Overland has built its business as a specialist in the design, sourcing and then wholesale of branded footwear. More recently it has started D2C sales through the launch of its e-commerce propositions. In addition to the Karl Lagerfeld and G.H. Bass brand licenses, Dickies and Bobcat have joined the portfolio and we have exciting launch plans for both during 2026. To diversify its revenue base, Overland has also recently launched its own brands Lili Curia and Strike, both of which have ambitious growth plans and investment backing.

Our Head Office is based in Camden (with a Design Studio near Oxford Street, and Merchandising Lab in Kentish Town) but has Support offices for e-commerce in Nottingham and our sourcing operation in China. The company also has a presence in several European capitals. The company plans to move to a new office in Angel, consolidating its London operations in late 2026/early 2027.

Role Background

This is a newly created role as the company accelerates its growth toward approximately £110m of revenue over the next five years (c. 80% growth from current levels), driven by a more diversified mix of brands, channels, and customers. This increased complexity — combined with the working-capital intensity of the footwear business — creates a clear need to strengthen financial planning, forecasting, and business partnering capability. Historically, finance resource has been primarily focused on accounting and transactional processing, with more limited dedicated capacity for forward-looking planning and commercial insight.

The Head of FP&A role sits at the centre of this evolution and is one of three new roles planned within the strategic planning function: Head of FP&A, Commercial Finance Business Partner, and Commercial Reporting & Analytics Manager. Together, these roles are designed to build a more forward-looking, analytically driven finance capability.

Initially, the Head of FP&A role will have dual emphasis:

• FP&A leadership - including ownership of the planning cycle, performance reporting, and the consolidated commercial “story”.
• Business partnering responsibility for the existing, and relatively mature, Core Business (Karl Lagerfeld and G.H. Bass Wholesale).

Subject to business needs and priorities, additional analyst and business partnering resource may be added over time (12–24 months), allowing the role to become increasingly focused on FP&A leadership, with business partnering responsibilities potentially rebalanced across the wider team.

This role would suit a Senior FP&A Manager or CFBP looking to step into a first ‘Head of’ role.

Key Responsibilities

FP&A Leadership, Performance Reporting & Planning Cadence

Own and lead the company’s FP&A framework, ensuring a clear, consistent and forward-looking view of financial performance and outlook. Own and maintain consistent definitions, assumptions and methodologies across forecasts, plans and performance reporting.

Monthly Performance Reporting & Packs

• Own the monthly performance reporting cycle, working closely with the Financial Control team to ensure alignment between Management Accounts and commercial performance reporting, and to minimise ‘surprises’.
• Lead the evolution from Management Account reviews toward forward-focused monthly performance packs, and reviews with senior management (CEO & COO), combining:
• Commercial and operational drivers
• Clear narrative explaining variances, risks, and opportunities
• FY Outlook
• Ensure performance reporting moves beyond historic reporting to provide insight into forward-looking implications.

Risks & Opportunities (R&O) and FY Outlook

• Coordinate Risks & Opportunities (R&O) across the company (for both P&L & Cash).
• Maintain a rolling full-year outlook, updated monthly, that reflects:
• Trading performance
• Pipeline and orderbook changes
• Cost, margin, and inventory movements
• Ensure R&O outputs are fully integrated into forecasts and performance packs.

Planning Cycle & Consolidation Ownership

• Design, document, and own the annual planning timeline and cadence, including:
• Monthly performance updates
• Twice-yearly reforecasts
• Long-range (5Yr) planning
• Act as the central point of accountability for consolidation of planning inputs and the delivery of planning outputs.

Commercial Business Partnering (Equal Weighting Initially)

Alongside FP&A leadership, the role will provide hands-on business partnering support to a defined area of the company. Business partnering will form an equal component of the role in the initial phase, with responsibility clearly defined by division to ensure depth of insight and accountability.

Wholesale / Distributor (Karl Lagerfeld & G.H. Bass)

• Business partner to the Wholesale/Distributor arms of the Core Business.
• Own revenue forecasting and orderbook analysis.
• Support pricing decisions, margin management, and sourcing/costing discussions.
• Forecast inventory flows to support cashflow visibility, including:
• Inventory targets
• Timing of ex-factory, in-warehouse, and customer shipments.

Central Costs (Marketing & IT)

• Partner with Marketing and IT leadership on cost forecasting and budget management.
• Support evaluation of spend effectiveness and trade-offs.
• Ensure central costs are appropriately reflected in forecasts and outlooks.

Collaboration with Other Roles

• Work closely with:
• The Commercial Finance Business Partner, who will support New Licences (Bobcat/Dickies) and New Brands (Lili Curia/Strike), as well as owning Overland Retail (e-commerce). This role is not recruited yet,
• The Director of Strategic Planning, who will partner on Staff Costs & Reward, Property, Investment Appraisal, Contract Management and any M&A activity.
• Ensure consistency of assumptions, methodologies, and narratives across all business-partnered areas.

Commercial Insight & Decision Support

• Translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable insight for senior stakeholders.
• Provide scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling to support key commercial decisions.
• Ensure that forecasting and planning outputs support effective working-capital and cashflow management, particularly around inventory.

Success Measures – What good looks like in the first 6/12 months?

• A clearly defined and consistently delivered monthly performance reporting pack.
• A robust, repeatable R&O process providing a credible rolling FY outlook.
• Improved visibility and confidence in revenue, margin, inventory and cashflow forecasts.
• Strong, trusted business partnering relationships in assigned areas.
• A documented and well-run planning cadence adopted across the company.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in FP&A within a multi-brand, multi-channel or consumer-facing business.
• Demonstrated ability to operate credibly with senior leadership teams in a fast-moving commercial environment.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Proven capability in budgeting, forecasting, reforecasting and long-range planning.
• Experience consolidating complex inputs into clear, senior-ready outputs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing non-finance leaders.
• Experience in footwear, apparel, retail or consumer brands.
• Demonstrated experience forecasting inventory, margin and cashflow in a product-led business.
• Understanding of orderbooks, lead times, sourcing cycles and sell-through dynamics.