Group FP&A Lead Rapid Growth Online Marketplace London in London - Harmonic Group Ltd

Group FP&A Lead | Rapidly Scaling Online Marketplace | London/Hybrid

Harmonic are excited to be partnered with an innovative and rapidly growing Online Marketplace in their search for a Senior Group FP&A Manager to join the team in their central London office.

Backed by top-tier VC investors (early backers of Spotify, Canva and Slack), the business is rapidly expanding internationally and building a best-in-class FP&A function and the Senior Group FP&A Manager will play a central role in preparing the business for its next leap in scale.

As the home of the company's finance model and responsible for the companies planning cadences, the Group FP&A team is critical in ensuring the business can remain agile and move at pace to support growth. This is a particularly hands-on role with unparalleled exposure to an impressive Exec in a tech scale-up that has real traction, world-class investors and career-defining opportunities. You will be comfortable in the weeds of the Group financial model, running cross-company planning processes and managing senior stakeholders.

The Role:

As the Group FP&A lead, you will be the right-hand person to the FP&A Director and work closely with the Head of Commercial Finance and wider finance leadership team. You will be accountable for running group planning cadences across complex, multimarket organisation. Whilst there is no line management responsibility, you will have the autonomy to grow this role to meet the ever-evolving needs of the business. You will work closely with the Senior FP&A Analyst to connect the dots of reporting, planning & decision making across the organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Own & run the implementation and improvement of the annual FP&A cadences - budgets, rolling forecasts & long term planning
• Finance lead on all matters headcount reporting - FTE movements, open roles, efficiency metrics - partnering the People team & stakeholders to ensure insight accuracy and deep understanding of headcount efficiency and drivers
• Accountable for the Group financial model assumptions, ensuring they are accurate and regularly reviewed/stress tested, both P&L and BS
• Partnering the CFO and finance leadership team to ensure they are up to date on forecast expectations and flagging early any risks to the plan
• Champion our analytical & reporting tool, Abacum, ensuring accuracy and well maintain models and dashboards - accountable for the management information we provide the commercial finance teams to operate

What you'll bring:

• Advanced financial modelling skills, use of Google's product suite a bonus
• Qualified accountant with extensive post-qualification experience, valued but not essential
• Ability to work with large, complex and imperfect data to support commercial decisions

Nice to have (bonus skills):

• Experience with modelling & reporting tools (e.g Abacum or similar)
• Marketplace, Online Consumer, B2B Tech or adjacent industries

Location: Central London (Hybrid Option - 3 days in office / 2 from home)

Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 (negotiable) + share options + private healthcare + more

At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.