This is a newly created role for a highly acquisitive private equity backed business in Leeds.The role will play a crucial role within this financially robust organisation, and take responsibility for building models, providing commercial insights and visibility to the business, influencing key business decisions and results.You will work closely alongside the FD and take overall responsibility for the financial planning, building models and providing financial insight and recommendations to the board of directors. The role would be ideally suited to someone with a corporate finance/MandA background - either in practice or industry Reporting to the FD the main responsibilities are:Design, build, and maintain integrated financial models across PandL, balance sheet, and cash flowOwn driver-based planning, forecasting, and medium-term plan modelsLead financial modelling for investment cases, pricing decisions, and MandA analysisRun and coordinate budgeting, forecasting, and medium-term planning processes, including templates, models, and timetablesCoordinate inputs from Finance Business Partners and wider stakeholdersContinuously improve planning processes to become more efficientDevelop unit economics, cohort analysis, and profitability modelsUse Excel as the core modelling platform, complemented by flexible use of Power BI or similar tools for analysis and visualisationThe successful candidate will:Be a fully qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) - EssentialHave experience in B