This is an opportunity for a driven Finance leader to join a highly successful Group, working as part of, and supporting the senior leadership team.
- The Head of FP&A will take ownership for plans, forecasts and financial performance and will oversee the treasury function.
- Acting as the key finance business partner to the leadership team on every major investment, you will play a significant role in the future growth of the business.
- You will build the forecasting, reporting and business-partnering capability that lets the company grow with confidence: Ensuring a budget that leadership trusts, a rolling forecast that moves with the business, and clear answers to “what happens if”.
- This is a senior leadership role and a mandate to raise the bar on financial rigour across the company.
Reporting into the CFO and leading the FP&&A Team - Key Accountabilities include:
Planning and forecasting
- Own the annual budget process and the long-range (5 year) plan, from first assumptions to board approval
- Run a rolling monthly forecast covering P&L, cash flow and balance sheet, with clear variance analysis against budget and prior forecast
- Build and maintain the driver-based financial model, including scenario and sensitivity analysis
Reporting and insight
- Deliver the monthly management pack and board reporting: results, KPIs, drivers and the story behind the numbers
- Define and track the KPIs that matter, and make sure the business measures what it manages
- Turn analysis into recommendations: pricing, investment cases, cost reviews, capacity decisions
Business partnering
- Act as finance partner to the CEO, CFO and functional heads, challenging plans and spend constructively
- Partner with sponsors to shape investment proposals before they reach the committee
- Support fundraising, M&A, debt or investor reporting as the business needs
- Work with the Corporate Financial Controller to keep actuals, forecast and reporting on one consistent data model
Investment and business cases
- Own the end-to-end investment and business case process: templates, appraisal standards, approval thresholds and governance
- Review and challenge every case before submission, testing assumptions, returns (NPV, IRR, payback) and risks
- Assist with preparing and presenting the investment papers and the portfolio view to the Business Development Committee, with a clear recommendation on each
- Control approved investments against plan: track spend, milestones and benefits, and escalate variances
- Run post-investment reviews and feed the lessons back into future cases and the forecast
Treasury
- Oversee the Treasury Manager, and own cash management, liquidity planning and shorter term cash flow forecasts
The perfect candidate will have come from a Corporate Finance background and have a good working understanding Capital Allocation and discounted cash-flow.
Exposure to Power BI, AI or similar would be highly desirable.
Benefits include: Bonus 20-25% (excellent run rate in recent years), Hybrid working and core benefits.
