Job Description
HW Finance are proud to be partnering a Leeds Based Private Equity Backed Group to help appoint a new Head of FP&A.
You’ll play a pivotal role in preparing and owning the budgeting, reforecasting, and long-range planning processes - ensuring alignment between operational performance and financial projections. You'll deliver insights to senior leadership and external stakeholders including PE House & banks, and drive forward a culture of commercial acumen and data-backed decision-making.
This is an incredibly hands-on role, leading a small team, we are looking for someone who is as comfortable operating at board level, as they are getting into the weeds.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead group-wide budgeting and monthly/quarterly reforecasting, including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow modelling
2. Collaborate with commercial, marketing, and regional teams to gather inputs and stress-test assumptions
3. Prepare board-level presentations and investor-facing packs for PE, and banking stakeholders
4. Identify and monitor financial risks and opportunities, offering timely recommendations to mitigate or leverage them
5. Deliver monthly Board reporting with insight-rich narrative, alongside KPI schedules for key stakeholders
6. Lead profitability analysis and strategic project appraisals
7. Manage a...