Senior Manager, Group FP&A

Do you want to drive the performance management agenda in a global FP&A function? Can you establish best-in-class processes, implement data-driven decision-making, and enhance financial planning across the business? Do you have extensive experience in business finance, FP&A or similar with a history of delivering results? Then we invite you to join COWI and help shape the future of our finance organisation.

Drive performance management and help shape COWI’s Future

The Group FP&A team plays a pivotal role in improving our performance management, turning data into insights that guide actions. As Senior Manager, Group FP&A, you will help shape how COWI plans, measures, and communicates performance at group level.

You will operate at the intersection of strategy, finance, and executive decision-making. Reporting to the Head of Group FP&A, you will define the frameworks that connect strategy to financial outcomes — and ensure that leadership decisions are grounded in clear, fact-based insight. This is not about maintaining processes. It is about elevating them.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Own the group performance narrative, challenging assumptions and ensuring clear communication of trends, risks, and opportunities across reporting cycles


• Prepare high-impact presentations and drive decision-oriented communication to the ELT, CFO, and Board


• Drive maturation of our value steering framework translating COWI's strategy into a steering logic embedded in strategic and financial steering processes


• Drive standardisation, automation, and tooling improvements across FP&A processes


• Mid-term planning (MTP) translating strategic ambitions into financial targets, scenarios, and resource allocation frameworks


• Contribute to finance transformation initiatives

This role does not include direct people leadership.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to thriving in this role is that you are motivated to collaborate with the people around you. Developing ties with others is something you do naturally by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you likely have:

• A master’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or other relevant discipline


• Extensive experience in FP&A, business partnering, or performance management within a global organisation or through consulting, with a demonstrated track record of effectively and collaboratively managing corporate-level financial processes


• Proven ability to lead end-to-end planning processes


• Outstanding communication skills — able to turn complexity into clear, executive-ready insights


• Strong business partnering mindset with the confidence to challenge constructively


• Comprehensive knowledge of financial management, supported by a strong analytical and technical toolbox

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently 7,400 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to hiring manager Morten Krog Jensen, Head of Group FP&A, [email protected].

If you want to know more about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact lead recruiter Sarah Wallentin, [email protected]. 

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, our goals, and what life is like at COWI.

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV - no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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