Overview
Interim Head of FP&A, Commercial and Operations Finance at Little Moons. Employment Type: Contract. Location: Hybrid – London, UK, 3 days a week in our Farringdon office, plus visits to our Park Royal based office. Salary: A competitive salary is available plus great company benefits.
Perks and benefits
- Work from home option
- Life Insurance
- Wellness programs
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid emergency leave
- Team social events
- Team lunches
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free fruit
- Free soft drinks
- Dogs in the office
Candidate happiness
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Job Description
Job title: Interim Head of FP&A, Commercial and Operations Finance
Contract: Fixed-term contract (length to be confirmed)
Start date: On, or before 20 April 2026
Department: Finance
Salary: A competitive salary and perks are available
Location: Flexible hybrid working
Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week
Little Moons are bitesized, handheld balls of artisan gelato, cheesecake, and ganache wrapped in a soft and chewy rice flour dough to create a distinctive snack that’s bursting with flavour.
Their rollout has been pioneered by sister and brother duo Vivien and Howard Wong, who founded Little Moons in 2010. The product’s roots are in highend restaurants, but over the last decade, retail packs have swept the frozen and chilled snacking categories in grocery and food service.
Little Moons has rapidly established mochi, and frozen and chilled snacking, across the world. In 2025 we generated more than £50m revenue, and in 2026 we continue to drive towards high levels of growth. We are also a Certified B Corporation, which reflects our strong commitment to balancing profit and purpose. This certification means we are part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact, reinforcing our dedication to making a meaningful difference.
We are very proud of the culture that we have built at Little Moons. Not to stroke our own egos, but we are a great bunch of people, smart, passionate, interesting, and funny who work hard to support and live our values, all the while keeping our mission in our forethoughts.
The Role:
Reporting to the CFO, the InterimHead 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 5 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:
- We understand that mental health matters. We partner with Health Assured to provide remote emotional support to team members
- 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 (pro-rata for FTC)
- Salary Extra – Discounts and Vouchers
- Your Birthday off (if it lands during your contracted period)
- To be engaged, you must feel included and valued, so we have built, and nurtured, a culture where inclusiveness is not a buzzword, but a way of being.
- Our approach to diversity is simple — it’s about embracing everyone, and everyone is welcome at Little Moons. We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression. We are diverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our diversity fuels our innovation, bring diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve.
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
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