Head of FP&A

Associate Director | Finance Recruitment | Private Equity at Eames

Eames are partnering with a rapidly scaling, PE‑backed infrastructure business to hire a Head of FP&A. This pivotal role is designed to strengthen forecasting, modelling, and performance visibility across the organisation.

Base Pay Range

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead the FP&A function: Elevate the quality of forecasting, financial modelling, and overall business performance visibility.
• Team development: Develop the current FP&A Analyst whilst recruiting and onboarding new finance team members.
• Model development: Build and refine complex operational and financial models, establishing a scalable framework for the future.
• Reporting excellence: Design KPI dashboards and reporting structures to create a "single source of truth" for the business.
• Project controls: Enhance capex tracking, project accounting, and WIP reporting across large‑scale capital programs.
• Business partnering: Collaborate with commercial, project, and operational teams to identify risks, opportunities, and key performance drivers.
• Analytics: Strengthen insights into supplier spend and project costs within a high‑volume transaction environment.
• Investor support: Produce high‑quality analysis to support debt‑raising activities and investor reporting.
• Process improvement: Implement robust systems, processes, and controls suitable for a fast‑moving environment.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant: Fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Sector experience: Background in capital projects, infrastructure, or other capex‑intensive sectors is essential.
• PE background: Prior exposure to Private Equity environments desirable.
• Technical expertise: Proven leadership in FP&A with advanced skills in financial modelling and forecasting.
• Modelling skills: Demonstrated ability to build and improve complex financial models from scratch.

What's on Offer

• 20% bonus
• Excellent benefits pack

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Accounting/Auditing, Finance, and Analyst

Industries

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals, Data Infrastructure and Analytics, and Accounting