Finance Reporting Manager

Finance Reporting Manager - FP&A
Location: Bristol (Hybrid, 1-2 days per week on-site)
Day Rate: £500 (Inside IR35, via umbrella)
Contract: 4 months (Possible extension)

Make Your Mark in a Growing FP&A Function

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hands-on Finance Reporting Manager to join a business embarking on a major transformation of its financial planning and reporting capability. This is a newly created role where you'll help build structure, consistency, and insight across a complex, multi-divisional organisation.

If you thrive in environments where you can create clarity from chaos, shape reporting processes, and influence senior leaders with high-quality analysis, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge and impact.

Key responsibilities

• Leading and delivering month-end close activities, including producing Flash reporting and Group submissions.
• Creating and standardising reporting outputs for directors and executive stakeholders.
• Managing, coaching, and working alongside 1-2 analysts in a small but growing FP&A team.
• Designing and implementing robust reporting processes where gaps currently exist.
• Developing 5-6 key financial/operational analysis models to improve performance insight.
• Consolidating divisional results within a Matrix environment and ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs.
• Building a handover structure to ensure a smooth transition to the future permanent hire.
• Driving continuous improvement across reporting, analysis, and data management.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong, hands-on reporting background within FP&A, management reporting or commercial finance.
• Expert Excel capability, including Power Query and working with large datasets.
• Proven ability to design and implement reporting processes and standardised outputs.
• Experience consolidating results across multiple divisions or business units.
• Ability to craft executive-level performance packs with clear narrative and insight.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and building capability from scratch.
• Confident managing and guiding analysts while actively contributing to delivery.
• Exposure to dashboarding tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
• Experience simplifying high-volume, operationally complex data.
• Background in large, Matrix organisations.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, unfortunately, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, we may retain your details for any future suitable vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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