Head of Financial, Planning and Analysis FP&A

Mesh-AI Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial organization seeks a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead strategic financial planning and reporting. The ideal candidate will have a recognized accounting qualification and significant experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, with strong leadership skills. The role requires collaboration with senior management, providing actionable insights and ensuring financial discipline across multiple entities. This position offers a permanent, full-time contract, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional growth opportunities

Engagement with diverse international experts

Qualifications

• Significant post‑qualification experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience managing and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Develop and maintain robust revenue and expenditure models.
• Deliver clear monthly and quarterly management reports.

Skills

Excellent analytical skills

Financial modelling

Problem-solving skills

Strong communication skills

Collaborative leadership

Education

Recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Business Central

Salesforce

Job description

Head of Financial, Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

London

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: London

Status: Permanent, full-time

Job purpose: The Head of FP&A is responsible for delivery of strategic financial planning, including revenues and expenditure forecasting across the Foundation and its multiple location entities. This includes delivering forward‑looking financial planning, budgeting, and analysis across the organisation, as well as delivery of periodic reporting to track performance against targets (i.e., budgets), analysis of business drivers, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior management and the Trustees.

The role provides Trustees and senior leadership including both boards of IASB and ISSB with reliable forecasts, clear insights, and scenario analysis to inform decision‑making. Leading a small team of analysts, the Head of FP&A acts as a critical strategic finance partner, providing timely data‑driven reporting to ensure full transparency of the financial status of the business.

Principal accountabilities:

• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and rolling forecasts across all entities. Responsibility for measuring and reporting actuals versus budgets and targets.
• Develop and maintain robust revenue and expenditure models to support short‑, medium‑, and long‑term planning. This includes responsibility related to treasury and investment in terms of data analysis, forecasting, performance monitoring, and providing recommendations to support strategic decision‑making in collaboration with the Treasury department.
• Provide scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to test assumptions and assess risks/opportunities.
• Translating financial data into actionable insights for business leaders.
• Lead the support of the CRO and revenue function by providing revenue reporting, data analytics and responding to other inquiries.
• Revenue: Work with fundraising, contracts, and other income‑generating teams to build reliable income forecasts, track pipeline, and monitor delivery against targets.
• Expenditure: Partner with operations and programme leads to manage expenditure forecasts, monitor costs against budgets, and identify efficiency opportunities.
• Provide consolidated insight into overall net position, ensuring alignment between revenue and expenditure planning.

Business partnering

• Act as the primary financial partner to senior leadership, providing clear, actionable insight to support strategic initiatives and operational decisions. The transparency of actual results compared to targets (i.e., budgets) to be delivered via recurring (e.g., monthly) reporting for the area of responsibility of each senior management member.
• Challenge and support budget holders, ensuring financial discipline and accountability for outcomes.
• Build strong relationships across functions, ensuring finance is embedded in planning and decision‑making.

Reporting & insight

• Deliver clear, concise monthly and quarterly management reports to trustees, the Executive, and committees. Performing variance analysis to explain why actual results differ from plans and recommending corrective actions. This reporting to be delivered for respective members of senior management.
• Provide narrative and analysis that highlights trends, risks, and opportunities — not just numbers. Advice on the implications of Foundation strategies, practices and initiatives.
• Oversee dashboards and automated reporting to give stakeholders timely, user‑friendly insights. Developing complex financial models and conducting scenario/sensitivity analyses (optimistic, baseline, pessimistic cases) to identify potential risks and opportunities, helping the business prepare for various outcomes.

Treasury planning support

• Work with the CFO and Deputy CFO on cash and reserves planning, ensuring forecasts align with organisational funding strategy. Provide regular actual vs. budget reporting on the results of Treasury (including investments) operations.

Risk and compliance:

• Support the assessment of financial risks and opportunities.
• Ensure adherence to established financial internal controls and procedures.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the FP&A team (Revenue Partner, Expenditure Partner, Analysts) to build a strong and effective function.
• Provide direction, coaching, and development for the FP&A team, ensuring strong technical capability, effective business partnering, and a collaborative culture.
• Set clear objectives and KPIs for the team, monitor performance, and foster continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting capabilities.
• Sponsor / project manager of various related finance projects, such as finance transformation programmes, to ensure successful implementation and delivery of goals.

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

• Recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant post‑qualification experience in financial planning and analysis, ideally in a global, multi‑entity environment.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling.
• Strong process skills, including experience operating monthly actuals vs. budget reporting.
• Good understanding of IFRS and management reporting standards.
• Experience managing and developing teams.

Skills & attributes

• Excellent analytical, financial modelling, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear insights for senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to work across functions and geographies.
• Highly organised with the ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to coach and mentor.
• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with financial systems (Power BI, Business Central, Salesforce desirable).

Application closing date: 28th February 2026

Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate.

About us

At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long‑term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day—across all our areas of expertise.

If you share our passion for this mission, we want to hear from you.

Diverse perspectives. International expertise.

Working for our global organisation offers many benefits, including:

• rewarding work that serves the public interest;
• engagement with diverse international experts;
• inclusive and collaborative teams;
• intellectually challenging projects;
• flexible working arrangements;
• numerous areas of specialisation; and
• opportunities for professional growth and development.

Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work.