Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analytics
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Manage and develop the Group's financial planning, performance reporting, and analytics capability by leading annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and three-year planning processes. Coordinate planning activity across Finance Business Partners to produce consolidated financial plans and support the development of an integrated planning framework. Own the month-end reporting process to ensure management information is delivered accurately and on time, while driving continuous improvement in reporting governance and efficiency. Lead transformation initiatives to optimize finance systems, including Workday Adaptive Planning and Business Intelligence tools, to enhance automation and decision support. Oversee the development and governance of Group and SPV financial models to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and valuation activity. Work closely with the Director of FP&A and CFO to provide timely, accurate insight for strategic decisions at Executive and Board levels.
Required Qualifications
- Qualified finance professional
- Strong FP&A, commercial finance or corporate finance experience gained within a complex organisation
- Significant post-qualified experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, commercial finance or corporate finance
- Experience leading budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes
- Advanced financial modelling and analytical capability
- Experience producing Executive and Board-level reporting, management information and financial insight
- Strong knowledge of financial planning, performance reporting, finance systems and data governance
- Experience driving finance systems improvements, reporting automation or transformation initiatives
- Confidence working with complex financial and operational data to identify trends, risks and opportunities
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly
- Experience using Business Intelligence and data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Qlik
- A recognised accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA
- Experience working within REIT, SPV or infrastructure-based organisations
- Ability to lead the operational delivery of the Group's annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and Three-Year Planning processes
- Ability to coordinate planning activity across Finance Business Partners
- Ability to produce consolidated financial plans and forecasts
- Ability to support the development of an integrated planning framework aligned to UPP's wider business strategy
- Ability to lead the FP&A month-end reporting process
- Ability to ensure management information is delivered accurately, consistently and on time
- Ability to work closely with Financial Control and Finance Business Partnering teams to develop clear performance narratives
- Ability to support Executive and Board reporting
- Ability to drive continuous improvement in reporting governance, quality and efficiency
- Ability to play a central role in developing finance systems, data and analytics capability
- Ability to lead transformation initiatives focused on automation, simplification and improved decision support
- Ability to develop dashboards, KPI reporting and self-service analytics
- Ability to help the business better understand performance, risks and opportunities
- Ability to oversee the development and governance of Group and SPV financial models
- Ability to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, valuation activity, liquidity forecasting and long-term planning
- Ability to provide specialist financial modelling support across Finance and to senior stakeholders
- Ability to ensure models remain robust, accurate and fit for purpose
- Must be available for occasional travel
- Must be available for flexibility outside normal business hours
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working within REIT, SPV or infrastructure-based organisations would be an advantage but not essential
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