Strategic Projects Finance Manager

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified finance professional to join a large, forward-thinking organisation in a newly created Strategic Project Finance Manager role.

This position sits within a high-performing FP&A function and offers the chance to work on major strategic initiatives, transformation programmes and investment projects that directly influence business performance and long-term growth.

Working closely with senior finance leaders and stakeholders across the organisation, you'll provide financial insight, challenge and decision support for a diverse portfolio of strategic projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting financial planning, forecasting and budgeting for strategic projects and investment programmes.
• Developing and maintaining detailed financial models to support business cases, investment appraisals and strategic decision-making.
• Analysing project costs, financial performance, benefits realisation and associated risks.
• Producing insightful management reporting, dashboards and performance commentary for senior stakeholders.
• Partnering with project managers, operational leaders and executives to ensure financial assumptions are robust and commercially sound.
• Providing financial support on tenders, commercial opportunities and service transformation initiatives.
• Monitoring project governance, funding utilisation and post-implementation reviews.
• Collaborating with Finance, Commercial and Operational teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and project accounting.
• Driving improvements to financial planning processes, reporting tools and systems.
• Acting as a trusted business partner, translating complex financial information into meaningful commercial insight.

To be successful, you'll be a commercially minded finance professional with excellent analytical skills and experience supporting strategic business decisions.

You'll ideally have:

• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Proven experience in FP&A, commercial finance or strategic finance within a complex organisation.
• Strong financial modelling skills with experience developing business cases and investment appraisals.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, reporting and variance analysis.
• Exposure to strategic projects, transformation programmes or large-scale change initiatives.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong financial modelling capability.
• Experience with planning and reporting systems such as Adaptive Planning, Office Connect or similar would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of SQL, Tableau or other analytical tools would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence senior decision-makers.