Interim Group FP&A Lead

Our client is a substantial international services platform operating across multiple geographies, underpinned by a strong data‑led culture and disciplined capital allocation framework. Backed by long‑term institutional investors, the organisation is continuing to strengthen its Group FP&A capability to support strategic decision‑making, investment prioritisation, and enterprise‑wide performance management.

As Interim Group FP&A Lead
, you will act as a senior strategic partner across the organisation. You will take ownership of critical Group planning and modelling work streams, shaping the financial narrative presented to executive and investor stakeholders. The remit centres on long-range planning, complex scenario modelling, enterprise forecasting, and high-quality performance insight across a broad and evolving Group structure.

• Full ownership and enhancement of the Group strategic plan and long‑range financial model
• Leading advanced scenario modelling, including stress testing, sensitivities, and capital deployment analysis
• Driving the Group forecasting framework, ensuring rigorous linkage to commercial drivers and operational KPIs
• Translating complex modelling outputs into clear, board‑ready insight and recommendations
• Shaping the Group performance narrative, identifying structural risks, value levers, and trade‑offs
• Supporting major strategic initiatives, investment appraisal, and capital allocation decisions
• Acting as a senior FP&A figure within a lean Group function, providing oversight and direction to analysts
• Elevating modelling standards, planning processes, and reporting discipline across the Group
• Supporting transaction readiness and strategic planning cycles through robust, defensible modelling

You will bring demonstrable Group-level FP&A leadership experience within large, complex, or international organisations, ideally with exposure to investor‑backed or institutional environments. You will have advanced financial modelling capability, strong commercial judgement, and the credibility to operate effectively with senior stakeholders.

You will be comfortable working at pace, navigating ambiguity, and delivering structured, high-quality insight to inform strategic decisions at Group level.

This assignment is offered at £600-700 per day, Inside IR35 (Umbrella), for an initial six‑month contract. The role operates on a hybrid basis, with approximately two days per week on‑site in Surrey. The rate reflects the seniority, technical depth, and executive‑level exposure inherent in the mandate.