Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Leader

1 month ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom Venesky-Brown Full time
Job Title: Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Leader

Venesky-Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow, is currently seeking a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Leader to join their team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and supporting the development of the organisation's Financial Planning & Analysis function, providing strategic oversight and direct support to the Executive Director & Deputy Director of Finance/Director of FP&A.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead and support the development of the organisation's Financial Planning & Analysis function, providing strategic oversight and direct support to the Executive Director & Deputy Director of Finance/Director of FP&A.
  • Present findings and recommendations to inform and support strategic decision making at Senior Management Group, Finance Committee, Investment Committee, Court and to external stakeholders.
  • Lead an on-going programme of financial analysis and review of all departmental financial management information, tools, templates and reporting processes, ensuring recommendations for continuous improvement are reported, considered, implemented and measured.
  • Develop and manage robust financial data and leverage this to provide sound business and financial management information to senior leadership including identifying strategic action plans to ensure our return on investment.
  • Expected to play a lead role in optimising the service that the team provide and remove duplication and wasted effort.
  • Participate fully in the work and activities of the organisation-wide finance community to make sure policies and procedures are being consistently applied and all financial controls met.
  • Promote financial awareness and a culture of financial accountability across the department to ensure financial sustainability is central to all business activities.
  • Membership of a recognised accounting professional body.
  • Strong evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of strategic planning, budgets and forecasts.
  • Strategic thinker, ability to develop strategy and policy and implement effectively.
  • Proven strong commercial awareness with a clear understanding of key business drivers and the ability to quickly understand the strategic corporate agenda in order to work effectively in partnership with senior managers.
  • Well-developed report writing and presentation skills with the ability to present and translate comprehensive and often complex information and financial concepts for non-financial and senior colleagues.
  • Advanced skills in the use of industry standard and specialist financial and accounting software packages including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • Extensive post-qualification project accounting experience.
  • Demonstrable experience of working with and influencing across all levels of an organisation including senior management operating in a political or highly complex environment - providing direction, delivering results, building on relationships and capability and demonstrating personal resilience.
  • Extensive experience of building robust business cases with non-financial professionals and presenting these at board level.
  • Proven experience of working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team, providing financial leadership, support and challenge.
  • Proven experience of successfully contributing to continuous financial process improvement and change with demonstrable operational and financial efficiencies delivered.
  • Experience of developing innovative solutions and practical implementations for strategic change.
  • Proven project management experience, providing leadership, innovative thinking and delivery against set objectives and timelines.
Desirable Skills:
  • Post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline.
  • Ability to proactively create new pipeline of strategic FP&A related projects.
  • Experience in setting up new Finance functions.
  • F3 Experience of PowerBI/IBM Planning Analytics.


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