FP&A Manager - Europe Region

Location: Bristol / Hybrid

Are you ready to shape the future of one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies? At Imperial Brands, we’re transforming our business and redefining performance across European markets. We’re looking for a strategic and analytical Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join our dynamic regional team in Bristol, reporting into the Head of FP&A for Europe.

At Imperial Brands, you’ll be part of a dynamic team of 25,000 colleagues worldwide, driving performance and shaping strategy across European markets. This role will be key in establishing and maintaining pragmatic planning processes and insightful analytics, providing regular and ad hoc information to the regional team and key stakeholders. It will also identify, plan and drive continuous improvement projects, raising the efficiency, quality and profile of the Regional FP&A team’s activities and outputs.

Principle Accountabilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management across clusters and markets, ensuring alignment with Group Finance and Regional leadership teams.

Deliver accurate and timely reporting and insightful analysis to understand commercial performance, challenge assumptions, and support strategic decision-making.

Drive continuous improvement by critically reviewing financial processes, leveraging GBS capabilities, and enhancing operational efficiency.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and I&I teams to provide a cohesive view of business performance and support regional objectives.

Identify and evaluate risks and opportunities, using scenario planning and business case analysis to build confidence in financial plans.

Support and develop team members, promoting best practice sharing, capability building, and talent progression across the finance function.

Skills and Experience Required

• Articulate and confident communicator with finance and non-finance groups and individuals, building relationships with key stakeholders.
• Highly numerate with a proven ability in analytical problem solving - able to analyse and interpret data and identify trends and explain to stakeholders.

Highly organised with clear setting of priorities and time management skills.

Solution oriented, intellectually curious and critical thinker with an ability synthesise multiple data sources and succinctly summarise.

Emotionally resilient with energy, drive and ambition to succeed.

Qualified and experienced accountant with an appropriate professional body (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.

Everyone Belongs