Head of FP&A - Leeds - Hybrid

This is a newly created role for a highly acquisitive private equity backed business in Leeds.

The role will play a crucial role within this financially robust organisation, and take responsibility for building models, providing commercial insights and visibility to the business, influencing key business decisions and results.

You will work closely alongside the FD and take overall responsibility for the financial planning, building models and providing financial insight and recommendations to the board of directors. The role would be ideally suited to someone with a corporate finance/M&A background - either in practice or industry Reporting to the FD the main responsibilities are:

• Design, build, and maintain integrated financial models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Own driver-based planning, forecasting, and medium-term plan models
• Lead financial modelling for investment cases, pricing decisions, and M&A analysis
• Run and coordinate budgeting, forecasting, and medium-term planning processes, including templates, models, and timetables
• Coordinate inputs from Finance Business Partners and wider stakeholders
• Continuously improve planning processes to become more efficient
• Develop unit economics, cohort analysis, and profitability models
• Use Excel as the core modelling platform, complemented by flexible use of Power BI or similar tools for analysis and visualisation

The successful candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) - Essential
• Have experience in Big 4 corporate finance/TS or Deals - Highly Desirable
• Have a proven track record in financial modelling - Essential
• Have experience using Power BI or similar analytics and BI tools - Essential