Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Location: Manchester, UK; hybrid working with at least two days each week in the Manchester office. Monday is the team anchor day.

Salary: £60,000–£65,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a UK charity and a major provider of academic qualifications, marking more than 10 million exam papers each year and reinvesting surplus in education.

What you will do

• Lead medium-term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across a group with multiple entities and turnover exceeding £300 million.
• Produce accurate monthly management accounts and communicate financial performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead group consolidation, including the treatment and elimination of intercompany transactions.
• Translate complex financial information into clear analysis and recommendations for finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Lead, manage, coach, and develop a specialist FP&A and finance systems team with three direct reports.
• Improve planning, reporting, and systems processes, including the continued development of Workday and Adaptive Planning models.

Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or an equivalent qualification.
• Demonstrable FP&A experience in a group finance environment, including consolidation and intercompany eliminations.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing people, including performance management and support for different development needs.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear analysis and recommendations for senior and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating complex financial cycles, prioritising effectively, and delivering to fixed deadlines.
• Experience in financial modelling and FP&A or Finance Business Partnering.

Nice to have

• Experience with Workday, Adaptive Planning, or another financial planning system.

Culture & Benefits

• 16-month fixed-term contract with a 35-hour working week and flexible hybrid working.
• 25 days of annual leave plus Christmas closure days.
• Benefits including up to 11.5% pension contribution, Bupa healthcare support, wellbeing programmes, and volunteering opportunities.
• Opportunity to lead a specialist team within a 48-person Finance function and contribute to an organisation with an educational purpose.
• Inclusive workplace focused on respect, development, equal opportunity, and belonging.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and answer three role-specific application questions.
• First-stage Teams interview during the week commencing 26 October 2026.
• Final face-to-face interview in Manchester during the week commencing 2 November 2026, including a presentation.