Finance Manager

Harper May is working with a founder-led media and events business that has built a strong platform across live conferences, digital content, and brand partnerships. Operating across multiple revenue streams with growing commercial complexity, the business is now at a stage where it needs clearer financial visibility and planning rigour. They are seeking an FP&A Manager to build out the forecasting and analytical capability that will support the next phase of growth.

The Role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will own the planning, analysis, and forecasting function across the business. Your focus is on translating operational activity-conference registrations, sponsorship pipelines, content performance-into clear financial narratives. You will work directly with commercial and operations teams, providing the insight they need to make faster, better-informed decisions in a business where project timelines are tight and margin visibility is critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain annual budgets and rolling forecasts, identifying assumptions and sensitivities across events and media channels
• Analyse project-level performance and profitability, partnering with ops to understand cost drivers and pricing decisions
• Produce monthly management reporting with clear commentary on trading trends, cash position, and variance to plan
• Support scenario planning and commercial modelling for new initiatives and partnership opportunities
• Drive process improvements in the finance function, including data integrity, systems capability, and reporting automation
• Work with the broader finance team to ensure forecasting assumptions feed into statutory reporting and cash flow management

What we are looking for

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, or equivalent commercial finance experience in a similar role
• Proven FP&A or management accounting background, ideally in a multi-project or revenue-diverse business
• Strong Excel, data modelling, and financial systems knowledge
• Ability to communicate with non-finance stakeholders and translate complexity into clarity
• Comfortable in a growing, informally structured environment where you will shape how finance scales