Head of FP&A | 6 - month FTC | £70,000 - £75,000 | London | Hybrid
For a charity in London, we’re recruiting an interim Head of FP&A for a 6-month contract. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Head of FP&A will manage a small team and will have leadership of the internal reporting processes, providing strategic advice to the SMT, and lead a continuous improvement programme. The Head of FP&A will design, implement, and stabilise finance processes across planning and forecasting, performance reporting, KPI management, capital and cash management, cost analysis, and process improvement.
Main Duties:
* Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles
* Own the monthly performance management process and lead presentations of financial results with the Executive Board
* Define and report on performance and Finance team KPIs
* Lead the financial reporting requirements for external Grant and Donor Funders
* Oversee capital management and maintain robust rolling cash flow planning and reporting
* Manage the cost and income allocation processes and finance risk management processes
* Drive finance system engagements and automation initiatives
* Maintain the Chart of Accounts and all finance policies
* Provide ad-hoc support to the Finance Director on statutory accounting and compliance and implement and own the risk management and audit programme
* Lead, motivate, and manage a new Finance team and act as the SMT business partner, building finance capacity across the organisation
Person Specification:
* Proven FP&A leadership including managing and coaching a small team
* Experience of continuous improvement across FP&A processes
* Experience of designing, implementing, and stabilising finance processes
* Ideally experience from the Not for Profit or Charity / Grant Funded sector
* building financial models and tools with advanced Excel knowledge
* Experience of identifying improvement and optimisation opportunities
* Proactive, confident, and able to partner different stakeholder groups