Strategic FP&A & Consolidation Architect

Board International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Board International in London is seeking a highly motivated Finance Solution Architect to design, implement, and optimize enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation and reporting solutions. You will partner with finance leaders and senior stakeholders to deliver client-focused FP&A capabilities and drive performance improvements.

You will lead workstreams, apply your FP&A and consolidation knowledge, and mentor teams while engaging with executives across industries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Information Systems, or related field.
• CIMA or ACCA qualifications preferred or required.
• 5+ years in FP&A, EPM consulting, finance transformation, or enterprise planning solutions.
• Experience delivering finance or planning transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple client priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, design and implementation of FP&A, Financial Consolidation and enterprise planning solutions for clients across industries and geographies.
• Facilitate discovery workshops to capture business requirements and reporting needs.
• Translate requirements into functional designs, planning steps, hierarchies, and business rules.
• Contribute to configuration, validation of planning models, templates, reports, and workflows.
• Support data integration, model development, and reporting framework design.
• Manage project workstreams and ensure quality, timelines, and client satisfaction.
• Apply FP&A/Financial Consolidation knowledge to design practical planning models including budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and variance analysis.
• Assess current-state processes and recommend future-state operating models.
• Support finance transformation initiatives focused on efficiency and automation.
• Build relationships with finance leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Mentor consultants and contribute to team capability development.
• Assist pre-sales activities, demos, and proposal development.
• Stay current with FP&A, analytics, AI, and enterprise performance management trends.

Skills

FP&A expertise

Finance transformation

Stakeholder mgmt

Workshop facilitation

Communication skills

Project leadership

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Board platform knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

CIMA/ACCA qualifications

Tools

Excel

Board

Job description

Board International in London is seeking a highly motivated Finance Solution Architect to design, implement, and optimize enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation and reporting solutions. You will partner with finance leaders and senior stakeholders to deliver client-focused FP&A capabilities and drive performance improvements.

You will lead workstreams, apply your FP&A and consolidation knowledge, and mentor teams while engaging with executives across industries.