FP&A Lead

The FP&A Lead is accountable for ensuring the effective delivery of reporting and accounting activities that support internal and external reporting requirements, business appraisal processes, and financial decision-making.

The role leads complex reporting operations, drives process improvements, and ensures the quality, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting outputs.

The role partners closely with Reporting & Accounting Managers, Finance Leadership, Group Reporting, and other finance stakeholders to strengthen reporting effectiveness, resolve reporting issues, and improve end-to-end reporting processes.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead reporting and accounting delivery: Ensure high-quality execution of reporting and accounting activities supporting internal and external financial reporting requirements.
• Drive reporting excellence: Maintain the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of reporting outputs while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, governance requirements, and reporting policies.
• Lead transformation and improvement initiatives: Manage and deliver change programmes that enhance reporting effectiveness, simplify processes, and improve finance performance.
• Partner with reporting and finance leaders: Work closely with Reporting & Accounting Managers, Group Reporting, and finance stakeholders to align priorities and improve reporting outcomes.
• Resolve complex reporting issues: Provide expert guidance on reporting content, accounting matters, and process challenges to ensure consistent and high-quality delivery.
• Strengthen financial governance and controls: Ensure reporting activities operate within established control, assurance, and compliance frameworks.
• Develop finance capability: Coach and develop reporting and accounting professionals, strengthening technical capability, leadership effectiveness, and future readiness.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing: Promote best practice adoption, cross-team collaboration, and continuous learning across the reporting and accounting community.
• Champion digital and data-driven finance: Leverage automation, analytics, and digital tools to improve reporting efficiency, transparency, and insight generation.
• Drive continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve process effectiveness, standardisation, and service quality across reporting and accounting activities.

Required Skills and Capabilities:

• Financial reporting and accounting expertise: Deep understanding of financial reporting, accounting principles, financial close processes, and governance requirements.
• Reporting process management: Experience overseeing reporting activities, reporting cycles, and financial information delivery across complex organisations.
• Finance transformation and change leadership: Ability to lead large-scale change initiatives, process redesign, and operational improvements.
• Problem-solving and technical judgement: Ability to resolve complex reporting issues and balance technical accounting requirements with business needs.
• Performance and service delivery management: Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain delivery excellence, and drive operational performance.
• Data and analytics capability: Understanding of reporting systems, financial data, automation, and analytics solutions that improve finance outcomes.
• Stakeholder management and influencing: Ability to engage effectively with reporting teams, finance leaders, and business stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
• People leadership and coaching: Experience developing teams, managing performance, and building strong technical and leadership capability.
• Communication and executive engagement: Ability to communicate complex reporting matters clearly and provide meaningful insights to stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement mindset: Demonstrated ability to simplify, standardise, and optimise finance processes while maintaining strong governance.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Significant experience in financial reporting, accounting, controllership, finance operations, or related finance disciplines.
• Proven leadership experience managing teams, reporting activities, or complex finance delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, reporting requirements, governance frameworks, and financial controls.
• Demonstrated success leading reporting improvements, transformation initiatives, or operational excellence programmes.
• Experience partnering with senior finance stakeholders and influencing organisational outcomes.
• Professional accounting qualification or relevant finance, accounting, or business degree preferred.