Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Reports to:

Chief Financial Officer

Location:

London Paddington Tuesday-Thursday. Remote working Monday & Friday.

Kooth is a fast-growing, mission-driven digital mental health company dedicated to providing accessible, welcoming, and effective mental health support. Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: KOO), Kooth provides care to over 20 million people across the UK and US through innovative digital platforms designed to improve mental wellbeing and expand access to care.

In the UK, Kooth is the largest digital mental health provider working in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS). In the United States, Kooth is rapidly expanding its presence through partnerships with states, health systems, educational institutions, and other organisations to deliver evidence-based digital mental health support to diverse populations.

As we continue to grow internationally, we are investing in new solutions that help individuals access timely support while enabling organisations and communities to build healthier, more resilient populations.

We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Head of FP&A to serve as a pivotal leader within the senior finance team. This person will lead proactive, data-driven financial planning across the organisation, owning the end-to-end budgeting and forecasting cycle while providing clear commercial insight to support confident decision-making and sustainable growth.

Strategic Financial Planning

• Own and drive a best-in-class planning and forecasting function, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and actionable insights.
• Lead the annual budgeting and monthly rolling forecast processes across all UK and US business units.
• Provide challenge and independent perspective on strategic initiatives and investment proposals.

Management Reporting & Business Partnering

• Produce comprehensive monthly board packs that clearly analyse actual performance against plans and forecasts, highlighting key trends and data-driven recommendations.
• Lead monthly business and performance reviews with senior leaders, partnering with them to evaluate variances, track cross-functional metrics, and enforce accountability against agreed targets.
• Partner closely with departmental heads and the Executive Leadership Team to manage costs, optimise performance, and successfully achieve strategic initiatives.

Commercial Partnering

• Be the dedicated financial partner to the Chief Commercial Officer and Commercial department, translating commercial strategies and expansion plans into quantitative financial outcomes.
• Review and pressure-test the commercial sales pipeline within Salesforce/CRM systems.
• Apply weighted probabilities, sales cycle analytics, and conversion metrics to optimise revenue forecasting and capacity planning.
• Evaluate, model, and sign off on all commercial proposals and complex enterprise contracts, tiered subscription models, and regional risk-sharing pricing mechanisms.

Leadership & Governance

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing FP&A and business-partnering function.
• Sit as an active, collaborative member of Kooth’s senior leadership group, championing a culture of commercial accountability, financial discipline, and strategic agility across the entire organisation.

• Advanced financial modelling and forecasting expertise, with elite Excel and Google Sheets capabilities.
• Strong FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting experience.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret large and complex datasets
• High proficiency in AI tools, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to enhance planning, reporting, analysis, and decision-making.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements that drive efficiency and business value.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and business partnering capability.
• Confidence to challenge senior leaders and provide independent commercial insight.
• Commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• High levels of adaptability, flexibility, and resilience.
• Ability to operate effectively…