Financial Planning And Analysis Lead

Altum Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consumer brand in London is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Lead. This position offers a 6-month fixed-term contract with strong potential for permanency. The role involves leading budgeting processes, analyzing gross margin performance, and building trusted relationships with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with extensive FP&A experience, Excel proficiency, and familiarity with NetSuite. The company promotes a hybrid working model and values collaboration and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Personal development opportunities

Access to great benefits

Supportive and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of FP&A experience required.
• Strong Excel skills and experience in financial modelling are needed.
• Comfortable taking ownership and managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting for UK COGs.
• Produce performance reporting and refine insights.
• Analyze gross margin performance at month-end.

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modelling

Proficiency in Excel

Ownership and priority management

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Financial Planning & Analysis Lead - 6-Month FTC (With Strong Potential to Go Permanent)

London | Hybrid | Consumer / Digital / Growth Business

A high-growth, values-driven consumer brand is looking for an FP&A Lead to join its Finance team on an initial 6-month fixed-term contract, with a strong possibility of converting to permanent. This is a rare opportunity to join a purpose-led, tech-enabled organisation operating across multiple European markets, known for its thoughtful culture, award-winning customer experience and commitment to long-term impact.

Working within a collaborative Finance function, you'll play a critical role in supporting UK Cost of Goods (COGs) and gross margin analysis, partnering closely with commercial, operations and range teams. You'll also gain exposure to wider group FP&A, treasury and central cost management as the role evolves.

The Role

Reporting into the senior Finance leadership team, you will:

• Lead the annual budgeting and ongoing forecasting process for UK COGs, partnering across Operations, Commercial and Range teams.
• Produce weekly and monthly performance reporting, continuously refining insight and accuracy.
• Analyse gross margin performance at month-end and support the preparation of commentary for the wider business.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions and take full ownership of your remit.
• Identify key trends, risks and opportunities, offering proactive solutions.

Longer-term opportunities include:

• Ad-hoc analysis, financial modelling and business partnering across new initiatives.
• Supporting group treasury activities, including cash management and forecasting.
• Ownership of central cost budgeting, forecasting and month-end analysis.
• Contributing to the implementation of an FP&A tool and optimisation of the ERP (NetSuite).

About You

You'll thrive in this role if you are:

• A qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with 3+ years' FP&A experience.
• Highly proficient in Excel and financial modelling (cashflow modelling experience is a bonus).
• Experienced with NetSuite and excited to help enhance the way the business uses finance systems.
• Comfortable taking ownership, juggling priorities and working at pace.
• A logical thinker, collaborative problem-solver and confident communicator.
• A team player who values diversity, inclusion, curiosity and continuous improvement.

If you're energised by working in a fast-moving, creative, consumer-led environment and want to have meaningful impact quickly, this is an exceptional next step.

Working Style & Culture

The organisation operates with a flexible hybrid model, trusting teams to balance office and remote work in a way that supports collaboration and wellbeing. You'll join a supportive, inclusive culture that values thoughtfulness, transparency and learning, with access to great benefits, personal development opportunities and a team that genuinely cares.