Interim FP&A Lead – DeepTech scaleup (manufacturing)

Interim FP&A Lead – DeepTech scaleup (manufacturing)

Posted 1 day ago by Talentedge

£150,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom

Summary: The Interim FP&A Lead role at a DeepTech manufacturing scaleup in North London involves leading financial planning and analysis efforts, particularly in inventory forecasting and cash flow projections. The position requires advanced financial modeling skills and a background in investment banking, management consultancy, or corporate finance. The role is a 3-month assignment with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring three days in the office and two days working from home. The position offers a competitive daily rate outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive, demand-driven inventory forecasting model.
  • Ensure procurement needs are accurately projected with a clear and auditable methodology.
  • Build a detailed and auditable direct twelve months cash flow projection incorporating inventory demand outputs.
  • Design and maintain models to track standard costing through the manufacturing process.
  • Identify, explain, and report on variances to support cost control and efficiency initiatives.
  • Build an integrated three-statement financial model (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) segmented by function and project, to support forecasting and budgeting.
  • Reconcile direct and indirect cash flows.

Key Skills:

  • Investment banking / management consultancy / corporate finance advisory experience.
  • Manufacturing / supply chain experience (can be from client side).
  • Strategic and inquisitive thinker.
  • Mathematical and data-driven approach with strong financial modeling & presentation skills.
  • Effective communicator, comfortable working partnering cross-functionally.

Salary (Rate): £150,000.00 yearly

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

Interim FP&A Lead – DeepTech scaleup (manufacturing) Immediate startup North London office (3 days) + 2 days WFH Up to £700 p/d outside IR35 – 3 month assignment Talentedge are partnering with a hardware manufacturing scaleup who operate across the DeepTech space. You’ll be fantastic for this opportunity if you are an advanced financial modeller from an investment banking / management consultancy / corporate finance advisory background with significant experience of working with stock / inventory.

Key responsibilities to include:

  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive, demand-driven inventory forecasting model.
  • Ensure procurement needs are accurately projected with a clear and auditable methodology
  • Build a detailed and auditable direct twelve months cash flow projection incorporating inventory demand outputs
  • Design and maintain models to track standard costing through the manufacturing process.
  • Identify, explain, and report on variances to support cost control and efficiency initiatives.
  • Build an integrated three-statement financial model (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) segmented by function and project, to support forecasting and budgeting.
  • Reconcile direct and indirect cash flows.

Profile:

  • Investment banking / management consultancy / corporate finance advisory experience
  • Manufacturing / supply chain experience (can be from client side)
  • Strategic and inquisitive thinker
  • Mathematical and data driven in approach with strong financial modelling & presentation skills
  • Effective communicator, comfortable working partnering cross-functionally

Opportunities like this do not come around every day, so please get in touch ASAP!