Senior FP&A; Manager

Location: Northern Italy

About the Role

We are supporting a private equity-backed, international business in the appointment of a Senior FP&A; Manager to join its finance team in Northern Italy.

This is a high-impact role within a fast-paced, dynamic and growth-focused environment, working closely with senior leadership to drive financial performance, improve visibility and support strategic decision-making.

The role will combine core FP&A; responsibilities with exposure to M&A;, financial modelling and strategic projects, making it particularly attractive to someone who enjoys working beyond traditional reporting and controlling.

The business is undergoing continued development and transformation, creating a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys an entrepreneurial environment where pace, ownership, analytical thinking and commercial judgement are highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
- Build and develop financial models, scenario analyses and business cases to support strategic decision-making.
- Deliver high-quality management reporting and performance analysis.
- Analyse KPIs, profitability, cash flow and key business trends.
- Provide clear financial insight and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Partner with commercial and operational teams to support key business decisions.
- Identify risks, opportunities and performance gaps against plan.
- Support M&A; activity, including financial analysis, due diligence, investment cases and post-acquisition integration.
- Support strategic initiatives, transformation projects and private equity value-creation plans.
- Assess potential investments,



growth initiatives and other strategic opportunities through detailed financial modelling.
- Improve FP&A; processes, reporting tools and financial visibility across the business.
- Help drive a high-performance, commercially focused finance culture.

Candidate Profile

- Strong background in FP&A;, controlling, commercial finance or transaction-focused finance.
- Demonstrable experience in financial modelling, forecasting and scenario analysis.
- Exposure to M&A;, transactions, due diligence and/or post-merger integration highly desirable.
- Experience within a private equity-backed, high-growth or fast-changing environment advantageous.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow and key value drivers.
- Commercially minded, analytical and comfortable challenging the business.
- Able to translate complex financial information into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Able to operate with pace, autonomy and a high level of ownership.
- Experience working across multiple functions and/or international markets.
- Advanced Excel and strong financial systems experience.
- Fluent English required; Italian highly advantageous.
- Based in, or open to relocating to, Northern Italy.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to operate at the centre of a PE-backed growth story, combining hands-on FP&A; with exposure to M&A;, financial modelling, strategic projects and value creation.

The successful candidate will join a business where expectations are high, decisions are made quickly and finance plays a critical role in both day-to-day performance and major strategic decisions as the business enters its next phase of growth.

📌 Senior FP+A Manager (Lombardia)
🏢 Privatal
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