Financial Planning & Analysis Director

Financial Planning & Analysis Director Department: Finance Employment Type: Freelance Location: London, UK Description Elliptic is a high- growth SaaS business seeking an energetic, ambitious Interim FP&A Director to lead and elevate our FP&A function. This is a 6‑month contract (with potential extension), based in London with a hybrid working model, starting ASAP and reporting directly to our CFO. Key Responsibilities Planning and forecasting Support and enhance rolling forecasts and scenario planning across base, upside and downside cases. Collaborate on annual and mid‑year planning, helping align GTM capacity, product roadmap and hiring plans with targets. Work with the team to translate company strategy into financial plans, targets, and metrics. Develop scenario analyses and sensitivities for key strategic choices. Revenue and GTM analytics Partner with RevOps and the FP&A team to enhance bookings and ARR forecasting, pipeline‑to‑revenue conversion, pricing and discounting guardrails. Expand cohort analysis capabilities for retention and expansion, including NRR, GDR and churn drivers. Support commission plan modelling and performance analytics. Performance management Contribute to monthly KPI packs and board materials - ensuring alignment on definition & measurement across functions. Help track Growth Efficiency Index, Burn Multiple, CAC payback and unit economics, and develop supporting narrative for investors. Work with functional leaders to establish variance analysis and corrective action routines. Business partnering and leadership Support the CFO and Execs as a thought partner, contributing to narrative for investors and board. Collaborate with and mentor the FP&A function, helping enhance tooling, processes and data quality. Work alongside the team to optimize cross‑functional data flow between CRM, billing, data warehouse and ERP. Fundraising and investor support Build and refine fundraising materials: financial model, metrics, and narrative. Support investor outreach with data-backed talking points and analyses. Assist in preparing and running the financial workstream for due diligence, including Q&A. Reporting insight and alignment Support on cross functional reporting alignment, sourcing from one version of the truth. Partner with Ops to ensure source data accuracy. Support identification of key KPIs and analysis for dashboards. Contribute to creating live dashboards for real time strategic decision making. Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Significant experience in FP&A or Strategic Finance, including scale-up environments Expert financial modelling and scenario planning skills Strong grasp of SaaS metrics and unit economics Exceptional communication: can simplify complexity for non-finance stakeholders Comfortable operating hands-on while influencing at Exec and Board level Nice to have: fintech, crypto, or compliance/RegTech experience; experience with modern FP&A tooling, proven track record supporting equity fundraising and diligence Job Benefits > How we work: Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space > Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development > Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays An extra day for your birthday Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. > Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries £100 Crypto for you! Cycle to Work Scheme