Financial Planning & Analysis Lead

Financial Planning and Analysis Lead Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 pro rata Contract: Fixed-Term Contract (6 Months) Hours: 35 hours per week Location: Central London (Hybrid, 1-2 days per week onsite) This is a unique opportunity for an experienced FP&A professional to join a well-established membership organisation undergoing significant change and transformation. With no dedicated FP&A function currently in place, this role has been created to provide immediate leadership across budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and management reporting. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering the next budget cycle while building stronger financial planning processes and reporting capabilities for the future. This is a highly visible position requiring an individual who can quickly establish credibility with senior stakeholders, provide commercial challenge and insight, and drive meaningful improvements across finance processes, systems and controls. What you will be doing • Lead and coordinate the full organisational budgeting process • Manage forecasting and financial planning activities • Develop a more structured and consistent FP&A framework • Improve the quality, accuracy and usefulness of management reporting • Produce insightful analysis to support strategic decision-making • Partner with budget holders and senior leaders across the organisation • Build robust financial models and business cases • Support wider finance transformation initiatives • Review and improve reporting processes, controls and systems • Help embed stronger financial discipline, accountability and governance What we are looking for You will be a genuine FP&A specialist with a proven track record of delivering budgeting, forecasting and planning processes in a complex organisatin such as a similar Royal College or membership organisation. You will bring: • Qualified accountant (CIMA, ICAEW, ACCA or equivalent). • Significant FP&A experience with a similar Royal College or membership organisation • Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial planning expertise • Advanced Excel and using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central • Experience providing and improving finance business partnering support in an organisation going through change or transformation. We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.