Head of Planning

3 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom The National Trust for Scotland Full time

**JOB PURPOSE**
- This role will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Planning and Analysis Team and related functions within the Trust. This includes the following key areas:_
- _Tri-Annual Budget Process,_
- _Quarterly Forecasting,_
- _Monthly Performance reporting,_
- _Strategic and Project Planning,_
- _Financial Support for Decision making,_
- _Analysis and insight reporting,_
- _Business Partner Support across the Trust._
- An area of priority will be to lead and guide the team in the design and roll-out of a 3 year Budget Planning Process. It is expected that the Head of Planning and Analysis will strive to improve the breadth of business partnering support provided to the Trust through the on-going development of finance systems and processes, and coaching and mentoring the team to provide appropriate financial advice and support._
- Reporting to the Finance Director, the postholder is required to support them in delivering programmes of work that meet the Trust’s objectives._

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**

As a senior manager in the Finance Team:

- Lead and manage the Planning and Analysis Team, ensuring that they are supported, developed and performance managed in accordance with the HR policies of the Trust to ensure that the functions of the team are delivered efficiently and effectively, and members of the team are able to continually improve and develop.
- Develop and maintain best in class Financial Performance reporting which provides clarity and insight to all stakeholders, ensuring that Forecasting and Reporting is accurate and presented in an appropriate format for users.
- Provide Insightful advice and guidance to support the long term sustainability of the organization having due consideration of the Trusts policies and principles.
- Provide insightful Financial Support and Guidance to all key decisions and Projects in the Trust.
- Provide strong leadership support to corporate services operations, including capital projects
- Lead the creation and roll out of the corporate wide 3 year operating plans, co-ordinating all Budget Holders.
- Working with and influencing the Senior Managers of the Trust to ensure that they are supported and guided to achieve financial objectives within budget.
- Active member of the Finance management team and will be involved in supporting cross-Trust initiatives and representing the Finance team in these.
- Support the Finance Director in the leadership of the development and implementation of a sustainable structure and culture for the team which embodies the Trust’s values and focuses the team on customer service, performance and stewardship.

In relation to the key areas of responsibility for specific role:

- **Strategic Planning**

Working closely with the Senior team to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan. Understand the Trust wide strategy and the KPIs which are important

Lead project based work, including owning financial modelling for the Trust wide FP&A
- **Planning and Forecasting**

Developing and owning the rolling 3-year model

Coordination and production of the consolidated Annual Operating Plan and Quarterly Forecasts, including presentation to Exco,

Managing a team responsible for the entire forecasting process; managing revenue, costs and KPI’s,

Update forecasts for each region and Team, and consolidate the forecasts for the Trust

Business partner with Regions and different departments to attain relevant information and support them to build their annual budgets and forecasts

Evaluate previous budgets and expenditure performance to inform the development and implementation of future budgets
- **Analysis and Insight**

Provide insights to senior management, around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability

Producing models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors

Analyse financial and operational results to better understand company performance

Utilising BI tools to deliver meaningful insights into business performance
- **Reporting**

Produce regular, relevant and insightful forecasting and planning packs for reporting to key stakeholders

Communicate results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations

Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £62,125.00-£69,027.00 per year

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 12/05/2023

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