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Job Description
Base salary: £47450 pa to c.£59300 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. 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 coordinated and holistic approach that successfully links scheduling, procurement, and resourcing requirements.
About the role:
Principal accountabilities include (but are not limited to) supporting the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis by:
1. Leading the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review.
2. Developing and setting clear timetables, guidance, templates, and communications for use by the business that capture all relevant supporting information behind plans and forecasts.
3. Critically reviewing and challenging business plans, assessing plans for their affordability, value for money, timing, and impact on programme delivery.
4. Engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders and partner functions (such as planning, procurement, contract management, and HR teams) to ensure a holistic view is taken to the required capabilities and resources needed to effectively deliver plans.
5. Utilising data analytics to provide insightful MI and drive consensus between senior stakeholders.
6. Managing and controlling the process for all budget requirements.
7. Producing key financial management information and reporting as required.
8. Actively promoting and embedding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and supporting and complying with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.
About you:
Skills:
1. Ability to use ERP systems, utilising data analytics software and complex Excel models.
2. Ability to deliver value-adding MI and ensure effective financial controls within a major project.
3. Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, communicate, and develop consensus with both internal and external stakeholders.
4. Ability to prioritise, making insightful recommendations on the options for allocation of scarce resources.
5. Liaising and coordinating with Finance Business Partners to ensure a thorough understanding of the programme schedule and company support requirements.
Knowledge:
1. Ability to interpret and communicate complex financial issues to non-financial colleagues and to secure compliance with Managing Public Money.
2. Knowledge of Government accounting requirements (DEL/AME funding) to ensure compliance of business plans with delegated authority.
3. CCAB Qualified accountant.
Type of Experience:
1. Experience of driving output-focused, activity-based budgets and forecasts.
2. Leading the process for development of the annual business plan and budget setting processes within funding caps set by the Spending Review.
3. Engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders and partner functions (such as planning, procurement, contract management, and HR teams).
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.
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.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high-speed rail network. HS2 Ltd aims to create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent, leading in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff.
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