Head of FP&A

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth, Private Equity backed SaaS business is seeking a Head of FP&A to provide strategic commercial insights and drive performance across the organization. This leadership role, based in Central Manchester, emphasizes financial modeling, data analytics, and business partnering with operational teams. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with experience in a SaaS environment and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA).
• Experience in a SaaS business highly desirable.
• Strong ability to influence decision making.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality MI and commercial insights to leadership.
• Lead on financial modeling for various scenarios.
• Manage the annual budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Commercial insights

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Business partnering

Project management

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