Head of FP&A
£120k base + bonus
Central London 3 days a week
E-commerce
AW8318
The Opportunity
Finatal is working with a c.£150m revenue e-commerce business which is presently scaling towards a secondary buyout with a credible private equity fund. The business has an international presence and has a strong brand reputation which makes this role particularly popular.
The business has set a positive tone culturally, boasting an excellent pattern of internal promotions and retention. The business requires a Head of FP&A to report to the CEO. The successful hire will be commercially minded, business partnering cross functionally, maximising systems, and particularly adept to modelling and providing insightful analysis to senior stakeholders.
The Responsibilities
• Responsible for the analysis, understanding and communication of trading and financial performance across 3 Channels with presentation of key insights to the Board, SLT and Group Finance.
• Comfortable building out the FP&A function
• Partnering with the CEO, CFO and wider Senior Leadership Team for the management of performance and delivery of strategic plans.
• Lead financial planning encompasses all aspects of the forecasting cycles (Budgets, Outlooks, Long Term Plan) ensuring key assumptions are understood, bought into by the business and strategic aims are delivered within required timelines.
• Influencing key stakeholders to drive proactive and corrective action using commercial acumen, data, insights and trends for the delivery of the Commercial P&L.
• Lead the implementation of digital technologies that will automate large parts of daily and weekly reporting as well as a data led approach to demand planning and production scheduling
The Requirements
• ACA qualification with substantial post qualified experience
• Passionate about commercial finance with proven finance leadership experience, ability to build a ‘best in class’ commercial finance function
• Strong analytical skills with advanced data competencies highly valuable
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to influence senior stakeholders to drive profitability and improve financial performance of the company