Head of FP&A & Corporate Finance

At a Glance

Us: Fast-growing startup of 100+ people. We are a remote-first team, mainly based in the UK. YC alumni (summer 2019) and Series A funding of 32$m in 2023. Our mission is to revolutionise how the world learns about people, so people can revolutionise the world.🚀

Salary: £88,000-90,000 + bonus + share options

The Role

The Finance team is responsible for providing data-driven insights to inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. We’re seeking a Head of FP&A & Corporate Finance to expand our strategic finance capabilities. We are offering a high-profile position with lots of involvement in revenue forecasting, investment planning, M&A activities, strategic projects, business insights and tools.

This is a high-impact role that will offer substantial senior leadership exposure and the opportunity to drive long-term shareholder value in a hyper-growth tech environment.

Alongside your FP&A role you will be responsible for identifying and leading M&A activity and driving regional acquisition growth strategies for the business.  You will manage transactions through due diligence, execution and post deal integration.

What you'll be doing

• Develop Group financial models for business use as well as and multi year and investment forecasting, with additional focus on sensitivity analysis and scenario planning

• Develop and maintain operational metrics and KPI dashboards - supporting Rev Ops in revenue forecasting, monitoring and reporting.

• Work closely with the CFO and Head of Finance to produce analysis and reports to support annual budgeting, key investment decisions, M&A acquisitions etc.

• Utilising BI tools to deliver meaningful insights into investment and business performance

• Creating business tools such as pricing models to facilitate strategic decision making

• Developing a deep understanding of Prolific’s’ business model and competitive landscape, including market segment economics, product and market strategies, pricing and customers.

• Leading the identification of potential M&A opportunities by leveraging multiple streams including desktop review, market research and collaboration with other stakeholders

• Completing business valuations by researching comparable transactions and comparable quoted companies

• Successfully leading due diligence processes

• Liaise with clients, law firms, banks, equity providers, vendors and purchasers in the delivery of corporate finance transactions

Ideal candidate:

• ACA or CIMA qualified with strong academics (2:1 or above in degree)

• 3-5 years of experience in some combination of investment banking, consulting, corporate finance / strategic finance, revenue ops at a pre-IPO technology company

• Advanced Financial Modelling and data analytics experience is essential

• M&A experience essential

• Power BI or other data insights tools experience essential

• Tech/Saas/PLG company experience a strong advantage

• Investment Management experience a strong bonus

• A strategic thinker who can translate financial data into actionable insights.

• A collaborative team player who can work closely with Board level and key stakeholders

• Effective project and process management skills; able to prioritise, highly organised, independent, and self-motivated in a fast-paced environment

• Knowledge of Python and SQL is a plus