Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Location

London

Overview:

Pearse Professionals has been retained by a top-tier investment firm to appoint a Director of FP&A, responsible for driving performance reporting, valuation oversight, and strategic business planning across a diverse investment portfolio. The role will interface closely with global finance teams, investment leads, and portfolio company executives to ensure robust, consistent, and insight-driven financial deliverables.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the key finance liaison for the global head office team, managing ad hoc data and analysis request

  • Aggregate and analyse platform-level financial performance metrics, identifying trends and delivering actionable insights for senior stakeholders

  • Support capital raising efforts by preparing quantitative investor materials and responding to complex investor queries

  • Oversee quarterly valuation processes across portfolio companies, ensuring consistency with internal methodologies and market standards

  • Review and challenge business plans and projections to validate assumptions and assess value creation opportunities

  • Coordinate onboarding and reporting for new investments, ensuring compliance with internal reporting standards

  • Monitor cash and funding needs across portfolio companies and communicate requirements to the central finance team

  • Lead on special projects and deliver high-quality strategic analysis to support decision-making at a platform level

Requirements:

  • 7–9 years of experience in financial planning & analysis, corporate finance, or portfolio management

  • Strong understanding of valuation processes

  • Background in Real Assets (Real-estate preferred)

  • Experience working with private fund structures and investor reporting is beneficial

  • Clear communicator with the ability to present complex information in a simple, effective way

  • Confident working with senior internal and external stakeholders

  • Strong track record of interpreting complex financial models and transactions (e.g. M&A, disposals, financing)

Connect with our Senior Consultant, Lachlan Wilkinson, to hear more.
lachlanwilkinson@pearseprofessionals.com


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