Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
11 hours ago
Belfast
Details Reference number 426202 Salary £56,688 - £63,392 Successful candidates will be offered the minimum of the pay scale and in some circumstances salary negotiations will be dependent on the demonstration of skills and experience. All our roles come with an excellent benefits package, including the generous Civil Service Pension Scheme. Further salary increases depend entirely upon the outcome of our annual pay negotiation with central government. If you are a current Civil Servant transferring to us, your salary will be discussed in line with our pay policies. A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP Job grade Grade 7 Band F Contract type Permanent Business area CH - Finance - Finance Type of role Finance Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BG : Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ : Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8FT About the job Job summary Do you have a strong financial background, analytical mindset, and great leadership and people skills? Are you interested in driving great business results and enabling wise investment decisions for Companies House, facilitating meaningful policy outcomes? If so, we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to join Companies House as a senior leader within our Finance and Commercial Directorate. As a Senior Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager, you will oversee and lead analysis to secure our medium to long-term funding and ensure our highest-value investments achieve value for money. In doing so, you will play a critical role in ensuring the organisation can continue to offer brilliant services, achieve our ambitious Transformation and legislative reform agenda, and meet the highest standards for public expenditure. You will have the opportunity to apply your financial and analytical skills to creative problem-solving every day. You will use modern tools and platforms such as PowerBI and Alteryx to develop and maintain complex financial models and communicate insights to stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to develop your management, mentoring and development skills, with an FP&A Manager reporting to you. You will be part of a dynamic, high-performing, curious and supportive team of circa. 10 FP&A and Economics experts. Collectively, we are Companies Houses centre of excellence on complex financial modelling and medium to long-term forecasting, long-term affordability and funding advice, and value for money. We work closely alongside Finance Business Partners, Technical Accountants, Finance Operations and Commercial experts to offer a cohesive, end-end Finance and Commercial service to the organisation. Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%. Job description This role is one of two Senior FP&A Managers within Companies House, and one of four FP&A experts in total. The team are collectively responsible for three main analytical outputs: modelling to identify medium and long-term costs of our major investments, long-term costing to inform Spending Review bids, and development and maintenance of our business-critical fee model, which informs the prices of our services. It is expected that the postholder will lead the modelling on fee values ((iii) above), and around this, also support on should-cost modelling for major investments, and Spending Review bids. While this is an analytical role, it is customer-facing, with a significant amount of stakeholder engagement. Specific responsibilities and day to day tasks include: Iteration, development and maintenance of our business-critical fees and funding model. Leading annual reviews of our fee values to ensure fees are set at the cost-recovery level, in line with Managing Public Money principles. This involves working with, and building strong relationships with Grade 6 and SCS stakeholders across the business, and in other Government Departments and Agencies including DBT, HMT and INSS. Direct line management and development of a Band E/SEO FP&A Manager. Cost modelling and forecasting for major investments and projects. Recent examples have included a full re-tender and technical modernisation of our customer contact centre contract and implementation of digital identity verification processes for those setting up, running and controlling companies. Providing analysis and insight on technical topics including risk quantification and contingency, contract pricing design, modelling assumptions, efficiency quantification and sensitivity testing of model outputs. Communicating analysis, findings and insight to internal and external stakeholders of all levels including Board members - in an accessible way, ensuring the teams work has impact and drives evidence-based decision making. This includes both oral and written briefing. Continuous improvement within the FP&A function and supporting broader organisational development and financial maturity. This is likely to include upskilling on analytical software packages, delivering training across the organisation, and continuously improving our quality assurance and automation processes. Where you will be working You will be aligned to either our Cardiff, Belfast or Edinburgh office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you, however you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs. Working Hours This is a full time position of 37 hours per week. For any candidates interested in part time, the minimum hours per week we would be able to accommodate due to the nature of the role and team structure, is 30 hours. Please note: Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Person specification The successful candidate must demonstrate the following essential criteria: CCAB/CIMA (or equivalent) qualified accountant with evidence of ongoing continuing professional development. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to explain financial and analytical information to a non-technical audience. Substantial financial leadership experience. Leadership can refer to either direct line management/leadership of teams, or to leading projects and/or change within organisations. Strong grounding in analytical and modelling principles and techniques, including quality assurance, risk analysis, and sensitivity testing. Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure with competing demands, to tight deadlines. Intermediate to advanced level Microsoft Excel skills. The successful may demonstrate the following desirable characteristics: Experience within the civil service and handling of government budgetary arrangements, including Managing Public Money. Knowledge of activity-based costing methodology. An understanding of the purpose and development of should cost models. Knowledge or experience of options appraisal. Experience in a financial planning or financial analyst leadership role specifically. Experience using data analytics tools (e.g. Alteryx). Experience using data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI). Technical Skills Government Finance Function Strategic Finance Grade 7 technical framework with a particular emphasis on strategic analysis and insight, oral and written presentation skills, data and analysis interpretation, influencing senior leaders and Ministers, and proactive problem resolution. Qualifications CCAB/CIMA (or equivalent) qualification (proof will be required for a successful appointment) Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Making Effective Decisions Delivering at Pace Communicating and Influencing Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Strategic Finance Grade 7 technical framework with a particular emphasis on strategic analysis & insight, oral & written presentation skills, data & analysis interpretation, influencing senior leaders & Ministers, and proactive problem resolution. Benefits Alongside your salary of £56,688, Companies House contributes £16,422 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House were committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment ( to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. We celebrate diversity... As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring were representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers. We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. In your application form wed like you to: Tell us about your employment and education history, including key responsibilities, and achievements. Write a 750 word Personal Statement where you demonstrate the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification. The sift criteria are as follows, and we will be reviewing evidence from both your personal statement and employment/education history: CCAB/CIMA (or equivalent) qualified accountant with evidence of ongoing continuing professional development. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to explain financial and analytical information to a non-technical audience. Substantial financial leadership experience. Leadership can refer to either direct line management/leadership of teams, or to leading projects and/or change within organisations. Strong grounding in analytical and modelling principles and techniques, including quality assurance, risk analysis, and sensitivity testing. Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure with competing demands, to tight deadlines. Intermediate to advanced level Microsoft Excel skills. You must be able to demonstrate that you are a CCAB/CIMA (or equivalent) qualified accountant with evidence of ongoing continuing professional development, and that you have substantial financial leadership experience in your application. Were committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names and dates) from your employment history and statements. Sift Process Well carry out a sift of applications. As outlined above, the sift will be done by reference to essential person specification. Candidates should use the personal statement and CV to demonstrate that they meet these criteria. We may raise the score required at sift stage to progress to interview if we receive a high number of applications. At sift we may choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview. Successful candidates at sift will be invited to a virtual interview. Interview Process Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the advert. The interview will have a technical element, which may be a combination of technical questions, a presentation, and/or a task. The details of this will be confirmed if invited to interview. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles. If after interview you are not found appointable at the advertised grade you may be offered the lower grade role if you are considered to meet the skills, experience and behaviours for the lower level. The benchmark for appointing to the lower grade is set at the start of each campaign. All offers will be made in merit order. Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change) Closing Date: 03 October 2025 (at 23:55) Sift/Shortlist: w/c 06 October 2025 Interview: w/c 27 October 2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesnt include ideas or work that isnt your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own. Your application may be rejected if evidence of plagiarism or reliance on AI is detected. Examples include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own. If you are invited to interview, please be aware the use of AI tools is prohibited (including recording or note taking) and any suspected use may result in the termination of your interview and subsequent withdrawal from the campaign. More information on the ways you should and shouldnt use AI can be found here. Sponsorship Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles . The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy . Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Jade Palmer Email : Recruitment team Email : Further information We welcome applications in Welsh / Rydym yn croesawi ceisiadau yn y Gymraeg. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission . Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ