FP&A Director

Two Circles is seeking an FP&A Director to lead its global finance function. This role involves overseeing financial planning, forecasting, and performance insight for the leadership team and investors. The Director will manage a team of 16 finance professionals, ensuring financial insights drive long-term value, operational performance, and strategic direction. The position focuses on developing a scalable, insight-driven FP&A capability to support a growing and complex organization.

Must Have

• Lead group’s business planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycles
• Provide high-quality insight to senior leadership on financial implications
• Deliver timely, accurate, and relevant financial and operational reporting
• Own financial management information and ensure data quality
• Lead cash forecasting and working capital management
• Support development and execution of Finance function’s strategy
• Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team
• Qualified accountant with 10+ years post-qualification experience in finance leadership
• In-depth experience in FP&A, financial strategies, cash flow & capital management
• Track record in providing insight & guidance to senior stakeholders & boards
• Thorough understanding of financial management & business processes
• Excellent analytical & technical skills
• Flexibility in entrepreneurial/high growth company
• Ability to work collegiately

Good to Have

• Experience working in a private equity backed business
• Experience of technology and professional services businesses
• Experience working for a fast-growing global business
• Experience in sports or a related entertainment industry
• Personal empathy with sports

Description

We are Two Circles. We grow audiences and revenues for the world’s leading sports and entertainment businesses. We help our clients know fans best. From 15 international offices Two Circles manages billions of fan data interactions on behalf of over 950 clients around the globe, with more insight into fan behaviour and desire than any other organisation. Clients include NFL, Premier League, Wimbledon, World Rugby, EA SPORTS and UEFA.

We're hiring an FP&A Director to join our dynamic growing global finance function.

The FP&A Director is responsible for delivering Two Circles’ financial planning, forecasting, and performance insight, equipping the leadership team and investors with the analysis needed for high-quality financial decision-making.

Leading a team of 16 finance professionals, the role ensures that financial insight underpins long-term value creation, operational performance, and strategic direction.

As the leader of the FP&A function, this person will develop a scalable, insight-driven capability that can support a growing and increasingly complex organisation, strengthening our ability to plan, measure, and manage performance effectively.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Strategy & Planning: Lead the group’s business planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycles, ensuring robust, efficient, and continuously improving processes and provide high-quality insight to senior leadership on the financial implications of business plans, strategic initiatives, and market dynamics.

2. Management Reporting & Analytics: Deliver timely, accurate and relevant financial and operational reporting for senior stakeholders.

3. Financial Systems, Processes & Information: Own financial management information and ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across the group.

4. Cash & Capital: Lead cash forecasting and working capital management, ensuring clarity, rigour, and proactive management across the business.

5. Finance Leadership: Support the development and execution of the Finance function’s strategy, operating model, and roadmap for improvement.

6. People & Team Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing FP&A team covering planning, reporting, analytics, cash, and systems.

Requirements

Essential

• Qualified accountant with substantial post qualification experience (min 10+ years) in finance leadership roles
• In-depth experience of FP&A, developing financial strategies, cash flow & capital management
• Track record in providing insight & guidance to senior stakeholders & boards, with real ability to influence
• Thorough understanding of financial management & business processes
• Excellent analytical & technical skills
• Flexibility required to succeed in an entrepreneurial/high growth company
• Ability to work collegiately – supporting and challenging a driven, high-energy management team

Desirable

• Experience working in a private equity backed business
• Experience of technology and professional services businesses
• Experience working for a fast-growing global business
• Experience in sports or a related entertainment industry
• Personal empathy with sports