Head of Financial Planning

Walker Hamill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative and entrepreneurial company is seeking a Head of Financial Planning to lead their FP&A function. This high-profile role involves coordinating planning processes, acting as a commercial partner to the leadership team, and driving insights through analysis. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in FP&A, particularly in M&A transactions, and will possess strong leadership skills to develop a team of finance professionals. Join a dynamic sector and contribute to the growth story of a leading organization committed to excellence in technology and telecom infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A within a medium to large international group.
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence across all business levels.
• Prior team leadership experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning processes and prepare deliverables for the Board.
• Act as a commercial partner to the leadership team, providing insights.
• Drive execution of ad hoc projects and process improvements.

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis

Team Leadership

Commercial Business Partnering

M&A Transactions

Forecasting

Stakeholder Management

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Professional Finance Qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Financial Reporting Tools

Planning Software

Job description

REF: JD53660

Job Title: Head of Financial Planning

Industry: Infrastructure

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Salary Guide: £115,000-£125,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Our client provides critical technology and telecoms infrastructure across Europe and Asia, where it holds leading positions in its core markets, offering world class services to a host Blue Chip clients. The business is extremely well capitalised, with an agressive growth strategy over the next 5 years.

Description

This Head of Group FP&A role is responsible for coordination of an action focused, connected planning processes, from short term liquidity forecasting through to long term projections to support corporate planning and transaction activity such as joint ventures, refinancing and M&A.

The role will partner across all commercial and operations teams to understand the drivers of recent trading performance, commercial pipeline, cost management, deployment of CapEx and KPIs. This overview will allow the Head of FP&A to coordinate forward-looking action based plans that will optimise performance. The new Head of FP&A is also responsible for driving the execution of ad hoc projects, identifying opportunities for process improvement and acting upon these to realise efficiencies.

Skills

Specific responsibilities of a Head of Group FP&A will include:

• Ownership of all Group and Board reporting.
• Coordination of all forecast and planning processes, along with preparation of associated deliverables for the Executive and Board.
• Acting as commercial business partner to the leadership team, proactively bringing insight through ad hoc analysis, deep diving key issues, scenario analysis, etc.
• Ownership of transaction activity such as re-financing, acquisitions and divestments, joint ventures, as well as working with key stakeholders to define and articulate Group strategy.
• Ownership of the new planning and reporting tool, further developing the system to embed insightful reporting and fully connected planning.
• Leadership and development of a team of three FP&A professionals.

The successful candidate for this Head of Group FP&A role will have gained experience in another medium or large international group, either currently working in FP&A or with time previously spent in a Group FP&A role. Exposure to and involvement in transactions would be highly advantageous, including M&A, JVs and re-financing, whether gained within another FP&A role or in from time spent in an advisory role. Experience as a commercial business partner would be extremely beneficial, but as a minimum, all candidates must possess highly developed interpersonal skills in order to influence at all levels across the business. Some form or prior team leadership experience is essential, to develop and build a successful FP&A function. Any experience or exposure to systems implementations or systems development and improvement projects would be an added bonus, as the finance team seeks to drive further value from technology.

This is a high-profile opportunity to work for a highly successful, growing, innovative and entrepreneurial company that is looking to embark on the next stage in its growth story in an extremely dynamic sector.

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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for over 30 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe. For more information, please see the Walker Hamill website.