Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, Oxford (hybrid - 2/3 days per week in the office)

Our client is a Private Equity backed Software (SaaS) business which is on a phenomenal growth trajectory. It is a global business with offices in 12 countries (more than half of which have been opened in the last 12 months), with more new launches imminent. They are gearing up for a Private Equity fund raise in Q1 2025.

You will be supporting the Director of FP&A with all fund raising and investor activity whilst being focused on building and leading a best-in-class, business first, FP&A function.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the FP&A team (currently 3 Financial Analysts).
• Delivering a robust planning and performance management framework.
• Leading 5-year strategy planning, annual budgeting, reforecasting, scenario planning and special projects.
• Implementing tools/processes to provide efficient scenario planning capability and insightful analysis of business performance, KPIs and forecasts.
• business partnering with operational stakeholders at the most senior level.

This is a high-profile role with the opportunity to make it your own and have a tangible impact within a rapidly scaling global SaaS business, and as such you must be able to demonstrate the ability to challenge current processes, recommend and implement improvements and contribute ideas that will create value.

Your profile

• A qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) qualified with large international FP&A experience ideally in a related business with 'big data' analytical capabilities (i.e. SaaS).
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, specially at C-Suite, Board and Investor level.
• Experience in strategic planning and delivering insightful analysis to enhance business performance.
• Corporate Finance exposure either from Transaction Services (i.e., Big 4) or supporting fund raising/M&A/deal activity in a private equity/venture capital backed environment.
• Ability to manage a global FP&A function growing in size and complexity.
• Experience with enterprise-level financial systems, advanced experience of using Excel and other analytic tools.