FP&A Manager

An FP&A Manager provides expert forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning.

A Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager is responsible for driving the forward-looking side of finance. They oversee budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis to help shape decision making at the highest level.

In growth businesses, an FP&A Manager adds structure and insight, helping founders and leadership teams plan with confidence.

What Does a CFO Do?

Budgeting & Forecasting Ownership

Leading the end-to-end budgeting process and maintaining dynamic, rolling forecasts.

Financial Modelling

Building and updating financial models to support planning, investments, and decision-making.

Board & Investor Reporting

Preparing concise reports and dashboards to communicate performance to senior stakeholders.

Scenario Planning & Sensitivity Analysis

Assessing best- and worst-case outcomes to inform strategic thinking and risk mitigation.

Strategic Initiative Support

Providing analysis for pricing strategies, capital investments, restructures, or M&A activity.

Performance & Variance Analysis

Identifying key drivers of performance, highlighting trends, and flagging risks or opportunities.

Leadership Partnering

Acting as a key advisor to senior leaders across departments, linking finance to strategy.

Team Management (in Larger Businesses)

Leading analysts and serving as the bridge between finance and executive leadership.

When Should You Hire a CFO?

An FP&A Manager becomes valuable when:

You’re Moving Beyond Static Budgets

The business needs rolling forecasts, scenario planning, and more responsive financial insight.

Performance Is Becoming Harder to Predict

Trends are less clear, and leadership needs structured forecasting to plan ahead.

You’re Preparing for Change

Whether it’s investment, expansion, or restructure, proactive financial planning is essential.

Your Finance Team Lacks Strategic Capacity

Your existing team handles reporting but can’t support deeper planning or strategic initiatives.

What Makes a Great FP&A Manager?

A great CFO is both financially rigorous and commercially minded. They can think long term, communicate clearly and work closely with the leadership team to drive results.

You should look for someone who:

Is professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Strong in financial modelling and Excel or planning tools

Understands your business model and sector

Commercially minded and curious about how the business works

Effective communicators who can simplify complexity

Able to balance accuracy with pace in a fast-moving environment

Similar Roles

Finance Director

Management Accountant

Chief Financial Officer

Unsure What Role You Really Need?

It’s not always clear whether you need an Assistant Accountant, a Financial Controller, a CFO or something in between.

That’s where our Finance Function Blueprint comes in.

We map out your finance team structure based on your goals, business size, and growth stage, so you can hire with clarity and confidence.

Not Sure Where to Start?

We offer a free Finance Team Diagnostic session to help you assess your current setup and work out what you really need next. It is a no-obligation, one-to-one session with one of our experienced finance directors.

Planning to hire?

At Artemis Clarke, we help ambitious businesses find roles who combine strategic insight with practical experience.

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