Head of FP&A

Head of FP&A

Location: Hybrid working at our office in Wimbledon.

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Salary: Competitive

We're seeking an exceptional Head of FP&A to join our Group Finance Team. This role will the delivery and coordination of group-wide FP&A activity across the UK, Growth Markets, US and Group functions. The role manages the planning, forecasting, reporting and performance insight cycle, providing a clear and joined-up view of financial performance, risks and opportunities.

This role supports the Head of Business Partnering and FP&A, CFO and senior leaders with accurate analysis, consistent assumptions, robust challenge and clear recommendations. Finance Business Partners retain ownership of day-to-day budget holder relationships and commercial decision support. will support the Procurement team with process management, metric analysis, KRIs and supplier due diligence. Liaise with the finance team to run monthly spend reports and prepare reporting packs.

In addition to the above, it will also support the Procurement Managers in SRM (Supplier relationship management) activities. Perform tasks related to database revision and data management, including data retention as well as be responsible for sourcing products and services with the support of the Procurement Managers and run bench marking activities.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coordinate and consolidate FP&A inputs across the UK, Growth Markets, US and Group functions to provide a single view of financial performance. 

• Manage the FP&A calendar, ensuring budgeting, forecasting, risks and opportunities, reporting and planning cycles run to agreed timelines and standards. 

• Lead monthly and forecast P&L reviews, explaining key variances to budget, forecast and prior year, and highlighting material movements, risks and opportunities. 

• Maintain consistency of key planning assumptions across regions and Group functions, ensuring financial impacts are captured clearly and consistently. 

• Prepare clear, commercially grounded commentary for board packs, budget packs, forecast updates and senior P&L reporting. 

• Track initiative performance and benefits against plan, providing analysis to support business case reviews and senior finance decision making. 

• Prepare scenario and sensitivity analysis to support forecast reviews, risk assessment and senior finance decisions. 

• Coordinate the risks and opportunities process, ensuring material movements are captured, challenged and clearly reported. 

• Ensure FP&A outputs are accurate, reconciled and aligned to agreed data sources, working with Finance Control and Reporting teams as required. 

• Improve the consistency, accuracy and quality of reporting packs, dashboards, analysis and commentary across the FP&A cycle. 

• Manage, coach and develop the FP&A specialist and finance analysts.

What you’ll bring:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent experience, with strong FP&A, financial planning, reporting and performance analysis capability. 

• Strong understanding of the business model, P&L drivers, accounting standards and relevant financial treatments. 

• Able to work across multiple regions and Group functions, consolidating complex information into clear financial insight. 

• Strong analytical capability and data literacy, with the ability to work through complex information and turn it into clear messages. 

• Experience supporting budget setting, forecasting, planning, variance analysis, risks and opportunities and scenario modelling. 

• Able to identify financial risks, interpret external factors such as macro-economic developments and assess potential impact on plans or forecasts. 

• Strong working knowledge of financial reporting and planning tools such as Workday, Cognos, Excel and PowerPoint. 

• Confident communicator who can explain financial information clearly to senior finance and business audiences. 

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include: 

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus

• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave

• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression

• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more.  Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

• Attractive company pension scheme

• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary

• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll

• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand-new vehicles

• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets

• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes

• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.

• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues

• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends

• Employee discounts – with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

At Domestic & General, we are proud of our 100-year legacy and excited about our future growth plans. We are expanding our horizons, entering new markets and territories internationally and we need your expertise to help us on the journey.