These roles can place you directly alongside boards, investors and executive teams as they make decisions around growth, investment, acquisitions, profitability, capital allocation and transformation.
Role opportunity profile
FP&A Director
Indicative UK base £110k–£175k
FP&A Directors lead planning, forecasting, performance management and forward-looking decision support. Strong profiles make planning scope, model complexity, board reporting, forecast improvement, commercial partnering and team authority visible.
The work
What work at this level can involve.
You could be leading group planning, building the financial case behind major strategic moves, directing an acquisition, challenging an investment decision, improving cash and margin or helping leadership understand which opportunities are genuinely worth pursuing.
The value of these positions is access to consequential decisions. Strong finance and strategy leaders do not simply produce information. They influence which option gets chosen and help turn that choice into execution.
Career impact
What successful contribution can look like.
Success might mean materially improving forecasting, identifying a major commercial opportunity, completing an acquisition, strengthening financial control, improving profitability or changing the strategic direction of a business.
Relevant experience can span senior finance, FP&A, corporate development, M&A, commercial finance and enterprise strategy, supported by strong judgement, analytical depth and the ability to communicate clearly at senior level.
Scope and impact
The substance behind work at this level.
Scale, authority, complexity and measurable results show what the work can carry.
Planning scope
Forecast or model complexity
Board reporting
Decision impact
Forecast improvement
Commercial partnering
Team authority
Indicative UK base salaries range from around £100k to £180k, with bonus, LTIP and equity extending many senior corporate and PE-backed packages.
The career path can move towards Group Finance Director, CFO, Head of Corporate Development, Chief Strategy Officer and broader executive leadership.
Senior corporate and PE-backed packages may extend higher through bonus, LTIP or equity.
Market & geography
Where this work sits.
UK-wide and selected international appointments across senior finance, transactions and corporate strategy.
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