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About the Role
Foundry is seeking a Head of Commercial Finance and Strategy to shape and drive the company’s financial planning, commercial strategy, and data transformation. This critical leadership role acts as a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team, leading the Commercial Finance function and owning key corporate strategy initiatives. The opportunity involves driving significant change, modernizing processes, and managing the M&A pipeline to support the company's ambition to grow beyond $100m ARR.
Responsibilities
- Lead all budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking.
- Deliver high-impact monthly/quarterly reporting and coordinate the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for executive leadership and Roper Technologies.
- Partner with the CCO, CPO, CFO, and GTM leaders to evaluate sales and product performance, shape pricing and revenue models, and build business cases for strategic investments.
- Transform the Commercial Finance function into a data enablement centre of excellence, establishing a single source of truth and integrating AI-driven insights.
- Steer strategic decisions through market sizing models and competitive analysis.
- Partner with the executive team to evaluate M&A opportunities, manage diligence, build financial models, and craft Value Creation Plans.
- Mentor and develop a high-performing team, scale the commercial finance tech stack, and embed a culture of commercial acumen, cross-functional collaboration, and accountability.
Requirements
- Significant senior leadership experience in finance, with a proven track record in a Head of FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Strategy role.
- Preference for backgrounds in fast-paced, high-growth media & entertainment, software or technology businesses.
- Experience in leveraging data and AI to solve business challenges, drive operational improvements and deliver clear commercial insights.
- An inquisitive, proactive, strategic and commercial mindset with experience in corporate strategy, M&A evaluation and execution, and pricing strategy.
- Deep expertise in financial modelling, forecasting, and reporting within a recurring revenue business model.
- Proven ability and ambition to drive change at scale and a natural aptitude for leadership through influence across all levels of an organisation.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distil complex financial and strategic information into clear, actionable insights for an executive audience.
- A recognised accounting qualification (e.g. ACA) and/or MBA.
Skills
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Commercial Finance
- Corporate Strategy
- Data Transformation
- AI Integration
- Business Case Development
- M&A Evaluation
- Financial Modelling
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Pricing Strategy
- Market Sizing
- Competitive Analysis
- Leadership
- Communication
- Presentation Skills
Location
- Soho
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Leadership
Education Level
- ACA qualification
- MBA
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension scheme & life assurance
- Health cash plan & medical insurance
- Season ticket loan
- Company’s social events
- Personal Annual Development Time
- Passion Days
- Anniversary Day off
About the Company
- Foundry is a market-leading developer of visual effects software used globally by leading artists, designers, and creative professionals in films, episodic content, games, and commercials.
- Our software has been used by every Oscar-winner for best VFX and every Emmy-winner for best drama in the past decade.
- High-profile examples include Succession, Game of Thrones, The Crown, Avatar, Dune, Star Wars, Inception, and Gravity.
- Headquartered in Soho with operations worldwide, Foundry is owned by Roper Technologies, a diversified technology company with ~$8bn revenue, managing a portfolio of 29 market-leading software companies.