<p><strong>FP&A Manager - High‑Growth Data Centre & Infrastructure Environment</strong></p><p>Robert Half is exclusively partnering with a rapidly scaling organisation operating at the forefront of AI, advanced computing, and large‑scale digital infrastructure to recruit a high‑calibre FP&A Manager.</p><p>This is a rare opportunity to join a fast‑growing, capital‑intensive business where finance is central to shaping strategy, driving performance, and enabling global expansion.</p><h3><strong>The Opportunity</strong></h3><p>You'll join an innovative and engineering‑led environment delivering secure, scalable, and sustainable data centre and digital infrastructure solutions. As FP&A Manager, you'll help define financial strategy, strengthen planning processes, and influence high‑value investment decisions.</p><h3><strong>What You'll Be Doing</strong></h3><p><strong>Financial Planning & Analysis</strong></p><ul><li>Lead budgets, long‑range plans, and rolling forecasts</li><li>Build and enhance financial models to support strategic and investment decisions</li><li>Conduct in‑depth variance and performance analysis</li></ul><p><strong>Management Reporting</strong></p><ul><li>Produce accurate monthly/quarterly reporting with insightful commentary</li><li>Identify performance risks, trends, and opportunities</li></ul><p><strong>Capital Expenditure & Investment Reporting</strong></p><ul><li>Support oversight of £100m+ annual capex programmes</li><li>Monitor project spend and alignment with budgets and investor expectations</li><li>Manage reporting related to project financing and loan covenants</li></ul><p><strong>Business Partnering & Finance Enablement</strong></p><ul><li>Partner with technical, operational, and commercial teams</li><li>Drive process improvements, strengthen systems (e.g., NetSuite), and enhance automation</li><li>Support the development of scalable finance processes</li></ul><p><strong>Team Development</strong></p><ul><li>Mentor junior members as the function expands</li></ul><h3><strong>What We're Looking For</strong></h3><p><strong>Experience & Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)</li><li>3-5 years' experience in FP&A or commercial finance</li><li>Strong financial modelling and Excel capability</li><li>ERP experience (NetSuite or SAP preferred)</li><li>Evidence of improving processes and delivering actionable insights</li></ul><p><strong>Industry Background</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Ideal:</strong> data centres, infrastructure, energy, telecoms, engineering, or other capex‑heavy environments</li><li>Open to strong FP&A talent from project‑based, capital‑intensive industries</li></ul><p><strong>Attributes</strong></p><ul><li>Highly analytical with strong attention to detail</li><li>Excellent communication skills, able to simplify complex financial information</li><li>Comfortable operating both strategically and hands‑on in a scaling environment</li></ul><h3><strong>Why Join?</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Impact:</strong> Influence financial strategy in a high‑growth, global business</li><li><strong>Progression:</strong> Significant exposure and career advancement opportunities</li><li><strong>Environment:</strong> Collaborative, future‑focused team working in a cutting‑edge sector</li></ul><p> </p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Q2hhei5NYWxhbi4yMTMzNy4xMDkyM0ByaGkuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p>Robert Half Technology are assisting a global market leading financial services organisation to recruit a VMware Cloud Foundation Consultant on a 6 month contract basis. Hybrid working - London based </p><p>This role will focus on VCF enablement, architecture design, build, and adoption, ensuring the platform is production-ready and aligned with enterprise standards.</p><p data-start="189" data-end="209"><strong data-start="189" data-end="209">Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>The VMware Cloud Foundation Consultant will lead architecture design and implementation of VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF9) platforms</li><li>Own VCF9 platform readiness, upgrade strategy, and adoption across enterprise environments</li><li>Design, deploy, and evolve core VCF9 components including compute, storage, networking, and lifecycle management</li><li>Define VCF9 reference architectures, standards, and best practices aligned to enterprise and regulatory requirements</li><li>Partner with engineering and operations teams to deliver stable, scalable VCF9 environments</li><li>Provide expert support for VCF9 lifecycle management, optimisation, and troubleshooting</li><li>Enable knowledge transfer and operational handover for VCF9 platforms</li></ul><p data-end="935" data-start="921"><strong data-start="921" data-end="935">Experience</strong></p><ul><li>The VMware Cloud Foundation Consultant will have deep, hands-on expertise in VMware Cloud Foundation 9 architecture and lifecycle</li><li>Proven track record delivering VCF9 upgrades, migrations, or greenfield builds at enterprise scale</li><li>Strong understanding of the VCF9 full stack (vSphere, NSX, vSAN, SDDC Manager, lifecycle services)</li><li>Experience supporting cloud modernisation using VCF9 in financial services or other highly regulated environments</li><li>Comfortable operating independently in a part-time, advisory or design authority role</li><li>Prior involvement in major VCF version transitions with emphasis on VCF9 capabilities and changes</li></ul><p><strong>Company</strong></p><ul><li>Market leading financial services organisation with offices in London</li><li>Remote working - UK based </li></ul><p><strong>Salary & Benefits</strong></p><p>The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.</p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/S2F6aW0uSGFzc2FuLjg0Nzg3LjEwOTIzQHJoaS5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Job Title</strong></p><p><strong>Graduate Data Analyst - Finance Systems, Data & Automation</strong></p><p><strong>Role Overview</strong></p><p>We are seeking a systems-focused Graduate Data Analyst to support our Finance function by developing, maintaining, and improving data warehouse, systems, and reporting automation capabilities. This role is ideal for a technically strong graduate with a passion for coding, data systems, and automating finance and non-finance reporting processes.</p><p>You will play a key role in improving how financial and operational data flows through the organisation, enabling scalable, automated reporting and analytics for Finance and wider business stakeholders.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><p><strong>Data & Systems Development</strong></p><ul><li>Develop, maintain, and optimise data pipelines feeding the finance data warehouse</li><li>Write, test, and optimise SQL queries, scripts, and transformations to support automated finance and non-finance reporting</li><li>Support integration of finance and operational systems (e.g. ERP, budgeting, forecasting, HR, sales, and billing systems) into the data warehouse</li><li>Assist in designing and maintaining data models that support automated reporting and analytics use cases</li></ul><p><strong>Reporting Automation & Enablement</strong></p><ul><li>Help automate recurring finance and management reporting processes to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy</li><li>Enable self-service and scalable reporting through robust data structures and automated data refreshes</li><li>Support automation of both financial (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and non-financial (operational, KPI, performance) reporting</li><li>Work with stakeholders to transition manual spreadsheet-based reports into automated system-driven solutions</li></ul><p><strong>Finance Systems Support</strong></p><ul><li>Partner with Finance and non-Finance teams to understand reporting and data requirements</li><li>Support finance systems and reporting automation initiatives, including process improvements and system enhancements</li><li>Assist with system upgrades, implementations, and data migrations with a focus on automation and data integrity</li><li>Troubleshoot data quality, reconciliation, and reporting issues across systems</li></ul><p><strong>Continuous Improvement</strong></p><ul><li>Identify opportunities to further automate reporting, data processes, and controls across finance and the wider business</li><li>Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of data systems supporting automated reporting</li><li>Apply best practices in coding, version control, testing, documentation, and systems design</li><li>Stay up to date with modern data, automation, and finance systems technologies</li></ul><p><strong>Required Skills & Experience</strong></p><p><strong>Technical Skills</strong></p><ul><li>Strong coding capability, particularly in SQL</li><li>Experience with at least one programming language such as Python, R, or similar</li><li>Understanding of data warehousing and reporting architectures (ETL/ELT, star schemas, fact & dimension tables)</li><li>Experience working with databases and data systems (cloud or on-premise)</li><li>Interest in automating data and reporting workflows</li></ul><p><strong>Finance & Business Understanding</strong></p><ul><li>Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field</li><li>Strong interest in finance systems, reporting automation, and business data</li><li>Basic understanding of finance concepts (e.g. general ledger, P&L, balance sheet) is desirable</li></ul><p><strong>Soft Skills</strong></p><ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Ability to translate business and reporting requirements into technical, automated solutions</li><li>Clear communicator, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders</li><li>High attention to detail and data accuracy</li><li>Curious, proactive, and keen to learn in a systems-driven environment</li></ul><p><strong>Desirable (Nice to Have)</strong></p><ul><li>Experience with ERP or finance systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday)</li><li>Exposure to BI and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Looker)</li><li>Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)</li><li>Familiarity with automation, orchestration, or analytics engineering tools (e.g. dbt, Airflow)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: roberthalf.com/gb/en/privacy-notice.</p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Q2hhcmxlcy5QZW5tYW4uMDY2OTEuMTA5MjNAcmhpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
