FP&A Lead

The role

The FP&A Lead will build and own financial planning across Lawhive's multi-entity UK and US group. This person will establish the foundations of the function, owning forecasting, budgeting, and financial modelling end to end.

What you will do

• Lead group-level forecasting across revenue, headcount, costs and cash flow.
• Build and own financial models that support strategic planning and investment decisions.
• Analyse performance, identifying key drivers, risks and opportunities.
• Lead scenario modelling, long-range planning and sensitivity analysis.
• Partner with senior leaders to understand performance, risks and future requirements.
• Translate financial insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Provide commercial and financial guidance on new initiatives and operational decisions.
• Influence decision-making through strong relationships and high-quality financial analysis.
• Own group-level management reporting, delivering clear analysis and performance insights.
• Establish scalable FP&A processes, tools and reporting frameworks from the ground up.

Required qualifications

• Significant FP&A, commercial finance or strategic finance experience.
• Proven ownership of financial planning.
• Experience building or transforming FP&A processes.
• Strong multi-entity experience, including standardising planning and reporting at group level.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills.
• Excellent financial modelling capabilities.
• Confident analysing complex datasets and translating insights into clear recommendations.
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decisions.
• Strong understanding of revenue models, costs, margins and operational metrics.
• Experience improving financial processes through automation, ideally using AI.
• Highly analytical, commercially minded and intellectually curious.
• A hands-on self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, builds structure and drives continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Experience building or transforming FP&A processes, ideally in a startup or scale-up environment.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits: 'Premium' plan with 100% employee cover and 50% dependent cover
• Vacation: 20 days + 11 Federal holidays + 1 day of Birthday leave
• 401k: Matching contribution up to 2% of salary
• Equity: Options in Lawhive LTD

Before you apply

• Introductory call with our Talent team
• 1:1 with your hiring team
• Skills assessment interview
• Values interview with one of our Founders

About the company

Lawhive is a global, AI-native law firm operating in the US and UK. They have built an agentic operating system for legal services and are backed by a $60M Series B.