Director – FP&A Advisory | Office of the CFO

Director – FP&A Advisory | Office of the CFO

Location: London

Level: Director

Practice: Transaction Advisory Services / Office of the CFO

MVA International is supporting a leading global financial advisory firm with the appointment of a Director – FP&A Advisory within its growing Office of the CFO / Transaction Advisory Services practice.

This is a senior advisory role focused on helping private equity sponsors and PE-backed portfolio companies build, improve and mature their FP&A capabilities.

We are particularly interested in candidates who offer a combination of top-tier advisory experience and genuine in-house FP&A experience — someone who understands the advisory environment but has also sat within a business and experienced the challenges faced by a CFO and finance function first-hand.

The Role

You will work directly with CFOs, finance leadership teams, private equity sponsors and portfolio companies, helping businesses strengthen their FP&A capabilities and improve the quality of financial information used to make strategic decisions.

Assignments are likely to include:

• Building and improving FP&A functions
• Budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning
• Management reporting and KPI development
• Financial and operational performance analysis
• Scenario planning and decision support
• Developing financial models for planning and forecasting purposes
• Improving reporting, processes, systems and data
• Supporting CFOs through periods of rapid growth and transformation
• Helping PE-backed businesses professionalise and mature their finance functions
• Supporting businesses preparing for increased investor scrutiny or potential public-market readiness

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will bring:

• Previous experience within a Big Four, leading accounting or advisory firm
• Meaningful in-house FP&A / finance-function experience
• Experience working with private equity sponsors and/or PE-backed portfolio companies
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial planning
• Experience improving or transforming FP&A functions
• The ability to operate credibly with CFOs, CEOs and PE stakeholders
• Strong commercial and business-development capabilities
• The network and credibility to help originate work and build a growing advisory offering

This is not primarily a valuation or transaction-modelling position. We are looking for someone whose modelling experience sits within a broader FP&A, business planning and CFO advisory skill set.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join a growing advisory platform and play an important role in the development of its Office of the CFO / FP&A offering.

The successful individual will have the opportunity to work alongside senior leadership, develop relationships across the private equity market and help build a differentiated FP&A advisory capability.

For someone who has built their career across both advisory and in-house FP&A, this provides the opportunity to bring those two perspectives together and help CFOs and PE-backed businesses improve the way they plan, forecast and manage performance.

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