FP&A Manager

The FP&A Manager is accountable for leading the delivery of high-quality reporting, analysis and core finance processes that support internal and external financial reporting, business appraisal and decision-making.

The role provides strategic leadership across expenditure, revenue and hydrocarbon-related finance activities, ensuring reporting integrity, process excellence and effective stakeholder engagement.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead reporting and accounting delivery: Ensure effective delivery of reporting, analysis and key finance processes supporting internal and external reporting, business appraisal and decision-making activities.
• Partner with senior finance stakeholders: Act as a key interface to Finance leadership, Group Reporting and business stakeholders, ensuring delivery of high-quality outcomes and alignment across reporting and accounting activities.
• Drive process excellence and transformation: Identify, define and lead opportunities to improve reporting and accounting processes, standardise ways of working and simplify delivery across the organisation.
• Enable integrated finance outcomes: Foster strong collaboration across reporting, accounting, business finance and finance operations teams to drive an integrated finance agenda and maximise organisational effectiveness.
• Strengthen financial stewardship and governance: Ensure finance activities operate within established accounting, control, assurance and governance frameworks while maintaining reporting accuracy and integrity.
• Lead capability and talent development: Coach and develop finance professionals, promoting technical excellence, professional growth and future-ready finance capabilities.
• Build high-performing communities: Encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing and adoption of best practices across reporting and accounting teams and stakeholder groups.
• Champion digital and data-enabled finance: Promote the use of digital tools, analytics, automation and data-driven insights to improve finance performance, efficiency and decision support.
• Drive continuous improvement: Lead initiatives that enhance reporting quality, strengthen controls and improve operational effectiveness through simplification and innovation.
• Support organisational change and transformation: Enable successful adoption of new processes, technologies and ways of working through effective leadership, communication and engagement.

Required Skills and Capabilities:

• Financial reporting and accounting expertise: Strong understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles, controls, compliance requirements and reporting governance.
• Business and finance leadership: Ability to align finance priorities with business objectives and translate financial information into meaningful business outcomes.
• Performance management and analysis: Ability to interpret financial results, identify trends, assess risks and opportunities and drive performance improvements.
• Process excellence and transformation: Experience leading process redesign, simplification, standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Data, digital and analytics capability: Understanding of finance data, reporting technologies, analytics and automation solutions that improve decision support and efficiency.
• Stakeholder management and influencing: Ability to build trusted relationships, influence senior stakeholders and align diverse interests across complex organisations.
• People leadership and coaching: Proven ability to lead, develop and inspire teams while creating an inclusive, high-performance culture.
• Strategic thinking and problem solving: Ability to address complex business challenges, navigate ambiguity and deliver practical solutions.
• Communication and storytelling: Ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly and effectively to executive and non-financial audiences.
• Change leadership: Ability to lead transformation, build engagement and embed sustainable improvements across teams and stakeholders.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Significant experience in financial reporting, accounting, finance operations, business finance or related finance disciplines.
• Proven record of leading teams, finance processes or large-scale reporting and accounting activities.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, reporting requirements, controls and governance frameworks.
• Experience partnering with senior finance and business stakeholders in complex organisations.
• Demonstrated success leading transformation, process improvement or finance capability initiatives.
• Professional accounting qualification or relevant finance, accounting or business degree preferred.