Head of FP&A

Head of FP&A

Location: Hampshire

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + Annual discretionary bonus

Sector: PE-Backed Fast-Growth Technology / Energy

Hybrid 1 day working from home.

 

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and commercially driven Head of FP&A to join a fast-moving, dynamic PE-backed organisation. This is a high-visibility, high-impact leadership role, reporting to the CFO, and is central to financial planning, performance reporting, and strategic insight. The successful candidate will combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical capability, owning forecasting, board reporting, and BI/analytical oversight while managing a small FP&A and BI team.

 

This is an opportunity to operate at both board level and in detailed analytical execution, supporting key decisions in a period of growth and international expansion.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Data & Analytics: Oversee Power BI reporting suite and analytical tools, working with data engineering, BI developers, and internal users to drive improved insight and analytical capability.
• Management Accounts: Own, alongside the FP&A analyst, the group management accounts consolidation and month-end review process.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead end-to-end budget, long-term plan (LTP), and quarterly reforecast cycles, partnering closely with the CEO and CFO to consolidate the Group position and outputs.
• Performance Reporting: Produce finance performance decks and board reports, incorporating financial outputs, market/competitor insights, network performance, customer behaviour, and investment returns assessments.
• Financial Modelling: Own and continuously develop financial consolidation and budget models covering all financial and non-financial metrics across P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow for multiple countries.
• Private Equity Submissions: Prepare investor submissions and performance analysis, serving as a key interface with the PE team for ongoing and ad-hoc analysis.
• Performance Review Leadership: Lead weekly network reviews, monthly close meetings, and quarterly forecast sessions, delivering clear, insightful messages and constructive challenge.
• Roadmap Leadership: Drive development of FP&A and reporting infrastructure, delivering continuous improvement and optimising existing processes.
• Senior Stakeholder Partnering: Act as a key partner to the CEO, CFO, and investors, delivering confident financial reporting while challenging and improving performance analysis.
• Team Development: Lead and mentor FP&A Analyst and BI Developer, managing workloads and ensuring high-quality delivery.

 

Candidate Profile

• Strong expertise in management accounts, variance analysis, and cashflow.
• Advanced financial modelling capability: three-statement, scenario analysis, cashflow, IRR, and ad-hoc analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong Power BI experience (data modelling, DAX, dashboard development).
• Ability to translate operational KPIs into actionable financial insight and recommendations.
• Proven experience engaging and presenting to senior stakeholders, including CEOs, CFOs, boards, and private equity representatives.
• Commercially astute, critical thinker, and problem solver.
• Results-oriented, accountable, and capable of delivering under pressure.
• Experienced in leading small, high-performing teams with strong delegation and organisational skills.
• Able to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when required.

 

Qualifications

• Academic qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related business field.
• Professional qualification preferred (ACMA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Experience in businesses with revenue exceeding £30m.

 

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 20% discretionary annual bonus.
• Virtual private healthcare access for you and your family.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Paid volunteering day and paid moving day.
• Life insurance at 3x annual salary from day one.
• Pension scheme access following successful three-month employment.
• Ongoing training and study support.
• Opportunity to enrol in salary sacrifice EV scheme and cycle-to-work scheme.
• Access to PerkPal platform, quarterly company events, free snacks & drinks.
• Company sick pay (30 days full pay + 30 days half pay per year).

 

If you feel the above aligns with your experience, please do reach out. Unfortunately, due to a high number of applicants we shall be unable to respond to all unsuccessful applicants.