Financial Planning Analyst

Join us in shaping the financial insight behind some of the world’s most innovative engineering projects, and help influence the strategic decisions that drive our global success.

This person can be based in our Bath office on a hybrid working model.

At Buro Happold, we believe that great outcomes are driven by insight. As our new Financial Planning Analyst, you will play a key role in strengthening our financial capability, helping to guide strategic decisions across the business. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative finance team, influence meaningful change, and contribute to the success of an international engineering and consulting practice.

As a Financial Planning Analyst, you will support our FP&A function through high‑quality financial analysis, modelling, reporting and business partnering. Your work will help steer forecasting, resource allocation, and long‑term financial performance across the organisation.

This role offers the chance to work closely with senior stakeholders, contribute to continuous improvements, and develop your professional expertise within a diverse global business.

• Build, maintain and enhance financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, long‑range planning and scenario analysis.
• Analyse financial performance, identify trends and variances, and communicate key drivers clearly.
• Translate data into actionable insights and recommendations for senior leaders.

• Support the annual budget cycle and periodic reforecasts.
• Consolidate business unit submissions, challenge assumptions and ensure accuracy.
• Partner with functional leads to understand operational impacts on financial outcomes.

• Prepare clear, concise monthly management reporting packs.
• Develop dashboards and KPI tools to enhance visibility of business performance.
• Present insights to non‑financial audiences in a compelling and data‑driven way.

• Build strong relationships across Finance and wider support teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor, helping teams understand financial implications and opportunities.
• Support ad‑hoc analysis for strategic initiatives and business decisions.

• Identify ways to streamline reporting and automate manual workflows.
• Contribute to enhancements in planning tools, systems, and financial processes.

• Experience in FP&A, management reporting or financial analysis (professional services experience desirable).
• Strong financial modelling skills and proficiency with advanced Excel functions.
• Ability to analyse complex data sets and communicate insights clearly.
• Comfortable making sound judgements when working with imperfect data.
• Strong organisational skills, able to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Qualified CIMA / ACA / ACCA.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau and/or SQL.
• Experience in engineering, construction or professional services sectors.
• Familiarity with Agresso and Deltek Vantagepoint is beneficial but not essential.
• Exposure to continuous improvement or process optimisation.

At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• 10% Car allowance.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships…