Eton Bridge Partners Ltd
Head of Financial Planning Analysis
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We’ve partnered with a high-growth, private equity-backed tech-enabled business who are looking to appoint a Group Director of FP&A, based in Central London.
This role offers the opportunity to professionalise and scale the FP&A capability, ensuring it is fit for purpose for a PE-backed business heading towards an exit. You will play a key role in driving value creation across the organisation.
The business is entering a critical phase, focused on building a high-performing, scalable finance function to support its growth ambitions. The priority is to enhance performance visibility, strengthen decision-making, and embed a forward-looking finance capability aligned to investor expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to the Group CFO, you will lead FP&A and oversee finance transformation initiatives. This is a high-impact role combining strategic planning, operational delivery, and transaction readiness.
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You will:
- Build and lead a best-in-class FP&A function
- Shift the function from reactive reporting to forward-looking, predictive insight
- Introduce rigorous monthly forecasting and performance cadence
- Develop robust, bottom-up models and long-term planning capability
- Ensure the business is consistently deal-ready
You will also play a key role in:
- M&A activity, debt raising, and exit preparation
- Delivering high-quality insights to investors, lenders, and the board
- Managing relationships with debt providers and supporting refinancing processes where required
- Leading finance transformation, with a strong focus on data, automation, and AI
Candidate Profile:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or equivalent
- Proven FP&A leadership experience in a private equity-backed environment
- Track record of building or transforming FP&A capabilities
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate data into strategic insight
- Experience supporting M&A activities (highly desirable)
- Prior exposure to exit or exit readiness processes
- Experience with planning and visualisation tool implementations
- Confident communicator, able to influence at board level
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Job Reference: 98312
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