FP&A Lead

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We are looking for our first dedicated
Financial Planning and Analysis Lead
to help establish and develop the financial planning and analysis capability at FundApps.

This is a rare chance to join a scaleup as the first FP&A hire and build your expertise in a fast moving SaaS environment. You will work closely with the CFO, gain visibility across the company, and gradually take on more responsibility as you help shape the function. This role is ideal for someone who wants to deepen their FP&A expertise in a high growth SaaS company and develop into a future Head of FP&A at a company with £50M+ ARR.

You will play a key role in improving our planning processes, building reliable models that support decision making and strengthening the financial insight we provide across the business. This is a hands-on role that supports the full planning cycle, partners closely with RevOps, contributes to budget management, assists with spend governance and compensation modelling, and helps prepare materials for internal and external stakeholders. As we scale, you will have significant scope to take on more responsibility and grow with the function.

What You'll Be Working On
Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting

• Manage the entire planning cycle, including the medium term plan, annual budget and rolling forecasts.
• Maintain and improve our three statement models: P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow as well as determining the impact on our SaaS and scaling metrics.
• Partner with RevOps to integrate pipeline metrics and CRM data into forecasts and improve forecast accuracy over time.
• Conduct regular competitor and industry benchmarking analysis, comparing our key SaaS metrics against industry peers and best practices to highlight areas of competitive advantage or required investment.

Business Partnering, Strategic Support and Analytics

• Act as a trusted financial partner to the Senior Leadership team, assisting them with budget management, headcount planning, investment appraisals. Improve financial understanding of their areas with insightful analysis to identify value-creating recommendations.
• Support the preparation of monthly Senior Leadership Team meeting materials as required.
• Prepare financial analysis for business initiatives, including pricing and expected returns on investment over time.

Compensation And Sales Commission Modelling

• Manage the modelling of company wide bonus schemes and help improve clarity and efficiency in the process.
• Partner with Sales leadership and RevOps to assist with the modelling and evaluation of sales commission plans.

Procurement and Spend Governance

• Oversight of new vendor contracts by providing financial analysis and ensuring commitments are accurately reflected in forecasts.
• Contribute to periodic vendor spend reviews and identify potential cost efficiencies.

Investor Relations and Corporate Finance

• Assist the CFO with financial data and analysis for investor requests.
• Contribute to quarterly Board materials, including the preparation of financial schedules and key SaaS metrics.
• Provide analytical support for ad hoc strategic projects, which may include M&A activity over time.

Essential
What You'll Bring To The Team

• Strong experience in a high growth B2B SaaS environment, ideally in a scale up reporting directly into the CFO or senior finance leadership.
• Solid RevOps or Sales Finance exposure with hands on experience integrating CRM and pipeline data into forecasts.
• Advanced financial modelling skills across three statement models, scenario analysis and valuation work.
• Experience supporting or modelling sales compensation and commission plans.
• Hands on experience with FP&A tools or planning systems with the ability to streamline reporting and forecasting processes.

Desirable

• Experience in a Private Equity or Venture Capital backed business.
• Accountancy Qualification: A recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA) is strongly preferred.
• Corporate Finance / Investor Relations exposure: Demonstrable experience in preparing investor materials, responding to Due Diligence (DD) requests, and ideally, supporting M&A activity or fundraising.
• Spend Control Experience: Demonstrated experience in procurement, vendor management, or acting as a budget gatekeeper.

A Few Things To Know Before You Apply
Salary
The base salary for the role is £90,000 - £100,000 per annum dependent on experience and career level

Work Eligibility
We require candidates to have permission to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

We work hybrid and ask that new FundAppers spend 3 days per week at our shiny London office during their first 6 months, to make the most of getting to know the business and other FundAppers.

After that, our policy is at least 2 days per week in the office to collaborate, connect, and make the most of our shared space.

Life at FundApps
Work/life balance with flexible hybrid working

Wellbeing benefits such as private health insurance, life insurance, a flexible stipend and mental health coaching

Matched pension contribution up to 10%

Peer micro-bonuses through Bonusly

£1,000 learning budget each year and unlimited professional development leave

Peer-led 'Brown-bag lunch' learning sessions and an annual Learning Festival

25 days holiday leave + an extra day next year if you use it all + an extra day after 3 & 5 years

5 Years @ FundApps - additional 4 weeks paid holiday leave during your 5th year as a FundApper

26 weeks leave for all new parents regardless of gender, location or family structure

Volunteering leave

Birthday off

We are proud of the diversity of all FundAppers - it makes us strong. We provide flexibility around religious observances and embrace a variety of cultural celebrations If you're looking for a workplace where you can just be yourself, you're in the right place.

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