Head of FP&A

My client, a fast-growing and highly successful PE-backed group, are looking to hire a commercially savvy Head of FP&A to join their head office in Cheshire.

This high-impact leadership role offers you the chance to shape financial strategy, drive business performance, and play a pivotal part in supporting ambitious growth plans within a private equity-backed group.

With a focus on embedding best-in-class FP&A processes, you will work closely with senior leadership and Board members, providing critical insight that influences key decisions.

If you are passionate about sustainability, eager to make a tangible impact, and ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive and collaborative environment, this is the perfect role for you.

What you'll do:

• Lead the end-to-end budgeting and reforecasting processes across all operational businesses and finance teams within the Group, ensuring accuracy and accountability at every stage.
• Organise and facilitate Budget Days, consolidating submissions from various entities while providing insightful challenge, review, and recommendations for improvement.
• Establish robust forecasting frameworks that deliver regular business forecasts aligned with strategic objectives and support long-term financial planning initiatives.
• Develop high-quality financial models covering profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flows to assess business performance, pricing strategies, and growth opportunities.
• Deliver scenario modelling for mergers and acquisitions evaluation as well as investment appraisals, ensuring comprehensive analysis of potential outcomes.
• Analyse contract and project profitability across multiple operating entities by conducting detailed pricing reviews and margin analyses.
• Produce consolidated weekly rolling cashflow forecasts to optimise cash management practices that maximise funds available for growth and investment purposes.
• Monitor banking covenants and funding requirements while acting as a key contact for external funding providers to ensure compliance and effective relationship management.
• Prepare high-quality reports and presentations for senior leadership teams and Board meetings on both routine schedules and ad-hoc requests, identifying risks or opportunities with actionable recommendations.
• Support acquisition activity through financial modelling, due diligence processes, onboarding new acquisitions into Group FP&A procedures, and embedding consistent reporting frameworks.

What you bring:

• Qualified accountant status (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a proven track record in senior-level FP&A or commercial finance roles spanning at least five years.
• Demonstrated experience leading comprehensive budgeting cycles as well as long-term planning processes within multi-entity or group structures.
• Advanced capability in developing sophisticated financial models—including P&L statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements—and delivering scenario analyses for strategic projects such as M&A evaluations.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders through clear communication skills when presenting complex information at Board level or during high-stakes meetings.
• Strong commercial acumen with an aptitude for translating intricate financial data into actionable strategic insights that drive value creation across diverse business units.
• Extensive experience managing consolidated cashflow forecasts alongside optimising cash management practices for growth-focused organisations.
• Track record of monitoring banking covenants effectively while managing relationships with lenders or funding providers in dynamic environments.
• Exposure to private equity-backed or high-growth settings where agility is essential; prior involvement in professional services environments is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting acquisition activity—including due diligence processes—and integrating new entities into established FP&A frameworks post-acquisition.
• Personal attributes include a solutions-focused mindset with exceptional attention to detail; comfort operating in evolving environments; strong leadership qualities; proactive approach; excellent interpersonal skills; commitment to upholding organisational values.

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