Head of FP&A

Summary

Join Plum, a smart saving and investing app, as an experienced FP&A Lead. You will oversee financial planning and analysis, drive strategic decision-making, and ensure continued growth. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and expertise in financial modeling. You will manage budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning, provide insightful financial analysis, and partner with VPs on strategic initiatives. The position also involves mentoring the FP&A team and ensuring regulatory compliance. Plum offers a variety of benefits, including stock options, private health insurance, and flexible remote work options.

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics or a related field
• Proven experience in FP&A or commercial finance with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• You have an ACA/ CIMA/ CFA qualification or equivalent, with strong knowledge of accounting and finance fundamentals
• You are an expert in financial modeling with the ability to build complex and scalable financial models from scratch
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex financial data into clear, concise insights and strategic recommendations
• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop high-performing teams
• You have great attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• You are hands on, driven and proactive; you take ownership of your work

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the quarterly budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes
• Develop and maintain complex financial models to enable decision-making across the organization
• Provide insightful analysis on financial performance, key trends, and variances, leading the monthly financial reporting process, including investor and partner reporting, and reporting to C-Suite and Board
• Partner with VPs to identify growth opportunities, optimize resource allocation, and support strategic initiatives, evaluating the economics and pricing for potential initiatives
• Ensure our financial planning and monitoring fully incorporate regulatory capital and liquidity alongside support on periodic updating of the group’s ICARAs, recovery and wind-down plans
• Support across the fundraising process to enable growth initiatives
• Mentor and develop FP&A team members, promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
• Embrace data and automation across all processes in FP&A

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of capital and liquidity requirements with experience working in an EMI licensed organisation is highly desirable
• Experience with Looker and SQL is a plus

Benefits

• Own part of the company through stock options 💷
• Private health insurance
• Annual training budget
• Plum Premium
• Referral scheme: earn competitive rewards
• Flexible approach to remote working: we encourage at least 2 days a week in one of our beautiful offices in London, Athens or Cyprus
• Team breakfasts and team lunches
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 45 work-from-anywhere days: giving you the flexibility to work your way
• 2 weeks sabbatical after 4 years to take the break you deserve
• Enhanced parental leave
• 1 paid volunteering day annually
• Annual team trip: to a surprise destination!
• A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)