Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
£78k/yr
Senior
Winchester, UK
HybridMust be within commuting distance of London or Winchester, with one or two office days per week.
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A
About the job
Requirements
- Hold a qualified accountant designation such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent.
- Have significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or finance business partnering, with a proven track record of leading planning, forecasting, and performance management activities.
- Have experience taking ownership of complex planning cycles and delivering high-quality outputs with minimal onboarding or supervision.
- Have extensive experience leading budgeting, rolling forecasts, and planning processes.
- Demonstrate excellent financial modelling and analytical capability.
- Have experience providing financial insight and challenge to senior stakeholders.
- Have experience improving FP&A processes, forecasting methodologies, or planning tools to enhance business performance and decision-making.
- Have strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect operational performance to financial outcomes.
- Be able to influence, challenge, and build credibility across a broad stakeholder community.
- Have advanced Excel and financial systems expertise, with experience using modern reporting and planning tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across the Cost of Sales portfolio, ensuring robust financial plans and clear accountability for delivery.
- Develop integrated financial forecasts that support operational and commercial decision-making.
- Provide insightful analysis of business performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities that support improved decision-making.
- Work closely with finance business partners to understand business drivers and translate them into financial outcomes.
- Challenge assumptions and provide financial rigour to ensure plans are realistic, achievable, and aligned with business objectives.
- Support the Senior Head of FP&A and senior leadership teams with scenario modelling, investment analysis, and strategic planning activities.
- Deliver variance analysis and performance reporting to help stakeholders understand financial performance against plan.
- Identify and implement improvements to FP&A processes, models, and reporting to drive greater forecast accuracy, planning effectiveness, and decision support.
- Act as the FP&A lead for the assigned area, ensuring high-quality financial planning, forecasting, and performance management disciplines are consistently applied.
- Support the development of FP&A capability across the organisation.
Desired Qualifications
- Have ideally 5 or more years of post-qualified experience within a commercial or corporate environment.
About the company
Arqiva provides broadcast and communications infrastructure and services for TV, radio, satellite data, and smart metering. It runs broadcast infrastructure, end-to-end networks, media processing, and connectivity solutions to help clients deliver content and data securely. It differentiates itself through almost a century of trust, broad UK reach via Freeview, and a global network with 99.99% reliability, offering customized, long-term service contracts. Its goal is to help customers innovate, compete, and stay connected through secure, reliable networks across broadcast, satellite, and smart metering markets.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Winchester, United Kingdom
Founded
2005
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Arqiva reported nearly £450 million of new contracts and renewals in H1 FY26.
- Smart Utilities Networks revenue grew 66% to £112.3 million, driven by AMP8 mobilization.
- Polus became a 46.8% shareholder, and Simon Duffy became Chair on October 1, 2026.
What critics are saying
- DCMS is weighing DTT shutdown by 2034, threatening Freeview revenue and relevance.
- Arqiva's broadcast moat depends on government policy, not technology leadership, in 2026.
- Digital IP TV migration and OTT platforms can bypass Arqiva's terrestrial network within eight years.
What makes Arqiva unique
- Arqiva controls UK terrestrial TV and radio infrastructure reaching 98.5% of households.
- Arqiva secured multi-year DTT extensions through 2030 and 2044 transition proposals on June 23, 2026.
- Arqiva combines broadcast networks with AMP8 water metering, spanning media and utilities contracts.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Paid Vacation
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Options
- Wellness Program