Cedar is partnered with a PE-backed SaaS business to appoint an Interim Group FP&A Manager. This is a 6-month contract offering £#removed# per day, based in the City of London with hybrid working (3 days per week in the office).
The role sits within the group finance function and focuses on FP&A, commercial finance and advanced modelling across a high-growth, ARR-driven business, with close interaction across Sales, Product and senior leadership.
The CompanyThe organisation is a PE-backed SaaS platform operating within a data-rich, workflow-driven environment, supporting enterprise clients with mission-critical decision-making tools.
The business has established strong product-market fit and is now entering a phase of accelerated growth, with a focus on scaling ARR, enhancing commercial visibility and driving more sophisticated financial planning across the organisation. Finance plays a central role in partnering with the business to support this next phase of growth.
The RoleThe Interim Group FP&A Manager will support the delivery of planning, forecasting and commercial insight across the business, ensuring financial outputs are robust, forward-looking and aligned to strategic priorities.
The role combines core FP&A responsibilities with commercial finance and modelling, and will suit someone comfortable operating in a fast-paced, data-driven environment with evolving processes and high stakeholder engagement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the delivery of the annual budgeting and planning process, aligning financial outputs with commercial strategy and operational priorities.
- Building and maintaining ARR and revenue models, providing visibility on growth drivers, risks and sensitivities.
- Developing bottom-up forecasting models across revenue, headcount and cost lines to support accurate reforecasting.
- Producing monthly rolling forecasts, including analysis of ARR, bookings, pipeline and key SaaS metrics.
- Partnering with Sales leadership to develop quota coverage and sales capacity models, informing hiring and investment decisions.
- Delivering commercial insight across metrics such as ARR, churn, CAC and LTV.
- Supporting long-range planning and scenario modelling to assess strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
- Producing analysis and insight for senior stakeholders, translating financial data into clear commercial recommendations.
- Contributing to improvements in FP&A processes, modelling capability and data quality where appropriate.
Your Profile
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Strong FP&A and commercial finance experience within a high-growth environment, ideally PE-backed.
- Advanced financial modelling capability, particularly in revenue and scenario modelling.
- Experience working within SaaS or ARR-based business models.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to partner across commercial functions.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving processes.
Compensation & Working ArrangementsThe day rate for this Interim Group FP&A Manager role is £#removed# per day.
The role is based in the City of London with hybrid working (typically 3 days per week in the office). This is a 6-month assignment offering exposure to a commercially focused FP&A environment within a high-growth, investor-backed business.