Head of FP&A

Our client is a fast-growing consultancy group delivering high-impact services to a diverse portfolio of clients. As the business continues to scale, they are seeking a strategic and commercially focused Head of FP&A to lead financial planning and analysis, support decision-making, and provide clear insight across the organisation.

Role Overview:

As Head of FP&A, you will take ownership of forecasting, budgeting, and performance reporting across all service lines. Working closely with senior leadership, you'll drive commercial insight, challenge assumptions, and ensure robust financial planning is embedded across the business. This is a key leadership role with exposure to both strategic and operational areas of the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the FP&A function, managing budgeting, reforecasting, and long term planning cycles
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic and operational decision making
• Produce monthly performance reports, dashboards, and commentary for senior management and the Board
• Partner with business leads to drive margin improvement, cost control, and commercial performance
• Support pricing strategies, project profitability reviews, and bid analysis
• Lead the development and implementation of planning and reporting tools
• Provide financial insight for growth initiatives, new service lines, and international expansion
• Manage and develop a small FP&A team

Candidate Profile:

• ACA / ACCA qualified with strong post qualified experience
• Proven track record in FP&A, ideally within consulting, professional services, or project led environments
• Advanced Excel and modelling skills; experience with BI/reporting tools is highly desirable
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence and support senior stakeholders
• Comfortable in a dynamic, high growth environment
• Excellent communicator with a collaborative and proactive approach