FP&A Manager

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Job Description

Base salary: £47450 pa to c.£59300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As the FP & A Manager you will be responsible for leading the business planning and forecasting process and delivering consolidated financial performance reporting to senior management and external stakeholders ensuring a co-ordinated and holistic approach that successfully links scheduling, procurement and resourcing requirements.

About the role:

Principal accountabilities to include (but not limited to) supporting the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis by:

• Leading the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review. Support the development of an output driven, activity-based budget, clearly aligned to programme delivery requirements, making clear and reasoned recommendations to the Executive and the HS2 Ltd Board;
• Develop and set clear timetables, guidance, templates and communications for use by the business that capture all relevant supporting information behind plans and forecasts;
• Critically review and challenge business plans, assessing plans for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery;
• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders and partner functions (such as planning, procurement, contract management and HR teams) to ensure a holistic view taken to the required capabilities and resources needed to effectively deliver plans;
• Utilise data analytics to provide insightful MI and drive consensus between senior stakeholders;
• Manage and control process for all budget requirements; have to be achieved)
• Produce key financial management information and reporting as required
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About you:

Skills:

• Ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models;
• Ability to deliver value adding MI and ensuring effective financial controls within a major project;
• Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders;
• Ability to prioritise, making insightful recommendations on the options for allocation of scarce resources;
• Effective stakeholder management, with the ability to engage, communicate and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders;
• Liaise and co-ordinate with Finance Business Partners to ensure thorough understanding of the programme schedule and company support requirements;

Knowledge:

• Ability to interpret and communicate complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues and to secure compliance with Managing Public Money;
• Knowledge of Government accounting requirements (DEL/AME funding) to ensure compliance of business plans with delegated authority;
• Critically review and challenge business plans, assessing plans for their affordability, value for money, timing and impact on programme delivery;
• CCAB Qualified accountant;
• Development of output driven, activity based budgets, clearly aligned to programme delivery requirements, making clear and reasoned recommendations to the Executive and the HS2 Ltd Board;

Type of Experience:

• Experience of driving output focussed, activity-based budgets and forecasts
• Leading the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review
• Develop and set clear timetables, guidance, templates and communications for use by the business that capture all relevant supporting information behind plans and forecasts
• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders and partner functions (such as planning, procurement, contract management and HR teams) to ensure a holistic view taken to the required capabilities and resources needed to effectively deliver plans.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

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Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.