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 - 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 the process for all budget requirements; 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 ensure 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-focused, 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. 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.
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£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 - 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 the process for all budget requirements; 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 ensure 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-focused, 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. 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.
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