Location
West London office, with hybrid working: 3 days in office (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday) and 2 days remote. Candidates should be within a comfortable commuting distance to London.

Hours
Full time, 12-month fixed-term contract.

Salary
£500 per day

About the Role
Butternut Box is a B-Corp certified company dedicated to providing fresh, natural, and healthy meals for dogs. As FP&A Manager, you will own core financial planning and analysis processes including reporting, planning, forecasting, and budgeting. You will be a trusted finance partner, responsible for improving and owning processes rather than just running them, delivering insights that shape business decisions.

Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-end ownership of the rolling forecast process.
- Consolidation of management accounts and analysis of deviations impacting P&L and cash flow.
- Ownership of budgeting and long-range planning workstreams.
- Periodic P&L and cash variance analysis with root cause identification and corrective action agreements.
- Leading the 4-weekly periodic business review process with budget owners.
- Acting as finance lead for commercial teams on CPA, growth rates, retention, channel effectiveness, and resource allocation.
- Acting as finance lead for operational teams on unit economics, standard costs, yield, write-offs, and OEE.
- Leading scenario modelling for product and market launches and growth initiatives.
- Supporting European expansion and working closely with international teams.
- Presenting analysis to senior leadership and preparing quarterly board materials including deep dives.
- Reviewing analysts' work and acting as a point of escalation.
- Improving processes using AI and automation, ensuring documentation and smooth handover at contract end.

Experience
- CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualified.
- Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience, with at least 3 years in FP&A including ownership of forecasting and budgeting processes.
- Proven ability to quickly take ownership of established processes, including interim or contract experience.
- Experience presenting to senior leadership and preparing board-level materials.
- Strong financial modelling and advanced data manipulation skills.
- Experience with DTC businesses, cohorts, LTV, payback, manufacturing/standard costing, and multi-market reporting is advantageous.
- Experience reviewing or managing analysts' work is desirable.
- Familiarity with FP&A platforms such as Datarails is a plus.

About you
- Highly inquisitive and analytical with strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to produce clear graphical data representations and communicate effectively to finance and non-finance professionals.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to spot trends and inaccuracies.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
- Passionate about dogs and aligned with Butternut Box’s mission.

Qualifications
- Professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) is required.
- Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
- Experience with SAP B1 ERP and AI tools (Gemini, Claude, Gumloop) is beneficial.