Head of FP&A in Reading

As OQC scales, we’re seeking a qualified Head of FP&A (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) to report to the CFO and lead global budgeting and long‑range planning, building the tools and insight required to translate complex technical and operational milestones into a robust financial roadmap.

You’ve led end‑to‑end budgeting and forecasting in a fast‑paced or scale‑up environment and have delivered in a private company setting, supporting funding rounds, M&A activity, and investor engagement. You are highly experienced financial modeller, with proven track record of building and maintaining long‑term financial plans, including ROI, revenue and investment scenario modelling. You’ve built the datasets and reporting frameworks that enable accurate analysis and insight, and you’ve produced clear financial reporting for board, C‑suite and budget holders. You partner effectively with senior stakeholders and have delivered investor due diligence outputs, including use of proceeds models.

Reporting directly to Rob Coutts (CFO), you will:

• Lead the team running the Group’s budgeting, forecasting and long‑range planning cycles (annual, quarterly and monthly), ensuring plans are aligned, appropriately challenged, and high quality.
• Own and continuously improve core models: Annual Budget, Rolling Forecast, Long‑Range Plan (including valuation analysis), Fundraising/Use of Proceeds and Group Revenue Model.
• Produce Board‑level budgets, forecasts and planning materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy and alignment to strategic priorities.
• Ensure models integrate P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, with well‑referenced assumptions and KPIs to assess performance, ROI and valuation benchmarks.
• Deliver month‑end and year‑end variance analysis with budget holders and Exec, providing clear insight and actionable outcomes.
• Create high‑quality presentations and reporting for Exec, Board and investors (monthly, quarterly and ad hoc), highlighting performance drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Conduct financial analysis and diligence to support strategic decisions, investment scenarios, new initiatives, tenders, grants and wider commercial activity.
• Build a benchmarking framework to track performance against peers in Quantum and HPC, incorporating macro and industry metrics to inform commercial strategy.
• Drive system and process improvement across FP&A and finance, ensuring tools and systems are fully utilised to support faster, more accurate decision‑making.
• Build and maintain a historical database of KPIs and insights across the business, working with leaders across departments (including ESG reporting requirements where applicable).
• Lead the team through hiring, objective setting, performance and development planning, ensuring delivery to agreed timelines and standards, and reinforcing company culture through leadership behaviours.

To succeed in this role at OQC, you will combine strong FP&A fundamentals with the ability to operate in a highly technical, milestone‑driven environment where accurate planning and clear insight directly support strategic decision‑making and investor confidence. You will bring advanced financial modelling and analytical capability, with the discipline to handle confidential information and work at pace without compromising quality. You’ll be highly data‑literate and detail‑oriented, able to build robust models and datasets, interpret performance drivers, and communicate complex financial narratives clearly to senior stakeholders through high‑quality written outputs and presentations. You will be comfortable working cross‑functionally across the business, demonstrating strong stakeholder management, sound judgement, and an adaptable, problem‑solving mindset.

The core tech stack includes NetSuite and advanced Excel (including macros, pivot tables, scenario tools and charting), and experience with Power BI or equivalent data visualisation tools, FP&A platforms (e.g., Anaplan or Adaptive) and building interactive dashboards or self‑service finance tools is advantageous. Team leadership or mentoring experience is valued, alongside the ability to influence, initiate action, plan effectively and bring structure to evolving priorities. Experience supporting improved controls and implementing automation, including the use of AI technologies, will be beneficial as we scale our finance function.

By joining OQC as Head of FP&A, you’ll play a key role in shaping our financial strategy and planning as we scale. You’ll provide the insight, rigour and investor‑ready outputs that enable confident decision‑making and support our next phase of growth. If you’re ready for a high‑impact role in a pioneering quantum business, we’d welcome your application.