FP&A Specialist
About this role
FP&A Specialist/Group FP&A Lead: Build Our Forecasting Function from Scratch
Remote (Ireland or UK) | Reporting to the Group CFO | Yomali
Why This Role Exists
Yomali has never had a formal forecasting capability, and that's about to change.
We're a privately-held group of e-commerce businesses (HelpGrid, BuyGoods, MaxWeb and more). Today our leaders don't have a consistent way to forecast revenue and costs, understand variance, or be held accountable to their numbers. We're building that capability from the ground up. The forecasting model will be built in Excel and loaded into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for reporting against actuals. We need someone who has built models like this before to lead the build.
This isn't a role where you inherit a working model and keep the lights on. You're building the model.
What You'll Own
Design, build and maintain our driver-based Excel forecasting and budgeting model, starting with HelpGrid, BuyGoods and MaxWeb
Load the outputs into Business Central and report forecast versus actual
Own the accountability loop, making sure business leaders understand, use and stand behind their forecasts
Build visibility of the cost base down to supplier level, working with our Financial Controllers
Run what-if and scenario analysis for leadership
Evolve the model as we grow, so it scales and can move into a dedicated planning platform when the time is right
You'll work directly with our Group CFO, Financial Controllers and business unit leaders, with real autonomy and real visibility into how the business runs.
What Success Looks Like
First 3–6 months:The foundations of the Excel forecasting model are in place. The revenue and cost drivers for HelpGrid, BuyGoods and MaxWeb are built and tested, and the outputs are loading into Business Central.
12 months: A full 12-month budget is built and loaded. There's a regular rhythm of forecast-versus-actual conversations between Finance and business leaders, who use Finance's numbers in their own performance reviews. Supplier-level spend reporting is live.
What We're Looking For
Substantial hands-on FP&A experience , including having personally built a driver-based forecasting or budgeting model in Excel from scratch, not just maintained or administered one that already existed
Advanced Excel financial modelling: scenario analysis, clear model structure and integrity checks. You should also be comfortable reviewing and improving a model someone else built
Comfortable owning forecast-vs-actual conversations directly with business stakeholders, including pushing back when the numbers don't add up
Able to explain the numbers clearly to non-finance leaders
Genuinely energised by complex "what-if" modelling, not just running the base forecast but exploring what a new market or acquisition could look like
Able to work autonomously, without a team beneath you or an established playbook to follow
Experience loading budget or forecast data into an ERP and reporting against actuals is helpful. Business Central or NAV is a plus, but any ERP (Oracle, SAP, Sage, Workday, NetSuite or similar) is fine
Experience with a dedicated planning platform (Anaplan, Vena, Planful, Adaptive, Datarails, Pigment or similar) is a bonus, not a requirement
Professional finance qualification (CIMA/CGMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) preferred, not required
Who Thrives Here
You'll do well here if you're the kind of person who gets excited by ambiguity rather than overwhelmed by it. There's no existing FP&A team to lean on. You'll be it, with our CFO backing you up. You'll need to be strategic about sequencing (one business at a time, not all three at once) and comfortable holding your ground with senior stakeholders who are new to forecasting.
This role won't suit someone who needs an established process, a team of analysts to delegate to, or quick, fully-validated wins in the first few months. It will suit someone who wants to point at a forecasting capability in a year's time and say "I built that."
Why People Stay / Love Working Here
Our finance team spans Malta, Switzerland, the Philippines and the UK & Ireland, around 11 people in Finance and roughly 600 across the wider Group. The culture is genuinely open: people want to evolve how things are done, there's no bureaucracy slowing you down, and our CFO leads by trusting people to own their remit rather than micromanaging it.
What's In It For You
Genuine ownership: you're not maintaining someone else's model, you're building the Group's forecasting capability from day one
Direct access and visibility: you'll work closely with the Group CFO and business unit leaders, not buried in a large finance function
Fully remote, 9am–5pm UK/Ireland time
Competitive salary: Ireland: €68,000–€92,000 base | UK: £62,000–£82,000 base
A rare chance to shape how an entire Group forecasts and makes decisions. This isn't a role you'll find advertised often
Interview Process
Initial conversation with Talent
Interview with Group CFO, e.g. a forecasting scenario or model walk-through
Final stakeholder conversation with CEO and Group CFO
We move quickly and keep candidates informed at every stage.
About Yomali
Yomali is a privately-held group of e-commerce businesses, including HelpGrid, BuyGoods and MaxWeb, operating fully remotely across the globe. We're a lean, close-knit organisation where finance, operations and leadership work closely together — and where the person who builds something owns it.
Permanent capital model — no outside investor pressure for a quick exit, which lets the business plan long-term and protect culture rather than chase short-term numbers
600+ team members across 42 countries, driving $1B+ in online sales volume
10+ autonomous businesses, each with its own CEO, management team and brand — decentralized, not a single monolithic company
Founded 2019 with a "Build, Buy, Grow" philosophy, hands-on operator experience rather than pure capital
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