FP&A Director

Counted; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Pension

25 days holiday

Job summary

Counted in Birmingham is seeking an FP&A Director to lead the FP&A and business partnering function, taking ownership of forecasting across the business and acting as the lead finance partner to the commercial leadership team.

You'll oversee budgeting, long-term planning, and investment analysis, translate complex data into clear board-level insights, and coach a high-performance team. Hybrid working is available, with strong bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading FP&A in a fast-growing business.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Ability to translate numbers into board-level insights.
• Experience partnering with commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• As the lead FP&A partner to the commercial leadership team, provide insight and challenge to sharpen decision-making.
• Turn financial results into clear messages, identifying drivers of revenue, margin, risk and opportunity.
• Lead modelling and analysis behind major investments, growth plans and resource allocation decisions.
• Own the full planning process: budget, quarterly reviews, rolling forecasts and long-term strategic plan.
• Direct forecasting across the business, ensuring alignment with near-term and long-term goals.
• Build scenarios and contingency plans to respond to market shifts.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to improve forecast accuracy and performance monitoring.
• Design KPIs for sharper visibility of true performance.
• Utilise analytics and visualization tools to present complex data clearly to leaders.
• Champion AI, automation and digital tools within the finance team.
• Coach and develop FP&A and finance business partners into a high-performance team.
• Foster strong relationships across finance, commercial teams and the international group.

Skills

FP&A leadership

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Stakeholder partnering

Budgeting

Education

Accounting/Finance degree

Job description

Role: FP&A Director

Salary: £110,000 - £127,000

Location: Birmingham (3 days in office hybrid)

About the Business

A fantastic opportunity to join a well-established software business based in Birmingham as an FP&A Director, paying £110,000 – £127,000 per annum plus a strong bonus, car allowance and wider benefits, plus hybrid working. Part of a much larger international group with big ambitions for growth, the business is looking for a commercially minded finance leader to sit right at the heart of decision-making. You’ll head up the FP&A and business partnering function, taking real ownership of forecasting across the whole business and acting as the lead finance partner to the commercial leadership team.

Main Duties:

As an FP&A Director, your main duties include:

• Acting as the lead finance and FP&A partner to the commercial leadership team and other senior stakeholders, offering insight and healthy challenge that sharpens decision-making
• Turning financial and commercial results into clear messages, pinpointing what is really driving revenue, margin, risk and opportunity
• Leading the modelling and analysis behind major investment cases, growth plans and decisions on where resources should go
• Owning the full planning process, including the annual budget, quarterly performance reviews, rolling forecasts and the longer-term strategic plan
• Running forecasting for the whole business, making sure near-term results are clearly tied to where the business wants to be in the years ahead
• Building scenarios and contingency plans so leadership can react quickly when customer demand, competitors or the market shift
• Working hand in hand with the commercial teams to improve forecast accuracy, performance management and the quality of decisions being made
• Designing operational and financial KPIs that give the business sharper visibility of how it is really performing
• Using modern analytics and visualisation tools to present complex numbers in a way senior leaders can quickly understand and act on
• Championing the use of AI, automation and modern digital tools across the finance team, making processes leaner and the insight sharper
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of FP&A and finance business partners, building a culture of high performance, ownership and continuous improvement
• Building strong working relationships across finance, the commercial teams and the wider international group

Location / Office / Culture

The role is hybrid, based in Birmingham, with 3 days in the office and 2 from home. You’ll be joining a forward-thinking business with big plans for growth over the coming years, where finance is seen as a true partner. This is a visible, influential role with genuine scope to make your mark and shape where the business goes next.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate may have:

Desirable

• Previous experience as a Head of FP&A, Head of Commercial Finance or in a similar senior FP&A leadership role is essential
• A proven track record of managing and growing finance teams
• Strong hands-on experience of budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, financial modelling and managing business performance
• Proven ability to partner senior commercial leaders and influence key business decisions
• Strong commercial acumen, with a clear grasp of what drives sales, margin, profit and growth
• Confidence turning complex financial and operational data into clear, board-level insight and recommendations
• Degree educated, ideally in Accounting, Finance, Business or a similar subject
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified is desirable but not essential
• Experience within a large international or matrix organisation

Why Join the business

• £110,000 – £127,000 plus strong bonus
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 from home
• Car allowance and good pension
• Private healthcare
• 25 days’ holiday, with the option to buy 5 more
• A senior, high-visibility role in a business with ambitious growth plans

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