Head of FP&A

JR United Kingdom; Guildford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth, Private Equity-backed SaaS business seeks a Head of FP&A to enhance commercial performance. This leadership role includes driving key management information to stakeholders and collaborating on strategic initiatives with the CFO. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial modeling, data analytics, and cross-functional business partnering.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA, CIMA, or ACCA.
• Experience in SaaS and PE backed environments preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with SQL knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality MI and commercial insights to the leadership team.
• Leading the annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Business partnering with non-finance teams to drive performance.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Business partnering

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Tools

SQL

Job description

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Axon Moore are currently partnered with a high growth, Private Equity backed SaaS business in sourcing a high calibre Head of FP&A to drive commercial performance. Our client are undergoing a period of intensive transformation and as Head of FP&A you will be driving the production of key MI to the board and investors whilst working closely with the CFO on other strategic initiatives including interrogating and presenting data.

Role: Head of FP&A

Location: Central Manchester, 3 days per week on site

The Role:

• Providing high quality MI and commercial insights to the leadership team including the PE investors
• Building financial models around a variety of scenarios including on acquisition targets
• Taking the lead on data & analytics including data repair and visualisation
• Business partnering with none finance to drive performance across the business
• Leading the annual budgeting and forecasting processes
• Ongoing review of processes and systems to ensure a fit for purpose commercial function
• Taking the lead on a number of ad-hoc projects alongside the CFO

The Individual:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Experience of working in a SaaS business is highly desirable
• Highly commercial with experience of leading a commercial function
• Knowledge of data and analytics, ideally in the use of SQL
• Experience of working within a PE backed or similarly agile business
• Strong business partner with the ability to influence decision making and drive performance