Head of Group FP&A – International, PE-Backed Group

• Lead and manage the International Group FP&A function, coordinating budgeting, forecasting, and reporting across all businesses
• Partner closely with legal, tax, and treasury teams to ensure best-practice financial planning and reporting processes are consistently applied
• Review, challenge, and robustly assess budgets and forecasts submitted by operating businesses
• Provide senior management with clear insight into forecast robustness, business trends, and emerging risks
• Oversee analysis of historical forecasting accuracy and embed a culture of disciplined, accurate forecasting
• Perform detailed balance sheet analysis on specific areas of financial risk as required
• Deliver in-depth analysis on key focus areas, including overhead costs and cost drivers
• Track and monitor group-wide cost reduction programmes, assessing delivery and actual savings versus expectations
• Support the design and operation of bonus and management incentive schemes
• Take a leading role in supporting compliance with the Group’s financial controls framework
• Own and further develop Group capital expenditure and restructuring approval processes
• Lead, coach, and develop a small Group FP&A team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture

• Degree educated with a full accounting qualification (ACA or CIMA, first-time passes)
• Extensive post-qualification experience in a similar FP&A or group finance role within a large, complex international organisation
• Proven ability to operate across large organisational networks and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong consolidated balance sheet and cash flow forecasting and modelling skills
• Experience with ERP systems and group reporting tools (ideally BPC), with strong data extraction and analysis capability
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Hands-on, proactive, and comfortable operating in a delivery-focused environment
• Highly organised with strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Resilient, analytical, and able to provide constructive challenge at senior level
• Innovative in approach and operating with high integrity

Experience working in a PE-backed environment (desirable)