Head of FP&A

JR United Kingdom; Preston; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A high growth, Private Equity backed SaaS business is seeking a Head of FP&A to spearhead financial insights and performance metrics for the leadership team and investors. This role focuses on strategic initiatives, data analytics, and financial modelling in a dynamic environment, making it essential for driving the company’s commercial success.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA, CIMA, or ACCA.
• Experience in SaaS business is desirable.
• Strong skills in business partnering and commercial functions.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial performance and produce key management information.
• Lead data analytics and financial modelling for various scenarios.
• Manage annual budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Data Analytics

Commercial Insights

Business Partnering

Financial Modelling

SQL

Education

Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

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