Strategic FP&A Lead

Posted 3 hours 4 minutes ago by TOPdesk

Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

We are looking for a highly motivated and commercially astute Strategic FP&A Lead to join our Finance team and help us shape our Strategic Finance function as TOPdesk continues to scale. Do you have a proactive mindset and a strong focus on continual improvement? Continue reading to explore this exciting opportunity

The role will act as the corporate FP&A owner, responsible for financial planning, executive reporting, and strategic financial analysis that informs key business decisions across the organization.

This role is ideal for someone who is a structured thinker, able to bring clarity to ambiguous business problems, and who thrives in a collaborative environment. You will partner closely with senior stakeholders across the business and bring a confident, constructive approach to challenging assumptions and influencing decision making.

Job Responsibilities:

Corporate FP&A planning

  • Lead annual planning (AOP) and long range planning processes
  • Own monthly reforecasting process
  • Build and maintain driver based financial models that translate business assumptions into revenue, cost and cash flow projections.
  • Develop scenario analyses and financial modelling to support strategic decision making, including investments, pricing initiatives, and growth opportunities.

Executive & Board Reporting

  • Produce board and executive reporting
  • Deliver clear financial narratives and insights
  • Ensure consistency between financial plans and reported performance
  • Partner closely with the CFO and executive leadership team to translate business strategy into financial plans and measurable performance targets.

Strategic Analysis

  • Identify key business drivers and performance metrics
  • Analyse key SaaS metrics such as ARR growth, expansion, churn and unit economics to provide insight into commercial performance.
  • Deliver deep dive analysis on growth opportunities, cost efficiency and profitability drivers across the business.
  • Provide data driven recommendations to leadership
  • Develop and own cash flow and balance sheet forecasting
  • Improve planning models and financial analytics
  • Support evolution of planning systems and reporting tools
Qualifications
  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualifies (or equivalent).
  • 7+ years' progressive Finance experience, with a minimum of 3 years in FP&A, Commercial Finance or Business Partnering roles.
  • Experience with financial planning systems (Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, or similar).
  • Strong ability to translate financial data into clear business insight.
  • Confident communicator, able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders constructively.
  • Curious, proactive and comfortable operating with ambiguity.
  • Resilient in a fast paced environment with multiple competing priorities.
This is what you do it for

The nicest colleagues, a laptop, and a salary that grows with you. That is a no brainer, of course. But there's more. Much more. Here you'll discover more of our employment conditions.

  • Competitive base salary and profit share scheme
  • Hybrid, flexible working and healthy work life balance
  • Learning budget equivalent to 10% of your basic salary
  • Generous pension scheme with company contributions up to 8%
  • Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
  • Private health insurance options
  • Cycle to work scheme and tech scheme
  • 15 fully paid sick days, 5 days paid parental/carer leave, and 2 volunteering days
  • 26 days of paid annual leave (plus public holidays) and your birthday off!
  • Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
  • Unlimited career support
  • Benefits including team outings & rewards, Perkbox membership, and offices with foosball, darts, and ping pong!
10 to Grow

Use 10% of your work hours and a budget equivalent to 10% of your gross annual salary for personal development.

Simply do it during work time. Did we mention helping people is part of our DNA?

Paid parental leave

Enhanced maternity & paternity options to suit your family needs.

The job interview process. This is how we do it! 1 You apply

You send your CV and cover letter. Within the week, you'll hear if we're going to meet.

2 Who am I speaking to?

During a phone screening interview, we'll check if our expectations are aligned. If so, we'll get together for the first interview.

3 First interview: culture

You'll get to know TOPdesk, and we'll get to know you! If you have the true TOPdesk spirit, we'll meet again for a second interview.

4 Second interview: job details

Let's find out if your experience and skills make you the perfect fit for the job and team.

Everyone excited? Check! Time to draw up a contract and choose your start date.

6 Welcome to TOPdesk!

Once you've signed the contract, we'll arrange everything for your first day. Let the adventure begin!

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