Financial Planning Analyst

Financial Planning Analyst

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£27 Per hour
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Coventry, West Midlands
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Summary: The Business Support Officer role involves ensuring compliance with governance standards and supporting capital project evaluations and budgeting processes. The position requires collaboration with stakeholders to monitor project performance and manage operational expenditure planning. Additionally, the role includes maintaining risk registers and facilitating effective communication among project stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and experience in finance or business planning functions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure compliance with standards, document control, and assurance processes across capital and operational expenditure.
  • Collaborate with the Strategic Technical Specialist to assess the feasibility of capital investment on projects and support in business case development.
  • Assist in the development of project budgets and monitor project performance to identify budget overruns or delays.
  • Support with building operational budgets and identify operational improvement opportunities.
  • Support asset management and lifecycle planning by identifying risks and opportunities for investment.
  • Maintain capital and operational budgets and expenditure in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Support with maintaining risk and opportunity registers and ensure timely escalation and reporting.
  • Adhere to change control processes and support review and approval workflows.
  • Ensure effective engagement with project stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Skills:

  • Experience in a Business Planning or Finance function; strong business acumen.
  • Experience working with Capital and/or Operational budgets.
  • Proven budget and forecasting skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong stakeholder reporting and engagement skills.
  • High attention to detail and organisational skills.
  • Understanding of planning cycles with ability to adapt to local business context.
  • Experience with cost management processes (e.g. QCRA, VfM).
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
  • Experience with Tableau or similar tools.
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
  • Good understanding of MS Office and project planning tools.
  • Knowledge of risk, issue, and change control processes.

Salary (Rate): £27.30/hour

City: Coventry

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Position Title: Business Support Officer

Duration: Contract

Location: Whitley

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

  • Governance & Assurance: Ensure compliance with standards, document control, and assurance processes across capital and operational expenditure.
  • Support implementation of governance structures across the portfolio.
  • Capital Project Evaluation: Collaborate with the Strategic Technical Specialist to assess the feasibility of capital investment on projects and support in business case development.
  • Regularly review project rankings based on strategic value, financial return and resource availability.
  • Project Budgeting & Monitoring: Assist in the development of project budgets, supporting stakeholders in the appropriate allocation of spend type.
  • Monitor project performance to identify and flag budget overruns or delays.
  • Operational Expenditure Planning: Support with building operational budgets in conjunction with customers and operations teams.
  • Identify operational improvement opportunities to support budget alignment and cost risk mitigation.
  • Assets & Lifecycle Planning: Support with asset management and tagging across local area.
  • Support asset lifecycle planning by identifying risks and opportunities for investment, both capital and operational.
  • Tools & Techniques: Maintain capital and operational budgets and expenditure in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards to visualise KPIs, timelines, and budget drawdown.
  • Risk, Opportunity & Issue Management: Support with maintaining risk and opportunity registers, support workshops, and ensure timely escalation and reporting.
  • Help identify and mitigate delivery risks.
  • Change Control: Adhere to change control processes, ensuring accurate documentation and tracking.
  • Support review and approval workflows per governance protocols.
  • Stakeholder & Communications Management: Ensure effective engagement with project stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration, including central business and buyer teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential:

  • Experience in a Business Planning or Finance function; strong business acumen.
  • Experience working with Capital and / or Operational budgets.
  • Proven budget and forecasting skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong stakeholder reporting and engagement skills.
  • High attention to detail and organisational skills.
  • Understanding of planning cycles with ability to adapt to local business context.
  • Experience with cost management processes (e.g. QCRA, VfM).
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
  • Experience with Tableau or similar tools.
  • Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
  • Good understanding of MS Office and project planning tools.
  • Knowledge of risk, issue, and change control processes.

Desirable:

  • Experience with SAP or similar finance tool.
  • Experience in engineering, infrastructure, or technical projects.
  • Knowledge of lifecycle frameworks (e.g. RIBA, V-model) including costing.
  • Familiarity with project methodologies (e.g. APM, PRINCE2).
  • Exposure to portfolio-level reporting.
  • Degree or equivalent experience in Business / Finance / Accounting.
  • Familiarity with Confluence and collaborative platforms.
  • Experience supporting lessons learned and continuous improvement.
  • Understanding of financial tracking and budget reporting.
  • Asset management experience.
  • Experience with leading or supporting internal / external audits.

Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available

*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.*

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