Head of FPA
goodlord, United Kingdom
Job Description
London - Hybrid as standard (2-3 days per week in the office, 2-3 days per week remote/wfh)
ABOUT THE ROLE
Goodlord’s mission is to provide the best renting experience in the world and we’re on the hunt for a Head of FPamp;A to help us achieve this.
This brand new role (reporting to the Head of Finance) will shape our approach to FPamp;A within Goodlord. Your technical expertise in data and financial analytical skills combined with the relationship skills to influence decision-making will enable us to drive the decisions that will guide us to the next stage of our business growth.
Your primary stakeholders will be our C-Level and SLT community and we will be looking to you to identify, monitor and realise their needs, leading on your experience to create best practices in FPamp;A. Your internal stakeholders will expect and value a strong level of challenge and commercial recommendation based on the information that you produce.
Currently the team is relatively small, so you should be happy to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in as well as comfortably operate in leadership of this discipline.
The day to day stuff:
No two days are ever the same at goodlord so what you’ll be up to will vary. The pace we move at also means priorities will change and you’ll need to be resilient to and comfortable with this (we’ll support you!).
However, these are the things that will be core to your role and will keep you busy.
- Continue to develop and lead a high-performing FPamp;A team, fostering a culture that works in line with our company values.
- Continually review and define the roadmap of analysis, regular reporting and process improvements for the team
- Act as a trusted business partner to our key stakeholders, actively challenging them and providing insightful financial analysis to support strategic decision-making
- Define and implement best practice within FPamp;A; re-engineering and automating our FPamp;A processes and operating models
- Be a lead on defining and reviewing the KPIs across all areas of the business, working at a board level to understand the key drivers of the business and ensuring they are tracked and reported at the appropriate frequency
- Develop robust financial models, analysis/forecasting tools to enable us to have a strong perspective on the current and future financial position of our business
- Assist business in analysing competitors financial results - sharing insights with the senior leadership team
- Lead on Mamp;A modelling
- Lead on the team’s core activities as part of our regular monthly, quarterly and annual cadence (planning, forecasting, budgeting and reporting).
- Work closely with our CFO on initiatives to optimise our cost structures - identifying efficiencies, and providing insightful analysis that helps us run our business more effectively
- Prepare and present regular financial reports and analyses for our leadership community (Investors, C-Level and Senior Leadership team).
- Contribute to ad hoc projects as a when they arise
ABOUT YOU
You are a fully qualified accounting professional (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA or equivalent) currently working in a dedicated FPamp;A role with extensive PQE in a relevant industry and evidence of continuous professional development.
You have:
- Built, developed and maintained complex financial models that bring demonstrable value to decision making
- Excellent leadership skills and gravitas with the credibility to constructively challenge our stakeholders
- Strong finance system skills, including excel and using and developing reporting tools.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, able to communicate clearly, concisely, accurately and in ways that promote understanding, to both finance and non-finance specialists.
- Strong financial modeling, analysis and forecasting skills, having had experience building financial models from the bottom-up and running forecast and budget processes for complex organisations
- An innovation-led mindset with proven experience of seeking out opportunities to implement new ways of working with the drive for continuous improvement
- Strong people management skills. Including the ability to develop individuals to reach their potential and deal with underperformance if required.
You are:
- Able to
- clearly demonstrate an exceptional ability to identify and structure challenges, present and deliver complex financial insight to a range of audiences.
- Able to identify and interpret trends and improve financial forecasting as a result of your strong analytical skills
- Able to work flexibly with conflicting demands so that work