Head of FP&A

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Hours: 40 per week, Monday – Friday

Office Based - Northampton

Are you an experienced finance leader with a passion for driving business performance? We're looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead Group-wide planning, forecasting and performance reporting, providing the insight, leadership and strategic direction that will help shape the future success of our business.

The Head of FP&A will lead the Group's planning, forecasting, KPI reporting and performance insight activities across all divisions. This pivotal role will drive the development of FP&A capabilities, systems transformation and the implementation of consistent, best-practice reporting across the Group. As a senior member of the Group Finance team, you will work closely with the CFO and senior leadership, helping to influence key strategic decisions through robust financial analysis and insight.

The successful candidate will also provide support to the Group Financial Controller and deputise for them as required.

• Ownership of the annual budgeting cycle and rolling forecasts.
• Work with finance business partners to ensure forecast accuracy and enhancements.
• Deliver long-term strategic planning and going concern modelling for the Group.
• Analyse key business drivers and market trends to inform strategic decision-making and long-term planning.

• Lead the development, standardisation, and delivery of financial KPI reporting across the Group.
• Embed KPIs into systems and tools, supporting automated and integrated reporting.
• Work with Data/IT teams to ensure consistent KPI definitions and data integrity.
• Provide clear, forward-looking insight to support strategic and operational decision-making.

• Support in the preparation of monthly reporting processes including board packs, divisional analysis, and executive commentary.
• Support finance business partners in the monthly close process particularly around complex inventory accounting.
• Identify performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and key trends.
• Deliver ongoing improvements to the results process, including automation and systems enhancements.
• Provide group-wide analysis such as energy reporting, consolidated cost reviews, and visual comparisons.

• Play a key role in shaping the future operating model for FP&A and Group Finance.
• Drive system improvements and integration of KPI tools.
• Maintain strong governance over financial models, assumptions, and reporting processes.

• Ensure alignment of divisional forecasts, KPIs, and reporting outputs.
• Partner with finance business partners to embed standardised best-practice approaches.
• Seek to automate reporting where appropriate.

• Provide expert review and challenge of divisional modelling and analysis.
• Support Finance Business Partners with tools, insight frameworks, and modelling improvements.
• Contribute to strengthening FP&A capability.

• Partner with Finance Business Partners and senior leaders to provide commercial insight and challenge to support decision-making.
• Support pricing, margin improvement and cost recovery initiatives through financial analysis.
• Analyse product, site and customer profitability, identifying opportunities to improve financial performance.
• Develop financial models and scenario analysis to support commercial decision-making and evaluate risks and opportunities.
• Provide independent challenge to business cases, assumptions and financial proposals.

• Identify and quantify opportunities to improve…