Finance Business Partner and FP&A Manager

About Node4

We are a united force driven by a single ambition; to deliver faster transformation, lower cost, and truly differentiated outcomes – we do this by bringing together our AI Augmented MSP platform, hybrid sovereign cloud solutions, deep Microsoft expertise and the Node4 People.

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• Nimble – We focus on what matters most, adapt fast and embrace change
• Original – We think differently, stay curious and innovate
• Driven – We are bold, bring energy and own the outcome
• Engaged – We operate as one, building strong relationships
• 4 More –We always go further for our people, customers and partners

Reporting to the Finance Director, the Finance Business Partner & FP&A Manager is a senior finance role responsible for driving Node4's group-wide budgeting and forecasting processes and for providing high-quality financial planning and analysis (FP&A) across the group. The role acts as a trusted business partner to the heads of Node4's central functions, owns the group's three-year plan (3YP) forecasting model, and delivers cross-group analysis that informs strategic and operational decision-making at the most senior levels of the business.

• Lead, coordinate and run the group-wide annual budgeting process end to end, working with budget holders across the business to build robust, well-supported plans.
• Own the periodic reforecasting cycle, ensuring forecasts are timely, accurate and clearly reconciled to budget and prior forecasts.
• Establish and maintain consistent planning templates, timetables, assumptions and governance so that budgeting and forecasting run efficiently across all group entities.
• Consolidate group submissions, challenge inputs constructively, and present clear variance analysis and commentary to the Finance Director and CFO.

• Act as the primary finance business partner to the heads of the group's central functions, building strong, trusted working relationships.
• Support function heads in managing their cost bases, understanding financial performance, and making well-informed decisions on spend and investment.
• Translate financial information into clear, actionable insight for non-finance stakeholders, and hold constructive challenge on performance against budget and forecast.
• Support business cases, headcount planning and investment appraisals for central functions.

• Provide FP&A support for analysis that reaches across the group, bringing together data from multiple entities and functions into a coherent group view.
• Deliver insightful analysis on performance, trends, drivers and risks and opportunities to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Develop and maintain reporting, KPIs and management information that give leadership a clear, consistent picture of group performance.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and modelling for the CFO, Finance Director and wider leadership team, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.

• Own, maintain and continuously develop the group's three-year plan (3YP) forecasting model, ensuring it is accurate, robust and fit for purpose.
• Ensure the model integrates the group's budgets, forecasts and strategic assumptions and produces a fully linked view of the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow where appropriate.
• Run scenario and sensitivity analysis through the model to support strategic planning, board reporting and investor discussions.
• Safeguard the integrity, version control and documentation of the model so it remains a reliable single source of truth for long-range planning.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA).
• Significant experience of finance business partnering, including working closely with senior, non-finance stakeholders.
• Significant experience of budgeting and forecasting, ideally at group or multi-entity level.
• Strong financial modelling skills, with the ability to build, own and develop complex, multi-year models.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large volumes of financial data.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to turn complex data…