Interim Group FP&A Lead – PE-Backed Consolidation

Goodman Masson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson is supporting an interim assignment for a Senior Group FP&A Lead in Central London with hybrid working. You will take ownership of group consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting across multiple entities, delivering insight to the CFO and leadership team.

The role requires strong FP&A and consolidation experience in a private equity backed environment, advanced Excel skills, and familiarity with Power BI and SQL.

Qualifications

• Strong Group FP&A and consolidation experience.
• Private Equity backed environment experience.
• Budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and management reporting experience.
• Ability to present complex financial information clearly to CFO/Board.
• Advanced Excel; Power BI and SQL advantages.
• Hands-on, pragmatic with immediate impact.
• Available to start ASAP / within 2 weeks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Group budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting and long-range planning.
• Own Group FP&A consolidation with consistent reporting, assumptions and KPIs across entities.
• Produce Group MI, KPI reporting, variance analysis and commentary for CFO/Executive and Board.
• Partner with commercial and operational finance to understand drivers and identify improvements.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity models for strategic, investment and acquisition decisions.
• Lead improvements to Group BI, reporting and data capability; reduce manual processes.
• Oversee Data & Modelling priorities and standardise KPI definitions and reporting logic.
• Support M&A activity including acquisition modelling, synergy analysis and integration reporting.

Skills

Group FP&A

Consolidation

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Management reporting

Power BI

SQL

Stakeholder management

M&A support

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Goodman Masson is supporting an interim assignment for a Senior Group FP&A Lead in Central London with hybrid working. You will take ownership of group consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting across multiple entities, delivering insight to the CFO and leadership team.

The role requires strong FP&A and consolidation experience in a private equity backed environment, advanced Excel skills, and familiarity with Power BI and SQL.