Leger Shearings Group is the UK's largest escorted coach tour operator, with six brands spanning UK and European holidays, rail journeys, river cruises, specialist Battlefield Tours and educational experiences. Our founding brand, Leger Holidays, has over 40 years' experience in escorted touring and offers hundreds of carefully planned itineraries to the world's most sought-after destinations – from short breaks and worldwide adventures to festive holidays and trips designed for solo travellers. Our Shearings brand provides a strong presence across the UK, with hundreds of affordable breaks and inspiring itineraries to choose from. The Group is focused on delivering continued growth to meet its ambitious plans.
Due to our growth and success, we are now seeking to recruit an experienced finance professional as FP&A Manager. In this senior role you’ll take day-to-day ownership of the group’s financial planning and analysis – running budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting independently, and partnering leaders across the business to turn numbers into decisions. It’s a hands-on role with real influence.
The analysis you produce goes directly to our Board & SLT to help steer a fast-moving, multi-brand travel business. You’ll lead a Finance Analyst, deputise for the Commercial Director on FP&A matters, and have the scope to shape the models, tools and processes that power our planning. If you enjoy owning something end to end, thrive on variety, and want your work to make a visible difference, this is a role you can make your own.
Why Join Us
- £55,000 -£60,000 (DOE) per annum.
- Free on-site parking.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Additional paid leave for your birthday and Christmas Eve.
- Up to 5 days additional leave & up to £1,580 allowance towards a Leger Shearings Group holiday every year.
- Friends & family discount.
- Opportunities for continued professional development through a Leger Shearings Scholarship.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Own the Plan | Run the annual budgeting process end to end, coordinating input from across the business into a coherent, defensible plan
- Keep the Forecast Live | Own the rolling forecast, maintaining an accurate, regularly refreshed view of the year based on real customer, channel and product performance
- Model the Future | Build and maintain the group’s planning and scenario models and lead the FP&A input to our five-year strategic plan
- Tell the Story | Produce the monthly performance reporting and KPI packs that show the Board & SLT how the business is tracking against plan
- Stay Close to Trading | Follow daily and weekly trading, analyse variances to budget and forecast, and flag risks and opportunities early
- Support the Board | Prepare board-level and quarterly business review materials that draw out the insight behind the numbers, not just the figures
- Partner the Business | Provide the analysis behind pricing, margin, capacity and investment decisions, and build the financial case for new initiatives
- Prove the Return | Run post-investment and post-promotion reviews to assess whether major programmes, launches and campaigns delivered against the business case
- Raise the Bar | Own the integrity of planning and reporting data, and drive continuous improvement in FP&A tools, models and processes – including the smart use of AI and automation
- Lead by Example | Act as an ambassador for our CARE values, role-modelling collaborative, accountable and respectful leadership.
Key Measures
- Budgeting, forecasting and planning cycles delivered accurately and to deadline
- Stron forecast accuracy, with clear variance analysis and insight against plan
- Timely, high-quality monthly, board and quarterly performance reporting
- Confidence and trust in the analysis and decision support you provide
- Measurable improvement in FP&A processes – less manual effort, faster turnaround
Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications for This Role
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Extensive FP&A experience independently owning the full budgeting, forecasting and planning cycle, gained in a fast-paced, high-volume B2C or consumer-facing business
- Proven commercial business partnering with senior, non-finance stakeholders – translating analysis into clear recommendations they can act on
- Designing and owning management reporting, KPI frameworks and board-level performance packs
- Exceptional analytical and modelling skills – building and owning complex, scenario-based models and working confidently with large, imperfect datasets
- Advanced Excel and planning, BI or reporting tools, with the confidence to use AI to speed up analysis and drive efficiency
- Experience managing and developing analysts or a small finance team
- Sound judgement and discretion on sensitive financial and people matters, with the ownership to run a broad, cyclical workload independently
Desirable Skills, Experience and Qualifications for This Role
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Experience in travel, tourism, leisure or a booking-based consumer business
- Partnering commercial, sales or trading teams, and presenting to Executive or Board audiences
- Long-range or multi-year planning models, or building or scaling an FP&A function
- Familiarity with ERP, CRM or dedicated FP&A / planning platforms, and applying AI or automation in a finance environment
We are looking to make an appointment as soon as we find a great candidate, so please don't delay in making your application.
No agency applications please.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
Work Location: In person
