Interim Head Of Fp&A

Our client is a Private Equity backed Technology business, due to continued growth there is a need to recruit an Interim Head of FP&A. This is a key role within the finance team, which entails leading a team of 3 with end to end responsibility for both content and product spend from long range planning through to balance sheet. It is important to identify an individual who can not only operate at Board level but also demonstrate leadership whilst providing genuine commercial insight and guidance to senior stakeholders. Key accountabilities include:
* To business partner with three executive team members and their senior management teams
* Responsible for all commercial finance and FP&A topics across the business
* To evaluate and articulate the current performance of the busines and the future implications on the company targets and long range business plan.
* To provide insight on performance with an appropriate level of support and challenge to senior stakeholders to drive optimisation of our build spend and cost per premise.
* Use available tools to maximise the quality and depth of analysis undertaken, and play a key role in influencing further developments in financial analytical tools.
* Ownership of KPIs for these areas, assuring the data quality and pertinence of metrics used, and using a combination of financial and non-financial data to provide quality insight that can be acted upon
* To lead all financial planning (budgets, forecasts, long range plans) for these areas of the business ensuring there is a clear articulation of key dependencies, risks and opportunities.
* Review, conclude and recommend on business cases for significant changes to CAPEX plans.
* Drive focus and support the business on key topics such as build cycle time, build efficiency, WIP, contractor rate reviews.
* Lead a team of 3, providing coaching and an environment for development and high performance
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with a first class academic record. The essential skills and experience required are; worked in and understand the SaaS based business model, have carried out interim FP&A assignments within a Private Equity environment, excellent communication, high numeracy levels, strong financial / operational and commercial expertise gained from within customer orientated environments.