Head of FP&A and Reporting

Overview

In this role you will own and shape the FP&A function for a housing organisation, partnering with the Finance Director and senior leadership. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, and scenario analysis to support investment decisions and improve financial insight. The role offers broad visibility across the business and a chance to build a more sophisticated FP&A capability with a strong business partnering focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead quarterly budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes
• Develop and maintain short-term cash flow forecasting, including liquidity planning
• Create integrated financial models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
• Develop scenario analysis and sensitivity models for strategic decisions
• Improve forecasting of rental income and property-related revenues
• Support treasury activities including covenant forecasting and headroom monitoring
• Develop KPIs, dashboards and management information
• Enhance finance business partnering across the organisation
• Identify process improvements through technology, automation and data
• Assess current processes and define “good looks like” for future FP&A

Key requirements

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification
• strong FP&A or commercial finance background
• strong Excel and financial modelling skills
• experience delivering budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning and scenario analysis
• strong commercial/analytical skills and ability to translate operational drivers into insight
• confidence presenting to senior stakeholders
• proactive with process improvement mindset
• experience managing or mentoring finance professionals (or ambition to)

• commercial mindset
• analytical thinking
• stakeholder communication
• Excel expert
• financial modelling
• scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling

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