Head of FP&A

A market-leading multi-site organisation is seeking a commercially focused Head of FP&A to join its London-based finance leadership team. This is a high-impact role responsible for leading the financial planning and analysis function, delivering clear insight to senior stakeholders, and supporting strategic decision-making across a complex operational footprint.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the FP&A function, taking full ownership of budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance analysis across the business.
• Provide strong financial leadership to support the FD and wider senior leadership team with high-quality insight, modelling, and decision support.
• Partner with operational and commercial stakeholders across the multi-site estate to drive performance, challenge assumptions, and identify risks and opportunities.
• Deliver robust board-level and executive reporting, including variance analysis, KPI reporting, and clear commentary on business performance.
• Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team, creating a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and commercial excellence.
• Drive process improvement across planning, reporting, and analysis to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and insight generation.
• Support strategic initiatives through scenario modelling, investment appraisal, and analysis of new opportunities across the organisation.

Candidate profile

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong post-qualified experience in senior FP&A leadership roles.
• Very strong FP&A background, with deep experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, business partnering, and performance reporting.
• Proven leadership capability, with experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Experience operating within a complex, fast-paced, multi-site organisation, with the ability to support both strategic and operational decision-making.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to senior non-finance stakeholders.

Additional detail

This opportunity is for an ambitious, commercially minded FP&A leader who enjoys working in a visible role within a market-leading business. The successful candidate will need full right to work in the UK.