At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the FP&A team, driving financial insights and smarter decision-making across the organisation.
- Company: Dynamic global organisation seeking a strategic finance leader.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, commission, market-leading incentives, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Access to extensive training and technology-based learning resources.
- Why this job: Shape the future of finance while leading a high-performing team in a transformative role.
- Qualifications: Big 4 qualified accountant with 5+ years in senior FP&A leadership.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
This is an exciting, leadership role for an experienced FP&A professional who wants to shape the strategic direction of the UK&I FP&A and Commercial Finance function. As Head of FP&A, you'll play a pivotal part in transforming how financial insight is delivered across the organisation - driving clarity, challenging assumptions, and enabling smarter decision making. You'll lead a high performing team responsible for budget cycles, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis, ensuring all outputs are accurate, timely, and data driven. This role also serves as the central point of contact for EMEA and Global Corporate FP&A teams, requiring exceptional communication skills and the ability to simplify complex information into actionable insight.
What your role as a Head of FP&A will involve:
- Own the end-to-end budget process, forecasts and financial inputs into enterprise-wide initiatives and projects.
- Oversee all routine FP&A reporting for corporate requirements during month end and quarter end, ensuring the clear narration of historical and future financial performance.
- Appraise and build on the existing suite of reporting to facilitate meaningful business insights and enhanced decision making, proactively engaging in data led conversations with various functional areas of the business (sales, commercial etc).
- Autonomously respond to ad‑hoc queries from commercial functions.
- Autonomously respond to queries from EMEA/Global Corporate FP&A teams.
- Own working capital and 13 week cash‑flow forecasts, providing options to course‑correct if adverse deviations to commitments are foreseen.
To set you up for success, we are looking for the following skills and experience:
- Big 4 qualified accountant (ACA) with over 5 years’ experience in a senior FP&A leadership role.
- Proven background managing and developing finance teams, with experience gained in global organisations.
- Highly analytical, with strong capability in evaluating reporting, KPIs, performance trends and simplifying complex data.
- Strategic thinker with strong judgement, autonomous decision making skills and the confidence to challenge at senior levels.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to prioritise effectively and hold a full UK driving licence.
We offer a competitive base, commission, market leading incentives programme and clear career development. You will receive full training on the products you will be specialising in, and you will have access to a world leading catalogue of technology‑based learning.
Head of FP&A in Milton Keynes employer: Job Search Place Limited
As the Head of FP&A, you will join a dynamic and innovative organisation that prioritises employee growth and development. With a strong emphasis on collaboration and strategic insight, our work culture fosters an environment where your contributions are valued and recognised. Located in the UK&I, we offer competitive compensation, market-leading incentives, and access to extensive training resources, ensuring you have the tools to excel in your role and advance your career.
