Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Camino Search; Warrington; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Camino Search is partnering with a private equity backed SaaS business to appoint an FP&A Director. The role centers on planning, tracking performance and capital allocation at the heart of the business.

You will run the annual budgeting and multi-year planning cycle, enhance forecasting models and drive visibility into revenue performance, working closely with commercial leaders and the leadership team.

Qualifications

• Proven FP&A leadership experience in a growing business.
• Experience shaping planning and forecasting processes.
• Commercially minded with the ability to partner with sales and operations heads.
• Hands-on, with credibility presenting to senior stakeholders and investors.

Responsibilities

• Run the yearly budgeting and forecasting cycle and the multi-year plan, and strengthen the models behind them
• Improve visibility of revenue and recurring revenue performance, working closely with the commercial teams
• Support commercial decisions with analysis on margins, pricing and return on investment
• Track headcount and operating costs, and how they affect profit and cash
• Produce clear monthly reporting for the leadership team, the Board and investors
• Lead and develop the FP&A team

Skills

FP&A leadership

SaaS sector experience

Private equity exposure

Budgeting & forecasting

Management reporting

Stakeholder communication

Commercial analysis

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Camino Search is partnering with a PE-backed SaaS business to appoint an FP&A Director.

The business has a growing recurring revenue base and a clear value creation plan. This role sits at the centre of how it plans, tracks performance and allocates capital.

The role

• Run the yearly budgeting and forecasting cycle and the multi-year plan, and strengthen the models behind them
• Improve visibility of revenue and recurring revenue performance, working closely with the commercial teams
• Support commercial decisions with analysis on margins, pricing and return on investment
• Track headcount and operating costs, and how they affect profit and cash
• Produce clear monthly reporting for the leadership team, the Board and investors
• Lead and develop the FP&A team

The person

• An established FP&A leader, ideally with SaaS and private equity experience
• Experience of shaping and improving planning and forecasting in a growing business
• Commercially minded, and comfortable working with sales and operational leaders
• Qualified accountant
• Hands‑on, with the credibility to present to senior stakeholders and investors