Head of Group FP&A
About the role
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the Group's budgeting, forecasting and long-range financial planning processes.
• Coordinate planning activities across Finance and wider business teams, ensuring plans are aligned and delivered on time.
• Establish consistent financial planning assumptions, frameworks and governance across the Group.
• Support strategic planning and key business transformation initiatives, providing financial analysis and recommendations.
• Own Group-wide staff cost and operating expense (opex) budgeting and forecasting.
• Partner with People teams and functional leaders to support accurate headcount planning and effective cost management.
• Work closely with the Group FP&A Director, CFO and senior leadership team to communicate financial performance, risks and opportunities.
• Take ownership of the financial content supporting Investor Relations, including results preparation, investor presentations and market updates.
• Partner with the CFO on external financial messaging, ensuring financial performance is communicated clearly, accurately and consistently.
• Prepare high-quality Board papers, trading updates, earnings materials and presentations for external stakeholders.
• Translate complex financial analysis into clear, compelling financial stories that support strategic decisions.
• Manage and develop a Senior FP&A Analyst, supporting their growth and performance.
• Support improvements to financial planning systems and tools, including Planful where relevant.
• Drive continuous improvement across FP&A processes, reporting, controls and planning capabilities.
About You:
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience and a strong background in FP&A or commercial finance.
• Proven experience operating at a senior FP&A or commercial finance leadership level, with responsibility for complex financial planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Experience gained in a fast-paced, commercially focused business, ideally within consumer-facing, ecommerce, retail or a similar environment where financial performance and customer behaviour are closely linked.
• Strong experience leading annual budgets, rolling forecasts and long-range financial plans, including working across multiple teams or business areas.
• Experience working with senior leadership teams, with the judgement and confidence to challenge assumptions, influence decisions and operate independently.
• Excellent financial modelling and analytical skills, with the ability to identify key performance drivers and translate complex data into practical recommendations.
• Outstanding financial storytelling and presentation skills, with proven experience preparing financial reports, Board presentations, client presentations or other materials for senior external stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of how to communicate financial performance, including explaining results, risks, opportunities and future outlook in a clear and engaging way.
• Experience managing and developing finance professionals, with a collaborative approach to leadership.
• Strong commercial awareness, curiosity and the ability to balance detailed financial analysis with the bigger strategic picture.
• Experience working in a listed business or directly supporting Investor Relations, financial results announcements or external market communications would be an advantage, but is not essential.
• Experience using financial planning systems such as Planful would be beneficial, but isn't required.
Interview Process:
We want our interview process to give you a good understanding of the role, the people you'll work with and the impact you could make.
• Stage 1: Initial phone interview with our Talent Acquisition team.
• Stage 2: Interview interview with senior leaders from our FP&A team.
• Stage 3: Second interview with the hiring leadership team, including a case study.
• Stage 4: Interview with CFO
Our process may vary depending on role and availability. We keep candidates informed of any changes.
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