Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst/Finance Manager - Property/Network

Hertfordshire (Hybrid – 3 days in office)

Permanent

A high‑growth business is seeking a Finance Manager – Network & Property to join its commercial finance team.

This newly created, high‑impact role partners closely with senior stakeholders across property, operations, and strategy. You’ll play a key role in evaluating and shaping investment decisions across a growing physical network, including new site rollouts and optimisation of existing infrastructure.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining strategic finance, modelling, and commercial decision‑making in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.

• Lead end‑to‑end financial modelling for new site investments and expansion projects
• Build robust business cases, including scenario modelling across capex, real‑estate, and logistics considerations
• Partner with property and development teams on site acquisitions, negotiations, and lease decisions
• Own post‑investment reviews
  , providing insight to improve future capital allocation
• Manage and track capex budgets
  , ensuring strong cost control and cash flow management
• Support innovation across network capacity and investment appraisal tools, leveraging systems and automation

• Qualified accountant (or equivalent) with strong FP&A / commercial finance experience
• Proven track record building complex financial models and business cases from scratch
• Experience in capex‑heavy, operational, or multi‑site environments (e.g. retail, logistics, infrastructure, property)
• Strong commercial acumen with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders
• Highly analytical, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working with ambiguity
• Experience or interest in leveraging systems/tools to improve financial processes

• Key strategic role with high visibility and stakeholder exposure
• Opportunity to shape investment decisions in a scaling, data‑driven business
• Broad scope across property, operations, and long‑term planning
• Strong benefits package, including bonus, pension, and hybrid working