- Company Name
- Qodea
- Job Title
- Head of FP&A
- Job Description
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**Job title**
Head of FP&A
**Role Summary**
Lead all financial planning, forecasting, commercial analysis, and strategic insight for the group. Own the annual budget, quarterly reforecasts, long‑term planning, and integration finance across M&A and investment activities. Act as trusted advisor to senior leadership, delivering high‑impact, data‑driven insights to drive growth, profitability, and value creation and presenting financial material to boards, investors, and partners. Build and develop a high‑performing FP&A team to transform the function into a proactive strategic partner.
**Expactations**
Deliver accurate, timely and analytical financial guidance that supports corporate strategy and operational decisions. Influence pricing, product, and delivery decisions through rigorous financial insight. Ensure compliance and transparency for board and shareholder reporting. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and financially literate collaboration across the organization.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Own and direct the annual budget, quarterly reforecasts and long‑range planning processes; maintain clarity and strategic alignment.
- Build, refine and maintain sophisticated financial models for scenario planning, investment decisions and M&A integration.
- Act as senior‑level trusted advisor, providing challenge, insight and forward‑looking analysis to improve strategic decision‑making.
- Drive FP&A for investment rounds, modelling, data preparation and financial diligence.
- Lead post‑merger integration finance, identifying and capturing cost synergies and ensuring scalable models.
- Oversee the full FP&A cycle – planning, reporting, forecasting, and ad‑hoc analysis – improving quality and process efficiency.
- Analyse performance against KPIs; identify levers to improve profitability, operational efficiency and utilisation.
- Partner with delivery and commercial teams to influence utilisation, margin and revenue growth.
- Produce financial slides for monthly board packs, monthly finance reviews, investor discussions and strategic reviews; explain variance and risk.
- Interface with private‑equity investors, financial advisors and due‑diligence providers.
- Lead, develop and coach a high‑performing FP&A team, transforming the function into a proactive strategic partner.
- Champion financial literacy and commercial acumen across the business and uphold integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
**Required Skills**
- Executive leadership and team management.
- Advanced financial planning & analysis, modelling, budgeting, forecasting.
- Scenario planning, investment and valuation analysis.
- M&A integration finance and post‑merger financial stewardship.
- Strong stakeholder management and business partnering.
- Strategic thinking, problem‑solving, and data‑driven decision support.
- Excellent communication – quantitative and narrative storytelling.
- Proficiency in Excel, advanced financial software, BI tools, and reporting platforms.
- Knowledge of capital markets, equity/PPV processes, and board‑level presentation standards.
- Ability to drive process improvement, automation and analytical rigor.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- MBA or advanced strategic management qualification strongly preferred.
- Professional certification (e.g., CPA, CFA, ACCA, CGMA) highly desirable.