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Head of FP&ANapier AI • Belfast, Northern Ireland, GB
Head of FP&A

Head of FP&A

Napier AI • Belfast, Northern Ireland, GB
30+ days ago
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Description

Imagine catching criminals before they strike - that’s exactly what Napier’s AI-powered platform does! By analysing transactions and customers in real time, Napier AI’s technology empowers financial institutions to spot suspicious activity, like money laundering, and stops it in its tracks.

Napier AI’s technology works like a digital detective, combining AI with smart analytics to outthink criminals and protect people’s money from becoming criminal proceeds. It’s not just about stopping crime - it’s about making the financial world safer and more trustworthy for everyone.

Collaboration, innovation and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to bring your career to Napier. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, creativity, and opportunity in everything we do.

Overview of the role:

The Head of FP&A is a senior role responsible for leading Napier’s planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support, and for fundamentally redesigning how the FP&A function operates. Reporting to the CFO, you will not simply run existing processes – you will rebuild them, taking an AI-native approach to forecasting, modelling, and management information. This is a hands-on role at a pivotal moment for the business: the priority is to establish a credible, well-controlled and forward-looking finance engine that supports Napier’s ambitious growth plans.

You will be the commercial finance drumbeat of the business, owning the core financial models and reporting that the board, investors and lenders rely on, and driving business outcomes by surfacing powerful insight to drive Exco decision making. This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role: you will set the standard for how planning, scenario modelling and performance insight are delivered, and embed AI and automation into the way the function works rather than bolting it on afterwards.

Your day to day: Head of FP&A

Financial Strategy & Planning
  • Own the companywide budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range planning cycles, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment with strategic goals.
  • Continuously improve financial models with reference to AI native approaches, improving accuracy, efficiency and insight delivered
  • Ensure data foundations are in place to support a move to AI native approaches across finance and the wider business.
Performance Reporting & Insight
  • Lead monthly and quarterly performance reporting, including variance analysis, commercial insights, and recommendations for the Executive Leadership Team.
  • Elevate financial storytelling through dashboards, visualisations, and insight that drives action and supports decision making. Challenge the status quo to have impact, don’t accept “good enough” strive for leading approaches that move the dial.
Business Partnering
  • Act as a strategic advisor to senior stakeholders across Product, GTM, Sales, Operations, and Engineering.
  • Support commercial decision‑making, in particular pricing strategy and investment cases.
M&A, Transactions, & Corporate Development
  • Support strategic projects including M&A, due diligence, and transaction analysis—drive the business to transaction-readiness – maintaining the quality of financial data, models and reporting needed to support diligence and strategic processes.
Operational Excellence
  • Re-engineer financial systems, data and reporting around AI and automation – improving data integrity, forecasting accuracy and the speed of the close and reporting cycle.
  • Drive continuous improvement across all FP&A workflows.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls and support audit requirements.

Do you have what it takes?

  • Professional qualification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent) preferred.
  • 7+ years’ experience in financial planning & analysis, ideally within SaaS, fintech, or fast‑growth technology businesses.
  • Advanced three‑statement modelling and financial analysis expertise.
  • Strong experience partnering with senior leaders in commercial, product, and operational teams.
  • Exposure to PE-backed environments, lender/covenant reporting or transaction diligence is an advantage.
  • Highly proficient with Excel, financial systems (NetSuite, HubSpot), and modern BI tools.
  • Genuine appetite to build an AI-native finance function – comfortable implementing the use of AI and automation tools in day-to-day forecasting, modelling and reporting, not just talking about them.
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills - able to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, high‑growth, data‑driven environment.

Why Napier?

  • Comprehensive private healthcare through AXA covering optical, audio & dental.
  • 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday and a wellness day
  • Dedicated pension plan through Aviva.
  • Life Insurance 4x your annual salary.
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave.
  • Income protections policy.
  • Work from anywhere for up to 1 month.
  • Access to our employee wellbeing programme.
  • Gym membership discounts.
  • Flexibility in work schedules and locations, ensuring a work-life balance.
    • This role can be fulfilled either with a hybrid approach or fully in-office – depending on your preference.
  • An open and flexible culture that allows you to work in the best way for you.
Please note applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. We are unable to offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. We are compliance technology specialists. Our platform is founded on broad experience and deep expertise; and our products increase efficiency and minimise risk by successfully combining big data technologies with AI and machine learning. It all adds up to the world’s first truly intelligent compliance platform.

But tech is only half the story. Our intelligent approach is applied to underpin your policy, process and procedure, so you can focus on specific outcomes. The Napier platform is fast, scalable and easily configurable, as well as user-friendly. It rapidly strengthens your AML defences and trade compliance capabilities, while meeting your company’s compliance obligations and challenges in any sector.
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