FP&A Manager

Position Overview:

We are looking for a qualified finance professional to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team at Squarepoint a leading quantitative investment manager. The individual should have a strong understanding of FP&A principles and financial modelling as well as experience working with Enterprise Performance Management tools ideally Workday Adaptive Planning or a similar platform. The role will support the delivery of three-statement financial and non-financial modelling planning and analysis with outputs that directly inform strategic decision-making by leadership and the wider finance team.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is passionate about FP&A interested in financial modelling and planning systems and excited by the opportunity to grow within a high performing function. The role offers the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact through high-quality modelling analysis and process improvement.

• Support and where appropriate help lead the development of new planning models as the FP&A function expands into different parts of the business.
• Maintain and enhance existing three-statement financial planning models within the EPM platform.
• Apply financial modelling principles to develop improve and maintain models used for forecasting planning analysis and strategic decision-making.
• Assist with the preparation of financial models and business cases to evaluate potential investments initiatives and strategic decisions.
• Work with stakeholders across the business to source forecast inputs loading and validating these within the planning system in an accurate and timely manner.
• Sense check model outputs and underlying data to identify investigate and resolve errors ensuring the integrity of outputs.
• Analyse financial and non-financial outputs and their key drivers presenting insights back to stakeholders in a clear and actionable way to support decision-making and drive action.
• Support the development of EPM data integrations planning models and reporting outputs.
• Use LLM tools and other technologies to improve processes increase efficiency and support problem-solving.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in an FP&A finance planning or similar analytical role with a strong understanding of financial modelling principles.
• Experience building maintaining or improving financial models ideally including three-statement financial models.
• Experience using an Enterprise Performance Management tool such as Workday Adaptive Planning Anaplan or Vena.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office particularly Excel.
• Familiarity with LLM tools in either a professional or personal context.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain professional relationships across all levels of the business.
• High personal standards strong attention to detail and a desire to exceed expectations.
• An independent mindset with the confidence to challenge existing processes and propose improvements.
• A well-structured proactive work ethic with the ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• A curious mindset and a natural interest in understanding the wider business.
• Open to technology and motivated to find ways to streamline and improve processes.
• Experience building business cases and financial models to support investments initiatives or strategic decisions would be advantageous.
• Experience with data visualisation including graphs and dashboards would be advantageous.
• A general understanding of a programming language such as SQL Python or M would be beneficial but is not essential.