FP&A Business Partner

• As our new FP&A Business Partner, you will sit at the centre of Cubic’s commercial finance – owning customer profitability, driving margin improvement and providing the insights that enable confident decision-making across the Group. As a company, Cubic³ provides a managed IoT connectivity platform, global carrier network access, and tailored connected services to leading automotive and mobile asset OEMs worldwide. This role sits within the FP&A team, acting as the finance partner to our commercial teams and balancing growth with margin discipline
• We’re looking for a qualified accountant who combines strong analytical foundations with real curiosity and a passion for challenging the status quo – including through the smart use of AI. Reporting to the FP&A Director, you’ll work cross-functionally with Commercial, Sales, Account Management, Operations and the wider Finance team – building the kind of broad commercial awareness that accelerates long-term career growth. This is a hands-on role with real scope to influence how Cubic understands customer profitability and plans for margin as the business scales
• Act as finance business partner to the commercial organisation - driving margin improvement plans with a quantified benefit, owner and timeline, and challenging pipeline and forecast assumptions: how will this revenue be delivered, and do the numbers add up?
• Build and maintain customer P&Ls for key customers, explaining how revenue mix and wholesale cost drive margin and translating the numbers into plain language for non-finance colleagues
• Deliver monthly FP&A reporting – variance analysis against Flash, forecast, budget and prior year for the monthly Flash and Finance MBR – and provide customer, margin and cost inputs to the budget, rolling forecast and five-year plan
• Improve our FP&A models, making them more robust, scalable and efficient, using AI for analysis, data preparation and scenario testing while validating outputs to the standard our reporting demands
• Improve how we report and explain the numbers – including shaping AI-enabled reporting – and deliver improvements within an agreed roadmap
• This is an opportunity to join a best-in-class FP&A function in a high-growth, global connectivity business with direct exposure to commercial finance, cross-functional collaboration, and the margin dynamics behind Cubic’s ambitious growth trajectory
• New hires at Cubic³ are required to work onsite five days a week during their six-month probation period to get to know the company, their team, and our ways of working. After probation, we offer a flexible arrangement of up to eight work-from-home days per month, provided it aligns with business needs and performance standards. This arrangement is not a given for all roles

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + 2 company days
• Health Insurance
• Pension Contribution
• ESOP
• Tax saver scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Sports and social activities
• Great annual office outings (Summer BBQ, Christmas party, charity runs)
• Bits & Bobs days (Half day every quarter to get your Bits & Bobs done)
• Learning and Development Opportunities

• Proven experience analysing customer, product or contract profitability and explaining margin movements
• 3–5 years’ post-qualification experience in FP&A or commercial finance, ideally within a fast-paced or international business
• Versatile team player – enthusiastic, flexible, pragmatic, thorough, and proactive
• Self-starter with initiative – brings ideas rather than waiting to be asked, and enjoys taking ownership and driving continuous improvement
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with a strong analytical foundation and commercial awareness
• Commercially curious – challenges assumptions and asks why the numbers are what they are
• AI-native mindset – uses AI every day, can show where it has saved time or improved insight, and knows where it adds value and where it does not
• Strong Excel modelling skills and confidence working with large data sets
• Detail-driven mindset with high standards for accuracy, quality, and integrity
• Adaptable and collaborative – thrives in a team environment while also confident working independently
• Confident communicator capable of engaging senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues
• Strong communicator – comfortable translating numbers into insights for finance and non-finance stakeholders alike
• Systems-savvy – experience with Oracle NetSuite, ideally paired with a BI tool such as Power BI or Looker