We are working with one of the UK's largest, most well-known and most important charities, supporting life-saving work at scale, to appoint an Interim Head of Financial Planning & Analysis at a critical moment for the organisation.
This is a high-profile interim role, sitting at the heart of the organisation's senior leadership team and reporting directly into the incoming CFO. The role will play a central part in maintaining stability, delivering a complex budget cycle at pace, and providing senior financial leadership during a period of transition and change.
This appointment is being made urgently, with the successful candidate ideally starting before the end of January.
Key duties will include:
- Leading the organisation's central FP&A function, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting
- Taking ownership of the annual budget process, delivering within a short timeframe and in a complex, multi-directorate environment
- Providing high-quality financial insight, challenge, and decision support to Executive Directors and senior stakeholders
- Managing and developing a team of FP&A and management accounting professionals
- Supporting the CFO and Executive team with financial modelling, scenario planning, and strategic analysis
- Ensuring robust performance reporting, risk identification, and clear financial narrative for senior decision-makers
- Acting as a senior finance leader during a period of organisational change, bringing clarity, pace, and credibility
The ideal candidate will:
- Be a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
- Have significant experience in FP&A leadership within a large, complex organisation
- Be comfortable stepping into ambiguity and delivering at pace, particularly around budgeting and planning
- Have a proven ability to operate at senior level, influencing and challenging Executives with confidence and credibility
- Bring strong people leadership skills, with experience managing and motivating teams through change
- Be available at short notice and motivated by working in a mission-driven environment
This role offers hybrid working, with typically two days per week in a London office, and is open to interim day-rate or fixed-term salary arrangements. A very competitive daily rate or annual salary is available, and there is potential for the role to evolve into a permanent position, depending on organisational needs and performance.
