Strategic FP&A Director | Performance & Planning Leader

CMA Recruitment Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

car allowance

market-leading pension

private family healthcare

annual bonus

life assurance

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is seeking a Director of Financial Planning, Performance & Strategy in Hampshire (Agile Working) with a £130,000 salary. The role leads FP&A, planning and performance across the group, reporting to the CFO and contributing at executive level.

You will drive long-term plans, business planning submissions, and provide insight to commercial and regulatory decisions, shaping the organisation's financial strategy and performance.

Qualifications

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• An experienced finance leader with a track record of advising Executive and Board-level stakeholders.
• Comfortable influencing major strategic decisions and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• An accomplished leader of senior professional teams, achieving results through influence, coaching and alignment rather than direct supervision.
• Experienced in leading large-scale planning, regulatory, transformation or strategic programmes within complex organisations.
• A highly credible communicator, confident presenting complex information to Boards, Executives, regulators and external stakeholders.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to understand and influence operational as well as financial decision making.
• Experienced in producing high-quality management reporting, governance papers and strategic recommendations within demanding timescales.
• Naturally analytical, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bring clarity to complex and ambiguous challenges.
• Resilient, adaptable and comfortable making recommendations with significant commercial impact.
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, energy, rail, defence, nuclear or other regulated industries would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic financial leadership as a trusted adviser to the CFO, Executive Team and Board.
• Leading the annual business planning process, ensuring alignment between strategic objectives, investment priorities, operational performance and financial outcomes.
• Driving organisational performance through robust forecasting, planning and decision support frameworks.
• Owning the Group performance management framework, ensuring clear links between business strategy and financial delivery.
• Leading and developing a high-performing finance leadership team, fostering a culture of insight-led decision making, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Representing the organisation with regulators, customers, industry bodies and other external stakeholders on financial, commercial and regulatory matters.
• Building strong relationships across the business to influence strategic decisions and drive financial performance.
• Driving improvements across FP&A processes, systems, reporting and analytical capability to create a modern, commercially focused finance function.
• Leading the development and submission of business plans relating to periodic price control reviews and acting as Bid Manager for these major strategic programmes.
• Chairing and contributing to governance forums, programme boards and cross-functional working groups.
• Supporting customer consultations and engagement with industry stakeholders.
• Providing financial leadership on investment cases, strategic projects, corporate transactions and business improvement initiatives.
• Supporting executive remuneration planning through performance target setting and value driver analysis.

Job description

CMA Recruitment Group is seeking a Director of Financial Planning, Performance & Strategy in Hampshire (Agile Working) with a £130,000 salary. The role leads FP&A, planning and performance across the group, reporting to the CFO and contributing at executive level.

You will drive long-term plans, business planning submissions, and provide insight to commercial and regulatory decisions, shaping the organisation's financial strategy and performance.