FP&A Lead

Howett Thorpe; England; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced FP&A Lead to enhance financial insight and support strategic decision-making. This high-impact role combines technical expertise with finance and systems capability. You will lead initiatives to improve reporting and deliver actionable intelligence while partnering with senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will possess strong financial modelling skills and advanced capabilities in Excel and Power BI, shaping a future-ready finance team.

Benefits

25 days annual leave with the opportunity to purchase additional days

Christmas shutdown days

Private pension scheme

Health care cash plan

Income protection

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable experience driving process improvement and automation initiatives.
• Previous team leadership or mentoring experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance financial and operational reporting, dashboards, and data models.
• Automate and optimise reporting using ERP, CRM, Power BI, Excel, and related tools.
• Analyse large, complex data sets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and key business drivers.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning through robust financial modelling.

Skills

Advanced financial modelling skills

Expert-level Excel capability

Power BI capability

Proactive and adaptable mindset

Results-driven mindset

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

SQL

ERP systems

CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce, Syspro)

Job description

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced FP&A Lead to play a pivotal role in shaping a truly data-driven finance function. This is a high-impact position for a commercially minded finance professional who combines strong technical expertise with a passion for systems, analytics, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for a hands‑on FP&A professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to sit at the intersection of finance, systems, and strategy. You’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact, shape future capability, and help define how data‑led finance supports business success.

You will take ownership of the FP&A landscape, transforming financial insight into clear, actionable intelligence that supports strategic decision-making across the business.

Job Title: FP&A Lead

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Camberley

Salary: £80,000

Ref No: 15958

FP&A Lead Benefits

• 25 days annal leave opportunity to purchase additional days
• Christmas shutdown days in addition to above
• Private pension scheme
• Hybrid working
• Health care cash plan
• Income protection

FP&A Lead About the role

The FP&A Lead will be a key driver of data‑led decision‑making across the business, delivering high‑impact financial insight at both operational and strategic levels. This hands‑on role blends strong commercial finance expertise with advanced systems and data capability to shape a modern, forward‑looking FP&A function. This is a high‑impact, hands‑on FP&A leadership role at the heart of the business. Combining financial expertise with advanced data and systems capability, the FP&A Lead will transform insight into action, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive smarter, faster decision‑making in a dynamic environment.

As FP&A Lead, you will sit at the intersection of finance, data, and strategy. This role is about impact, delivering robust insight, improving reporting and systems, and enabling better decisions across the business, while helping build a high‑performing, future‑ready finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and enhance financial and operational reporting, dashboards, and data models
• Automate and optimise reporting using ERP, CRM, Power BI, Excel, and related tools
• Analyse large, complex data sets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and key business drivers
• Apply advanced techniques including predictive analytics, automation, and intelligent forecasting
• Partner closely with Finance, Commercial, and Operational teams to deliver timely, value‑added insight
• Lead initiatives to improve data quality, system integration, and reporting accuracy
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning through robust financial modelling

The successful FP&A Lead will have:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with strong post‑qualification experience

• Advanced financial modelling skills with expert‑level Excel and Power BI capability
• Working knowledge of SQL and experience with ERP / CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce, Syspro) highly desirable
• Demonstrable experience driving process improvement and automation initiatives
• Proactive, adaptable, and resilient, with a results‑driven mindset
• Previous team leadership or mentoring experience advantageous, though not essential