📍Location: London

🏙️ Office requirement: 2x a week

📝 Employment type: Permanent

At GWI we’re always looking for extraordinary people who thrive on making an extraordinary impact. Right now we’re looking for a FP&A Manager to play a key role in our Finance team in London. If that’s you, and making a difference gets you out of bed in the morning, keep reading. It could be the start of something, well, extraordinary.

Sounds great, what will I be doing? 🤔

As our FP&A Manager you’ll support your stakeholders in understanding the financial impacts of their decisions. This is a great opportunity for individuals who are interested in joining a rapidly growing business and helping to create a world class FP&A function. In this role, you will provide financial leadership to senior management within various departments, owning the budgeting, forecasting, and modeling processes.

You will be responsible for developing Executive packs for leadership and board meetings, ensuring they are equipped with detailed and insightful financial information. Collaborating closely with the business and People team, you will identify and forecast hiring needs while monitoring and tracking progress. Your role includes providing analysis and insights from financial reporting, linking these insights to business strategies, and reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) within departments to drive business performance.

Additionally, you will work alongside the Data Analytics function to enhance data quality, reporting, and analysis, thereby better supporting stakeholders. You will highlight key risks to senior management, offering solutions to mitigate these risks. Acting as a finance business partner for budget holders, you will assist in the completion of the annual budget, quarterly re-forecasts, and the five-year plan. You will also work closely with senior budget holders to ensure they understand their actual and forecasted spend.

It’s also fun; shaking things up is what working for a growing company is all about. So you’ll need to be flexible, comfortable with continuous change, and working in a high-tempo environment as we grow.

What do I need to bring with me? 🧳

You’ll need to be able to demonstrate the core skills this role requires. You don't have to tick all the boxes right away; the important thing is that you’re willing to learn. Here’s what the team will be looking for:

👉 Qualified Accountant (ACA or equivalent)

👉 Proven experience in an equivalent position, experience in similar, scaling businesses in an FP&A function

👉 Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build effective business relationships.

👉 Ability to demonstrate initiative in identifying opportunities in process improvement and then driving these changes.

👉 Proven experience working with senior stakeholders and non-finance specialists.

Equally important is attitude. We want people who think big (to make an impact), ask why (to find a better way), and show respect (to everyone, at every level, all the time). Those are our values, exemplified by our leadership team, and they’re a big part of what we’re looking for in you.

Interview steps 👟

👉Preliminary phone call with the Talent Team (no video required)

👉First video interview with the hiring managers

👉Second (and final*) video interview with the hiring panel, often including a presentation, followed by a values conversation with members of the wider GWI community.

*Don’t be alarmed if there are other stages in the process

It’s all part of the plan for some of our roles. What exactly is GWI? 👀

GWI is modernized consumer research; global, on-demand, and accessible to everyone, not just data experts. Our platform is designed for companies looking for fresh and insightful data about their consumers’ values, purchase journeys, media usage, and social media habits.

With data representing the views of nearly 3 billion people across 52+ countries, GWI has become the go-to for agencies, brands, and media companies that want to know what really drives their audience to action.

Since launching in 2009 we’ve grown at a healthy pace, and to maintain this growth we need more extraordinary people. Hence this ad. Hence you.

What’s in it for me? 🎁

You’ll do the sort of work that got you excited about your career in the first place - not as a cog in a machine, but as an individual whose contribution matters. So gigantic job satisfaction comes as standard, but it’s only part of the package. You’ll also get:

🌴 Tons of days off: 25 days annual leave | Xmas office closures

💸 More than a great salary: Employee share scheme | Health cash plan | 4% pension plan matching

🧘 Great work-life balance: Flexitime | early Friday finishes | Work-from-anywhere options | ‘Work from home’ budget

🏡 Family-focused flexibility: Carer days | Enhanced parental leave | Health cash plan for your family

💪 A commitment to YOU: Accredited learning programs | A commitment to mental and physical health | Reward and recognition programs | Career development opportunities

🌎 A commitment to the community: DE&I committee | Volunteer options | 100% donation matching | Payroll giving options

Put all that together and GWI is the friendliest, most fulfilling place any of us has ever worked.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We take DE&I seriously. Not only is it obviously the right thing to do, it’s also the bedrock of our value of show respect and at the heart of our company culture.

We’re a global data business, so it’s essential our data reflects the global reality. Putting diversity into practice like this literally makes our business stronger. That’s why we strive to make our offices - and our teams - as diverse as our data. Want to know more? Take a look at our Life page on LinkedIn to learn more about our DE&I initiatives.

The point is, GWI is a place where you can genuinely feel at home, express yourself, and make your mark - whoever you are.

As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from disabled candidates and are dedicated to providing all relevant assistance during the application and interview process.

We also encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented and marginalized communities, to join our team.

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