Finisterre

Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

Finisterre

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: St Agnes • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £75,000 - £80,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead and develop the FP&A function, enhancing forecasting accuracy, financial modelling, and visibility of business performance
  • Build and maintain scalable operational and financial models to support planning, scenario analysis, and strategic decision-making
  • Design and own KPI dashboards and reporting frameworks, delivering a single source of truth for performance management
  • Leverage data analytics to drive performance tracking, profitability analysis, and robust business cases for new initiatives
  • Lead end-to-end business casing, tracking forecast versus actual ROI and embedding learnings into future investment decisions
  • Partner closely with senior leadership, department heads, and operational teams to provide clear financial insight and commercial challenge
  • Provide hands-on financial leadership while maturing the FP&A capability, including coaching and developing the FP&A analyst
  • Implement improved systems, processes, and controls suitable for a fast-moving, evolving organisation
  • Work closely with the Financial Controller to deliver timely, accurate monthly management reporting, with clear and actionable performance commentary
  • Partner with commercial teams on pricing strategy and new-market entry, providing rigorous financial diligence to support decisions

Requirements

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
  • Proven experience in a senior FP&A leadership role, ideally within a high-growth, fast-paced environment
  • Deep financial modelling experience
  • Proven experience supporting both wholesale and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels, with a strong understanding of their distinct financial drivers and performance metrics.
  • Exposure to PE-backed environments and investor-level reporting
  • Resourceful, creative, resilient and entirely flexible: thrives on positive change
  • Experience enhancing systems, reporting frameworks and data structures
  • Strong commercial acumen and cross-functional partnering skills
  • Excellent self-awareness, communication, networking and interpersonal skills
  • **Important**: The successful candidate must, by the start of their employment, have permission to work in the UK. Please note that Finisterre are not licensed to sponsor overseas workers.
Benefits
  • 25 days holiday per year, plus up to 8 UK bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)
  • Additional holidays for length of service
  • Your birthday day off
  • Up to 3 days of paid volunteering – we will support you in giving back to communities and causes
  • A discretionary bonus scheme, based on company performance
  • A pension scheme with Nest
  • 60% product discount for personal and gift use
  • 30% Friends and Family product discount
  • Enhanced Family Leave policies to support you in growing your family
  • Life assurance with access to an online wellbeing platform which includes, an employee assistance program, virtual GP appointments, digital gym, and a range of perks
  • Access to a range of wellbeing resources, including counselling services, cycle to work, eye tests, and wellbeing activities
  • Regular company and team social events
  • Various discounts from our B Corp community
  • Access our online Learning Library and company-wide training sessions delivered by both internal and external trainers to support you in your ongoing development.
  • An hour to spend in or by the sea every Tuesday followed by Sea Tuesday companywide meeting
  • And so much more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
financial modellingdata analyticsKPI dashboardsperformance managementbusiness casingforecasting accuracyscenario analysisROI trackingfinancial diligencereporting frameworks
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationinterpersonal skillscross-functional partneringcreativityresilienceself-awarenessresourcefulnessflexibility
Certifications
ACAACCACIMA