Head of Planning & Forecasting

Location: City of Edinburgh

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** Head of Planning & Forecasting*
* ** Edinburgh or London (Hybrid)*
* ** Permanent**   **£Competitive + excellent benefits + career progression
** FNZ is seeking a
** Head of Planning & Forecasting
** to join our FP&A Finance team and lead financial planning across the organisation.  This is a senior finance leadership opportunity with responsibility for ensuring FNZ has a clear, robust and forward-looking view of financial performance.  You'll lead the annual budget, rolling forecasts, long-range planning and scenario analysis, partnering closely with senior stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, Functions and Executive leadership.  Combining strategic thinking with deep FP&A expertise, you'll strengthen financial planning and decision-making, challenge assumptions, and ensure financial plans are closely connected to FNZ's strategic and commercial priorities.

** The Opportunity
** As
** Head of Planning**, you'll take ownership of the financial planning cycle within FP&A, leading budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning across the business.  You'll establish an integrated approach to planning across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and operational drivers, while providing senior management, Executive and Board-level audiences with clear analysis and actionable financial insight.  You'll also lead and develop the planning team and play a key role in transforming FNZ's planning capabilities, including leading the implementation and ongoing development of
** Anaplan**.  This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced FP&A leader to combine
** strategic planning, senior business partnering, transformation and people leadership
** in a complex global organisation.

** What You'll Be Doing*
* ** Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting*
* * Leading FNZ's annual budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and aligned with strategic priorities
* Developing an integrated planning approach across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and key operational drivers
* Owning the planning timetable, governance, assumptions and review processes, ensuring clear accountability across Finance and the wider business
* Driving improvements in forecast accuracy, planning efficiency and financial transparency
* Ensuring planning activities provide a robust and forward-looking view of financial performance   
** Strategic Analysis & Decision Support*
* * Providing clear analysis of forecasts, plans and financial assumptions, identifying key trends, risks, opportunities and business drivers
* Translating complex financial information into concise, actionable recommendations for senior management, Executive and Board-level audiences
* Leading scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to help the organisation understand potential financial outcomes
* Providing management information and financial insight to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions and transformation programmes
* Constructively challenging financial assumptions and commercial plans to improve decision-making and financial outcomes   
** Senior Business Partnering*
* * Partnering with senior business leaders to embed financial discipline and improve the quality of financial planning
* Acting as a trusted adviser to Finance leadership, providing independent challenge on financial outlook, planning assumptions and strategic choices
* Building strong relationships across Finance Business Partnering, Controllership, Treasury, Strategy and Operational teams
* Presenting complex planning outputs clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders
* Connecting financial planning with FNZ's wider strategic and commercial priorities   
** Leadership, Systems & Continuous Improvement*
* * Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing planning team, setting clear expectations and strengthening analytical capability
* Improving planning processes, models and templates to reduce manual effort and increase the quality of insight
* Leading the implementation, embedding and ongoing development of
** Anaplan
* * as FNZ's new planning system
* Ensuring Anaplan supports robust budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, scenario modelling and business partnering
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