Interim Head of FP&A, Beamery

• Proven track record as Head of FP&A or equivalent in a fast-paced environment
• Expert financial modeller with strong skills in budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis
• Strong executive-level communication and storytelling with data, including for board and investor audiences
• Excellent business partnering skills with a commercial mindset
• Comfortable working as a standalone FP&A leader — self-sufficient, proactive, and influential without a team behind them
• High degree of comfort with ambiguity and the pace of an interim engagement
• Experience building or significantly shaping an FP&A function
• Demonstrated experience owning a finance tech stack transformation
• Hands-on experience with modern FP&A and AI-powered analytics platforms
• Experience in pricing modelling and commercial finance analysis
• Involvement in the design or governance of sales commission and incentive schemes
• Confident user of modern AI and data processing tools to drive efficiency in analysis and reporting
• Experience selecting and implementing finance or BI tools (vendor management, RFP, rollout)
• Strong data management skills — comfortable owning data quality and detail without delegating

Desirable

• We are looking for an exceptional interim finance leader to step into a high-impact Head of FP&A role for an initial period of 6–12 months
• This is not a ‘steady state’ position — we need someone who thrives in a transformation environment, can hit the ground running, and is equally comfortable shaping strategy and rolling up their sleeves
• This is also a genuine opportunity to define what FP&A means in our business
• You will be joining as a standalone FP&A leader — building the function, establishing its influence, and setting the standard for how finance insight is generated and used across the organisation
• The canvas is largely blank, and we are looking for someone with the vision and energy to paint on it
• A central pillar of this engagement is the overhaul of our finance technology stack
• You will assess what we have, remove what no longer serves us, and implement modern AI-powered tools to underpin a best-in-class FP&A function — all while keeping the core business reporting and partnering engine running smoothly
• This role reports directly to our CFO and works closely with the Financial Control team, Commercial & Senior leadership, and the Data and BI teams
• At the outset, this is a standalone FP&A role, with the potential scope to shape future team structure
• Lead a full audit of the current finance technology stack, identifying redundant or underperforming systems
• Design and drive the implementation roadmap for new FP&A tools — including AI-powered planning, consolidation, and reporting platforms — that maximise data processing speed and analytical output
• Evaluate and integrate AI and automation tools to streamline routine finance tasks, freeing up capacity for higher-value insight generation
• Manage vendor selection, procurement, and change management for system transitions
• Decommission legacy tools, ensuring clean data migration and minimal business disruption
• Establish scalable data architecture and governance standards for finance systems
• Define and establish the FP&A function from the ground up — setting its mandate, processes, and operating rhythm within the business
• Own the annual budgeting, quarterly reforecasting, and long-range planning processes end-to-end
• Develop and maintain robust financial models and leverage AI-powered analytics tools to deliver faster, deeper insight across revenue, cost, and headcount
• Produce high-quality board and executive reporting packs, translating complex data into clear narratives for senior leadership and non-executive stakeholders
• Lead the preparation and delivery of investor reporting — producing accurate, timely, and well-contextualised financial updates for institutional investors and other key external stakeholders, in line with agreed reporting cadences and obligations
• Support the CFO in managing relationships with third-party stakeholders including lenders, auditors, advisors, and any other parties requiring financial information — ensuring outputs are accurate, professionally presented, and appropriately governed
• Drive the monthly close commentary and variance analysis in close collaboration with the Financial Control team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Shape a longer-term vision for the FP&A team structure and capability, even if hiring is not in scope for this interim period
• Act as a trusted finance partner to senior business leaders, supporting strategic decision-making with rigorous financial insight
• Build strong relationships with commercial, sales, and operational teams, embedding finance into day-to-day business conversations
• Challenge assumptions and drive financial accountability across the organisation
• Partner with commercial and sales teams to model and evaluate pricing structures, ensuring financial sustainability and competitiveness
• Support the design, modelling, and review of sales commission and incentive plans, assessing P&L impact and alignment to business objectives
• Provide analytical support for deal desk activities, contract structures, and margin analysis
• Take personal ownership of data quality across finance systems — defining, cleansing, and maintaining core datasets
• Build and manage financial data models and reporting hierarchies, ensuring consistency across the business
• Harness modern AI and intelligent data processing tools to maximise the speed, accuracy, and depth of financial analysis and reporting
• Work closely with data engineering and BI teams to develop reliable automated pipelines, reducing manual data handling and increasing analytical throughput
• Champion the use of AI-assisted forecasting, anomaly detection, and scenario modelling to elevate the quality of insight delivered to senior stakeholders
• Be comfortable working at the detail level when required — this role demands both strategic vision and genuine operational rigour