Corporate Finance & FP&A Manager

Our client is a PE backed, Media and Entertainment business which has been highly acquisitive and is now seeking an exceptional FP&A professional with a background in M&A, who can help create a world‑class planning and analysis capability.

The Head of FP&A is responsible for driving strategic financial initiatives, enabling data‑driven decision making, and ensuring the company’s financial health and growth. This role is pivotal in shaping business strategy by providing critical insights, accurate financial forecasts, and actionable recommendations.

• Lead the financial planning and forecasting, including long‑term strategic planning, for the Group.
• Own the group valuation model including scenario modelling, sensitivities and highlight financial risks and opportunities.
• Develop and maintain detailed financial models to support strategic decision‑making.
• Support the Group Finance Director and / or Group CFO with major financing events (debt and equity raising and refinancing).
• Provide predictive analytics and driver‑based planning to optimise business outcomes.
• Own the group annual budgeting process and implement continuous budgeting cycles with rolling forecasts. (P&L, BS & CF).
• Own the quarterly group reforecast process.
• Create analysis and present budgets and forecasts to Group Finance Director and / or Group CFO.
• Create, monitor and present 13‑week rolling short‑term cash flow forecasts for the group.
• Conduct profitability analysis to evaluate regions, business units, products, and services.
• Provide insights on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue, cash flow, working capital and capital expenditure.

The ideal candidate will have developed exceptional modelling and analysis capabilities in a Corporate Finance / M&A or Transaction Services environment and latterly owned and developed a corporate FP&A function. You will be comfortable operating in an environment with very little existing structure or process and relish the opportunity to be hands‑on and creative!