Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst Private Equity-Backed Care Home Group South East | Hybrid Working | Immediate Start

We are partnering with a private equity-backed care home group undergoing a significant period of transformation, performance improvement and growth. With a current portfolio of c.12 homes and a clear strategy to scale ahead of a future exit, the business is building a best-in-class finance function to support its ambitions. As part of this journey, they are seeking a high-calibre Senior FP&A Analyst to strengthen financial planning, insight, and decision support across the group.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the CFO, you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial insight and driving performance across a multi-site care portfolio. This is not a reporting role—it’s a commercially focused position where your analysis will directly influence strategic decisions, operational performance, and value creation. You will operate at the heart of the business, working closely with senior stakeholders across finance and operations in a fast-paced, PE-backed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes
• Deliver high-quality monthly performance reporting with clear, actionable insights
• Provide detailed variance analysis across occupancy, fees, labour and margin
• Build and maintain robust financial models to support strategic decision-making
• Partner with operational leaders to drive performance improvement across the estate
• Support cashflow forecasting and working capital optimisation
• Assist with M&A analysis, integration, and scenario modelling
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, systems and data quality

The Candidate

You will be a commercially minded FP&A professional with experience operating in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent

Strong FP&A experience with exposure to budgeting, forecasting and modelling

Proven ability to translate data into clear, actionable insight

Experience partnering with non-finance stakeholders

Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with large data sets

Advanced Excel skills; exposure to BI tools (e.g. Power BI) advantageous

Experience within care, healthcare, childcare or multi-site services is highly desirable

Why Join?

Opportunity to join a high-growth, PE-backed platform with a clear value creation plan

Direct exposure to senior leadership and investors

Play a key role in a transformation and exit journey

A fast-paced, high-impact environment where your work directly drives performance