Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Introduction

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Salary £90,000 To £110,000 Depending On Experience

Permanent

Hybrid Home & Folkestone

Saga Travel is entering an exciting period of transformation, bringing the financial operations of our travel brands together into one clear, connected operating model. As our newly created Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how financial insight supports commercial decision-making across a £500m+ turnover business.

Reporting into, and working closely with, senior leaders including the CFO and CEO of Saga Travel, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening financial performance, shaping commercial strategy and supporting long‑term value creation.

This is a high-impact leadership role with end-to-end FP&A accountability, including ownership of the five‑year plan, budgets, forecasts, KPI governance and Board/Executive reporting. You’ll turn complex financial data into clear, compelling insight that helps guide critical business decisions.

Leading a team of five across Business Partnering and FP&A, you’ll bring strategic judgement, commercial curiosity and the confidence to challenge, influence and guide teams through transformation and growth.

This role is hybrid, with 3–4 days per week based in Folkestone, reflecting the close partnership you’ll build across Travel Operations, Marketing and senior leadership.

• Travel-wide accountability for financial planning integrity, P&L accuracy, and a cohesive financial narrative to underpin business decision making.
• Owns Travel financial performance & planning, sets standards for forecasting, KPI framework and Exec reporting
• Drives cross‑functional alignment across business functions, ensuring Finance strategically shapes commercial decisions.

• End-to-end ownership of the P&L with financial accountability for revenue, gross profit, marketing and overhead costs, ensuring accuracy, transparency and Exec insight.
• Lead Five-Year Plan, budgeting and forecasting, owning the planning cycle across multiple business functions
• Lead a high performing FP&A team with standardised best practice processes with accountability and ownership
• Own planning systems and models, driving automation and data integrity
• Lead month end P&L with robust analytical review

• Lead business partnering across multi functions including commercial, operations, product and marketing teams, challenge and create value added
• Drive performance management with product economic insight and operational levers influencing the P&L.
• Own commercial performance narrative, synthesising commercial, operational and financial outcomes into clear insight that informs Exec Board‑level understanding.
• Deliver commercial modelling and decision analysis.
• Provide key business partner support for Travel marketing including commercial risk / return assessments ensuring insights provide tangible results
• Ownership of Travel overheads

You will already be a credible finance leader who can step into this Head of FP&A role for a FTSE 250. Ideally you will have some knowledge of the Travel Industry or have been working for a large business operation that is customer facing. You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience;

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with experience operating at senior leadership level across FP&A and Commercial Finance.
• Proven owner of planning and performance, including budgeting, forecasting and full P&L accountability.
• Advanced commercial insight & modelling capability, understanding of customer, product & pricing, operational and market drivers.
• Exceptional senior stakeholder influence, able to engage, challenge and shape decision making at c-suite and Board level.
• Have a track record leading high performing finance teams, embedding scalable, insight driven planning and performance disciplines.
• High proficiency in planning, analytics and MI tools (e.g., Workday, advanced Excel) including automation, systems enhancement and reporting transformation