The posting
FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER – GLOBAL EXPANSION & FP&A
WHAT IS THE JOB?
This is a rare opportunity to own core FP&A and business partnering at a pivotal stage in our global growth. Operating from our UK headquarters, you will build on the foundations already in place, bringing commercial insight, structure, and ambition to how we plan, forecast, and make decisions across Montu’s European businesses and emerging international markets.
You will be a trusted partner to leaders across Commercial, Marketing, Technology, and the wider business. Crucially, you will act as the dedicated financial bridge between our UK base and local country operations—building, running, and refining local country reporting and forecast models hand-in-hand with local Country Managers and GM-1 stakeholders as we scale into new territories including LATAM, Ireland, Poland, and New Zealand.
Your insight and robust local modelling will directly shape strategic decisions, investment priorities, and market performance at leadership level, ensuring we capture new opportunities while keeping execution errors to a minimum.
WHAT YOU WILL OWN
1. Local Country Reporting & Forecasting
- Local Model Ownership: Design, build, and run localized financial reporting, budgeting, and forecast models from the UK base for international markets (Brazil, Ireland, Poland, New Zealand).
- Partnering with Country Managers: Work directly alongside local Country Managers and GM-1 stakeholders to translate regional market dynamics into accurate financial forecasts, helping them navigate local operational complexities.
- Performance Tracking: Monitor local market performance against targets, ensuring regional teams have the analytical visibility required to execute growth plans effectively and minimize error rates.
2. Financial Planning & Modelling
- Set the financial planning cadence for expansion regions, owning and continuously evolving the models that underpin scenario planning and three-way modelling.
- Lead aspects of the annual budgeting cycle and regular re-forecasts end-to-end, setting a high standard for how the business plans internationally.
- Support long-term planning and investment decisions with robust commercial modelling and business case development.
3. Performance, KPIs & Business Partnering
- Act as a key commercial partner to functional and regional leads, translating numbers into clear insights and helping hold teams accountable to budgets and OKRs.
- Support the Finance GM in defining and tracking vital operational and financial KPIs across expanding markets.
- Own monthly reporting and variance analysis, uncovering the story behind the numbers to influence strategic direction.
4. FP&A Collaboration & Cash Flow Governance
- Partner closely with the existing FP&A Manager to integrate international country forecasts and expansion targets into the core group financial model.
- Co-own elements of three-way financial modelling (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow), ensuring robust cash flow forecasting and working capital management across expanding entities.
- Monitor business plan execution with other departments.
5. Tooling, Data & Continuous Improvement
- Collaborate with the Data & Analytics team to automate reporting and improve the quality, speed, and accessibility of financial data across regions.
- Bring a continuous improvement mindset—spotting opportunities for better process, tooling, and reporting before they become bottlenecks.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Experience: Strong experience (typically 4–7 years) in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering, ideally gained in a fast-paced, scaling, or internationally expanding environment.
- Qualifications: Fully ACA, CIMA, ACCA qualified (or equivalent), with strong financial modelling and planning expertise.
- Attention to detail: Focusing on the details, seeing the patterns and ability to communicate these details efficiently and effectively.
- Modelling Skills: Demonstrated experience building and owning complex financial models (including P&L or three-way forecasts) from scratch.
- Country Partnering Capability/Multi-cultural experience: Proven ability to build trusted relationships and work effectively with remote stakeholders, country heads, or operational leaders.
- Commercial Mindset: Genuinely curious about the whole business, with the ability to communicate financial data clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Remote management: Be able to manage multiple timezones from GMT.
- Agility & Ownership: Comfort with significant ambiguity and a track record of taking full ownership in high-growth, evolving environments.
- Building: build and integrate from Excel to ERP
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in regulated industries (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare) or high-volume D2C / tech-enabled businesses.
- Prior exposure to medical cannabis (CBPM) or cross-border supply chain operations.
- Experience selecting and implementing FP&A or reporting tools/platforms (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan).
WHY THIS ROLE?
- Genuine Ownership: You are shaping and running the local models and reporting structures that will drive our international footprint.
- Visibility: Direct exposure to senior leadership, Country Managers, and strategic decision-making from day one.
- Growth: A supportive environment with a clear path for professional development as the finance function scales with the business.
- Impact: Your models and insight will directly shape how the company plans, invests, and grows patient access to modern medical treatments.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Generous Leave: 25 days holiday (rising to 27 after year one and 30 after year three) + 8 bank holidays.
- Pension Matching: Up to 5% employer matching contributions.
- Flexibility and Wellness: Work-from-home options, cycle-to-work scheme, private healthcare and more.
- Growth Opportunities: Collaborate across teams with support to grow your skills and impact.
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave.
About Us
Montu is a leading digital health company specialising in cannabis-based medicines (CBPM), dedicated to improving patient access to safe and effective treatments. Our mission is to transform lives by combining innovative technology with high-quality clinical care, ensuring patients receive the support they need at every step of their journey.
As a fast-growing organisation, we offer a collaborative and supportive environment where talented people can develop their careers while contributing to meaningful change in healthcare. At Montu UK, your work has a direct impact on improving patients’ lives and expanding access to modern medical treatments.
