Head of FP&A | Fast Growth Consumer Brand | London / Hybrid
Harmonic are delighted to have been retained by a fast-growing consumer brand on an exciting newly created Head of FP&A position.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a scaling, founder-led business at a pivotal stage of growth, working directly alongside an impressive CFO and senior leadership team to help shape the next phase of the company’s commercial and financial strategy.
The business already has a strong finance operations and controls environment in place, and this hire has been specifically designed to bring deeper commercial insight, forecasting sophistication and analytical capability into the organisation as it continues to scale.
The successful candidate will act as a true commercial finance partner to the Commercial and Marketing teams, helping drive better decision-making across pricing, promotions, customer profitability, channel performance and broader growth strategy. Alongside this, the role will play a key part in evolving the company’s wider planning, forecasting and integrated business planning capabilities.
This role would suit an ambitious and commercially minded FP&A leader who enjoys operating within a high-growth environment and wants to play a genuinely strategic role within a scaling consumer business.
The Role
Reporting directly to the CFO, the Head of FP&A will be responsible for:
Financial Planning & Forecasting
*Owning and continuously improving the rolling forecasting and planning processes across the business
*Leading the annual budgeting process in partnership with the CFO
*Building scalable, driver-based financial models across revenue, gross margin and investment
*Delivering scenario analysis and forecasting insights to support strategic decision-making
*Supporting the ongoing evolution of integrated planning processes
Commercial Finance & Analysis
*Acting as the lead finance partner to the Commercial and Marketing teams
*Evaluating pricing, promotions and investment performance to optimise ROI and profitability
*Analysing customer, product and channel profitability to support commercial decision-making
*Supporting growth initiatives through modelling, cohort analysis and investment evaluation
Business Partnering
*Providing clear, actionable financial insight to senior stakeholders across the business
*Delivering ad hoc commercial modelling around new products, customers and route-to-market opportunities
*Building tools and frameworks that help non-finance stakeholders better understand business performance
*Influencing cross-functional decision-making across Commercial, Marketing and Operations
Systems, Data & Process Improvement
*Enhancing FP&A tools, reporting capability and financial infrastructure
*Improving visibility across key commercial and operational metrics
*Leveraging systems and data to improve forecasting accuracy and speed of insight
*Driving continuous improvement initiatives to support the increasing scale and complexity of the business
What We’re Looking For
*ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
*Significant FP&A and commercial finance leadership experience within FMCG, consumer or retail environments
*Strong understanding of commercial finance, pricing and profitability analysis
*Experience designing and implementing rolling forecasting and planning processes
*Excellent commercial modelling and analytical capability
*Strong stakeholder management skills with experience partnering closely with commercial teams
*Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability, ideally alongside exposure to Power BI or broader BI tools
*A collaborative and hands-on approach, with the ability to thrive in an evolving, high-growth environment
*Strong commercial acumen combined with a pragmatic mindset
Desirable Experience
*Previous experience within a scaling or high-growth consumer business
*Exposure to integrated business planning processes
*Experience with Power BI or commercial reporting tools
*Interest in modern finance tooling, automation and AI-enabled analytics
Salary & Benefits
Salary: £85,000 - £100,000 + bonus
Working Pattern:
3 days in the office / 2 days working from home
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