FP & A HEAD

Job Description : FP & A HEAD UK - Commercial finance Open to International candidates Location: Staffordshire Salary: £90,000 + benefits leading business in Staffordshire with their recruitment of a Head of FP&A role to strengthen its commercial finance capability. This is an opportunity to build an FP&A function almost from the ground up, moving it into a truly value?adding, commercially focused decision-support role. You will initially operate as a hands-on, sleeves-rolled?up FP&A lead, owning the end?to?end process from data collection and validation, through to interpretation, storytelling and impact. Own commercial and FP&A data from multiple sources, ensuring it is accurate, understandable and decision?ready Analyse profitability by product, entity and geography, identifying where value is created across the value chain Develop regular management and commercial performance reporting (monthly, rolling forecasts, deep?dive analysis) Act as a true business partner to sales, commercial and operational stakeholders Provide insight into pricing, margin and competitive pressures in an increasingly global market Navigate complex multi?entity and intercompany relationships where profit is added at different stages Understand how and why data is produced – not just report the output Help shape the longer?term FP&A roadmap, with the potential to build a dedicated team over time Gain full oversight of existing data, create clarity, introduce regular reporting cadence and commercial insight Embed FP&A into decision?making, improve margin visibility and lay foundations for function expansion Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) Strong FP&A or commercial finance background within a technically complex business Comfortable working closely with operational teams ( min 15 years ) Experience with multi?entity environments and intercompany dynamics Commercially curious, detail?driven and able to see through the numbers Collaborative, listens carefully to existing processes before challenging and improving them International exposure is advantageous but not essential

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