FP&A Team Lead

Who we are

The role

The day-to-day

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Own the annual budget and multi-year long-range plan across all business units, domains and geographie

• Build and maintain a rolling 12-month forecast updated monthly, with full P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and capital plan integration

• Design scenario models (bull / base / bear) that stress-test revenue against contract win rates, programme timelines and geopolitical variables

• Lead the monthly financial review cycle — packaging actuals vs forecast vs budget with clear variance analysis and management commentary

• Own overhead cost tracking and cross-functional cost allocation models, ensuring programme margins are correctly stated

IPO Readiness & Investor Reporting

• Build the financial model underpinning Helsing's IPO equity story — revenue quality, gross margin trajectory, EBITDA bridge, cash burn and path to profitability

• Develop and maintain the investor KPI dashboard: ARR, NRR, contract backlog, revenue per employee and gross margin by product line and domain

• Prepare investor reporting, board packs and capital markets materials to the standard expected by institutional investors

Capital & Strategic Finance

• Build and own the capital allocation framework — how Helsing decides which programmes, markets and M&A targets to invest in

• Model CAPEX vs OPEX trade-offs for major investment decisions including facility expansion, owned hardware platforms and data centre infrastructure

• Analyse and propose capital optimisation levers including lease vs own, build vs buy, and government grant or subsidised financing opportunities (EIB, export credit agencies, national defence industrial funds)

• Support the CFO on term sheet analysis, financing structures and debt covenant modelling

• Own working capital management — programme billing milestones, payment terms with governments and primes, and cash flow optimisation

Business Partnering & Decision Support

• Translate operational plans into financial outcomes as a direct partner to the VP Business Finance and CEO

• Build financial models for major business decisions: new market entry, domain expansion, pricing strategy and headcount investment cases

• Analyse defence contract economics across contract types — cost-plus, T&M, fixed-price, IDIQ — and ensure bidding and revenue recognition reflect the correct financial treatment under IFRS 15

• Partner with the M&A team on financial due diligence for acquisition targets and post-close integration financial modelling

Systems, Data & AI-First Finance

• Lead the selection and implementation of Helsing's FP&A tooling — from planning platform (Anaplan, Pigment, Cube, or equivalent) to management reporting stack

• Build AI-powered forecasting models that draw on contract backlog data, programme burn rates and external defence budget signals

• Design the finance data architecture — ensuring planning data is clean, auditable and connected to the ERP

• Develop and deploy AI agents for automated variance analysis, forecast generation and board reporting — reducing manual effort and increasing analytical depth

• Define and own the single source of truth for all financial KPIs across the organisation

You should apply if you

• Have built an FP&A function from scratch — no inherited team, no legacy tools, no established process — and can demonstrate the planning infrastructure, reporting architecture and team you created

• Have operated successfully in a high-growth, venture-backed or recently listed technology environment and understand the financial complexity of scaling across multiple geographies and contract types

• Can build three-statement integrated financial models from first principles and model complex defence contract structures (cost-plus, T&M, fixed-price, milestone billing) under IFRS 15

• Have selected and implemented modern FP&A tooling and take an AI-first approach to forecasting, variance analysis and reporting — you do not accept manual processes where automation can deliver greater analytical depth

• Communicate the financial narrative clearly and concisely to non-financial audiences, including a Board with deep capital markets and valuation expertise

• Are business-fluent in English and able to operate across Helsing's multi-jurisdiction footprint

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to Have

• Experience in defence, aerospace, deep tech or dual-use technology — including programme accounting, government procurement cycles and the financial complexity of classified programmes

• IPO experience — either as a member of an IPO team, a CFO's direct report through a listing, or in an investment banking or private equity context advising on IPO transactions

• Deep knowl