks, and business performance.

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Enhance FP&A systems, governance frameworks, reporting structures, and data models to support efficient, scalable, and reliable financial processes.

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Explore opportunities to leverage automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled solutions to improve forecasting, reporting, scenario modelling, process efficiency, and decision-making across the Finance function.

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Contribute to financial risk assessments, investment prioritisation, resource allocation discussions, and capital planning activities through thoughtful analysis and recommendations.

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Partner closely with leaders across the organisation, helping translate financial insights into clear actions, informed decisions, and sustainable business outcomes.

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Support fundraising, investor engagement, lender discussions, and financial due diligence activities through the preparation of robust financial plans, forecasts, and business scenarios.