Interim FP&A Lead

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an Interim FP&A professional to lead the monthly close, variance analysis, and forecasting across a multi-entity, multi‑currency setup. You will partner with the executive team, PE investors, and commercial leaders to drive cost management and robust detailed reporting.

Responsibilities include building financial models, maintaining dashboards in Power BI, reconciling ARR with data sources, and delivering management information with clean governance using Excel as the

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) required.
• 3–5 years post-qualified experience.
• Advanced Excel formulas and financial modelling skills.
• Ability to build and audit models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Experience presenting complex financial information to finance and non-finance audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation and enhancement of monthly management accounts, KPI schedules, and Board materials.
• Deliver monthly variance analysis against budget, re-forecast, and prior year, including headcount variance narratives.
• Lead components of group budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Build and maintain financial models, including scenario and sensitivity analysis and 3–5 year plans.
• Support commercial and operational leaders with cost management, business cases, and post-investment reviews.

Skills

Variance Analysis

Management Accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Reporting

Data Reconciliation

Data Validation

Scenario Analysis

Sensitivity Analysis

Accruals

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

SQL

Databricks

AI Tools

Job description

• Lead preparation and enhancement of monthly management accounts, KPI schedules, and Board materials
• Deliver monthly variance analysis against budget, re-forecast, and prior year, including headcount variance narratives
• Lead components of group budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Build and maintain financial models, including scenario and sensitivity analysis and 3–5 year plans
• Support commercial and operational leaders with cost management, business cases, and post-investment reviews
• Reconcile ARR between Salesforce and spreadsheets and establish a trusted source of truth
• Reconcile recurring revenue to GAAP revenue
• Strengthen and standardise manual or fragmented management information reporting
• Streamline month-end, forecasting, and reporting workflows and reduce manual effort
• Document processes and deliverables for sustainability beyond the engagement
• Deliver accurate outputs while the technology stack evolves, using Excel as the primary workhorse
• Work with the wider finance team, commercial and operational leaders, executive team, and PE investors
• Report to the Global Head of FP&A

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• 3–5 years post-qualified experience
• Advanced Excel formulas and financial modelling skills
• Ability to build and audit models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Solid management accounting grounding, including month-end, accruals, and variance analysis
• Experience working with large and complex datasets, including cleaning, reconciling, and validating data from multiple sources
• Experience presenting complex financial information to finance and non-finance audiences, including PowerPoint / management decks
• Available at short notice for an interim engagement
• SaaS experience and fluency in recurring-revenue metrics (ARR, gross/net retention, CAC, CLTV, and cohort analysis) advantageous
• Experience in PE / VC-backed and multi-entity, multi-currency environments advantageous
• Salesforce, Power BI, or comparable BI / data-visualisation tools advantageous
• Data querying (SQL / Databricks) and comfort with a modern data stack advantageous
• Experience with AI tools such as Claude advantageous

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in financial modeling, variance analysis, and management accounting, with a strong ability to present complex financial information to diverse audiences. Proficient in leveraging advanced Excel skills and financial tools to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• Advanced Excel Formulas
• Financial Modeling Skills
• SaaS Experience
• Salesforce

Hard Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Management Accounting
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial Reporting
• Data Reconciliation
• Data Validation
• Scenario Analysis
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Accruals

Soft Skills

• Presentation Skills
• Collaboration
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• ACA
• ACCA
• CIMA

Industry Keywords

• Recurring Revenue Metrics
• ARR
• Gross/Net Retention
• CAC
• CLTV
• Cohort Analysis
• PE/VC-Backed Environments
• Multi-Entity
• Multi-Currency

Tools & Technologies

• Salesforce
• Power BI
• SQL
• Databricks
• AI Tools