Strategic Finance Manager (Modelling & Decision Support) Staines-upon-Thames, England, United K[...]

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment. At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust. We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world.

This role exists to bring rigour to capital allocation decisions. You will take imperfect data, build the models that frame the trade-offs, and produce analysis that holds up under challenge. Your work will underpin how capital is allocated — and therefore what the business actually does next. You will sit close to the CFO and work directly on the questions he is personally accountable for — including how we raise capital and manage liquidity events.

What you'll own:

• Own the models that matter: Build and maintain the core financial models underpinning how we run the business — 3-statement models, long-range plans, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and investment cases.
• Support capital raises and liquidity events: Be directly involved in the analysis behind capital raises, refinancings, and liquidity events.
• Turn messy data into decision-ready insight: Take incomplete, inconsistent, or fragmented data and impose structure on it.
• Answer high-impact, technically complex questions: Build the analysis required to answer questions rigorously.
• Pressure-test the numbers: Ensure the integrity of the output by identifying weak assumptions and stress-testing scenarios.
• Bridge modelling and decision-making: Explain the model and present your analysis to the CFO and senior leadership.
• Continuously improve how we model and analyse the business: Help redesign how modelling and analysis is done — making it faster, more scalable, and more reliable.

Why it's different: This is not traditional FP&A, and it is not pure corporate development. You will work on investor-grade models and analysis, real capital allocation decisions, and problems that are not predefined.

What we're hiring for:

• Proven ability to build integrated financial models (P&L, cash flow, balance sheet).
• Experience with scenario analysis, sensitivities, and driver-based models.
• High level of Excel proficiency.
• Relevant experience in a similar role from investment banking or corporate finance.
• High standards and attention to detail.
• Quantitative intuition and ability to work with imperfect information.
• Clear communication skills.
• Ownership mindset.

We care less about years of experience and more about intelligence, judgement, and pace. We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection, and fostering a sense of belonging.