Finatal are partnering with a Private Equity-backed SaaS business who is seeking an ambitious and commercially minded Head of FP&A to join its leadership team.
With revenues of approximately £30m, EBITDA margins of 40-50%, and a proven growth trajectory driven by both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, the business is entering an exciting phase of development. Working directly with an experienced CFO, this role will be instrumental in building a best-in-class FP&A function capable of supporting the next stage of value creation.
This is a highly visible position offering regular exposure to the Board, Senior Leadership Team and Private Equity investors, providing an opportunity to influence strategic decision-making across the business.
The Role:
The Head of FP&A will take ownership of transforming and professionalising the planning, forecasting and reporting capabilities of the business. While the role carries significant strategic responsibility, success will require a hands-on approach, with the ability to roll up their sleeves and build processes, tools and reporting structures from the ground up.
Managing a small team, currently consisting of one FP&A Analyst, the successful individual will act as a true business partner to functional leaders across the organisation, providing high-quality insight, challenge and support to drive performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the development of a Private Equity-standard FP&A function.
- Owning budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and performance reporting processes.
- Delivering meaningful commercial insights to support decision-making across the business.
- Partnering closely with departmental leaders and the wider SLT to improve performance and accountability.
- Supporting Board reporting and investor communications.
- Developing KPI frameworks and management information to enhance visibility and decision-making.
- Supporting M&A activity, integration projects and value creation initiatives as the business continues to scale.
- Coaching and developing the FP&A Analyst whilst establishing a high-performance finance partnering culture.
The Requirements:
The business is seeking a qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a strong FP&A background gained within a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
Candidates will ideally have experience within a mid-market or SME setting where they have balanced strategic responsibilities with practical execution.
The successful individual will demonstrate:
- Strong core FP&A capability, including planning, forecasting, business partnering and performance analysis.
- Experience operating within a high-growth, changing environment.
- A naturally hands-on mentality with the ability to build processes, reporting and controls from scratch.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the gravitas to engage confidently with senior executives, Boards and investors.
- The ability to influence and challenge at all levels of the organisation.
- A commercial mindset combined with strong analytical rigour.
- Experience within SaaS, technology or other recurring revenue business models would be advantageous.
Why Join?
This represents an outstanding opportunity to join a highly profitable, high-growth SaaS business at a pivotal stage in its journey. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the finance function, partnering directly with senior leadership and investors, and contributing materially to the company’s ongoing growth and value creation agenda.
- Seniority LevelDirector
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Employment TypeFull-time
- Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Coaching
- Communication
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Scratch
- Leadership
- Business Modeling
- Merchandise