Job title: Head of FP&A, Commercial and Operations Finance
Department: Finance
Salary: A competitive salary and perks are available
Location: Flexible hybrid working
Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
The Role
Reporting to the CFO, the Head of FP&A and Commercial Finance will lead on all aspects of commercial and operational business reporting, forecasting, strategic planning, and performance analysis, across the P&L and balance sheet. You will lead a team providing insight and challenge to ensure business leaders develop, agree, and deliver on our strategic and financial plans for FY26 and beyond.
Fully professionally qualified (CIMA/ACA), with experience in fast‑paced consumer brands, you are at ease working with commercial and operations business partners, with the ability to communicate to colleagues of all levels across all functions. You will be a well‑rounded, hands‑on finance professional with comfort and experience in the detail, equally at ease seeing the big picture impact of both your role and the wider finance function.
Key Responsibilities
FP&A
- Accountability for ensuring monthly finance pack completed to agreed timelines, with appropriate review and challenge of results prior to CFO review
- Oversee full budget, quarterly reforecasts & monthly LE processes.
- Own the financial modelling for the companies Long Term Plan & support CFO on covenant projections
- Ownership of the reporting and forecasting system: Cube
Commercial Finance
- Proactive finance business partnering across the business, including commercial sales-driving initiatives, marketing plans, new product innovation and procurement savings funnel
- Finance ownership of the weekly sales flash working closely with sales and demand planning on detailed short term forecasting & related supply.
- Support monthly business review and rolling forecast process, providing challenge to commercial teams and driving clarity on forecast outturn and risk mitigation activities where appropriate
Operations Finance
- Support Operations Finance team to deliver accurate and transparent reporting of performance and forecasting.
- Business partner supply chain team to ensure best value for money production plans aligned to financial targets across CLOGs and stockholding
- Support the Ops Director on business investment cases for capex investment in future capacity
- Strong control over materials and SLOBS reporting to provide accuracy and insight to deliver FY26 targets
Leadership Role
- Act as business partner to the CFO & Exec team, driving forwards business priorities and translating into team delivery
- Line management of 2 direct reports, including regular 121s, setting objectives and helping manage challenges, and supporting ongoing development
- Contribute to the Brighter Future Sustainability Strategy and company's linked OKRs.
- Support your function and any direct report(s) to contribute too.
- Fully professionally qualified (ACA/CIMA)
- Experience in fast‑paced consumer brand: FMCG preferable but not essential
- Experience of manufacturing preferable
- Experience of working for brand selling into retail essential
- Experience leading commercial / FP&A team
Some of the benefits of working here include
- Enhanced Baby Leave – new parents will be entitled to sixteen weeks off on full pay during the child’s first year of life (available to people who have worked for Little Moons for one year at Week 26 of pregnancy)
- We understand that mental health matters. We partner with Health Assured to provide remote emotional support to team members
- Discretionary annual bonus based on company performance
- Paid sick leave
- Respect, trust, and honesty. Personal and professional maturity is important to us, and we keep each other honest
- Your holidays – We believe in finding your work‑life alignment and encourage all staff to use their 25 days, plus public holidays
- Additional days off with long service
- Salary Extra – Discounts and Vouchers
- Your Birthday off
- Cycle to work scheme
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
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Department: Finance
Salary: A competitive salary and perks are available
Location: Flexible hybrid working
Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
The Role
Reporting to the CFO, the Head of FP&A and Commercial Finance will lead on all aspects of commercial and operational business reporting, forecasting, strategic planning, and performance analysis, across the P&L and balance sheet. You will lead a team providing insight and challenge to ensure business leaders develop, agree, and deliver on our strategic and financial plans for FY26 and beyond.
Fully professionally qualified (CIMA/ACA), with experience in fast‑paced consumer brands, you are at ease working with commercial and operations business partners, with the ability to communicate to colleagues of all levels across all functions. You will be a well‑rounded, hands‑on finance professional with comfort and experience in the detail, equally at ease seeing the big picture impact of both your role and the wider finance function.
Key Responsibilities
FP&A
- Accountability for ensuring monthly finance pack completed to agreed timelines, with appropriate review and challenge of results prior to CFO review
- Oversee full budget, quarterly reforecasts & monthly LE processes.
- Own the financial modelling for the companies Long Term Plan & support CFO on covenant projections
- Ownership of the reporting and forecasting system: Cube
Commercial Finance
- Proactive finance business partnering across the business, including commercial sales-driving initiatives, marketing plans, new product innovation and procurement savings funnel
- Finance ownership of the weekly sales flash working closely with sales and demand planning on detailed short term forecasting & related supply.
- Support monthly business review and rolling forecast process, providing challenge to commercial teams and driving clarity on forecast outturn and risk mitigation activities where appropriate
Operations Finance
- Support Operations Finance team to deliver accurate and transparent reporting of performance and forecasting.
- Business partner supply chain team to ensure best value for money production plans aligned to financial targets across CLOGs and stockholding
- Support the Ops Director on business investment cases for capex investment in future capacity
- Strong control over materials and SLOBS reporting to provide accuracy and insight to deliver FY26 targets
Leadership Role
- Act as business partner to the CFO & Exec team, driving forwards business priorities and translating into team delivery
- Line management of 2 direct reports, including regular 121s, setting objectives and helping manage challenges, and supporting ongoing development
- Contribute to the Brighter Future Sustainability Strategy and company’s linked OKRs.
- Support your function and any direct report(s) to contribute too.
- Fully professionally qualified (ACA/CIMA)
- Experience in fast‑paced consumer brand: FMCG preferable but not essential
- Experience of manufacturing preferable
- Experience of working for brand selling into retail essential
- Experience leading commercial / FP&A team
Some of the benefits of working here include
- Enhanced Baby Leave – new parents will be entitled to sixteen weeks off on full pay during the child’s first year of life (available to people who have worked for Little Moons for one year at Week 26 of pregnancy)
- We understand that mental health matters. We partner with Health Assured to provide remote emotional support to team members
- Discretionary annual bonus based on company performance
- Paid sick leave
- Respect, trust, and honesty. Personal and professional maturity is important to us, and we keep each other honest
- Your holidays – We believe in finding your work‑life alignment and encourage all staff to use their 25 days, plus public holidays
- Additional days off with long service
- Salary Extra – Discounts and Vouchers
- Your Birthday off
- Cycle to work scheme
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
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