Our OEM Client based in Whitley, Coventry, is searching for a Finance Planning Analyst to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity cover contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Governance & Assurance: Ensure compliance with standards, document control & assurance processes; capital and operational expenditure. Support implementation of governance structures.
- Capital Project Evaluation: Collaborate with Technical Specialists to assess the feasibility of investment on projects and support business case development. Review project rankings based on strategic value, financial return & resource availability.
- Project Budgeting & Monitoring: Assist in the development of project budgets, supporting stakeholders with allocation of spend type. Monitor project performance for budget overruns or delays.
- Operational Expenditure Planning: Support building operational budgets with customers. Identify operational improvement opportunities to support budget alignment and cost risk mitigation.
- Assets & Lifecycle Planning: Support with asset management and tagging across local area. Support asset lifecycle planning by identifying risks and opportunities for investment (capital & operational).
- Tools & Techniques: Maintain capital and operational budgets and expenditure in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop and maintain dashboards to visualise KPIs, timelines, budget drawdown.
- Risk, Opportunity & Issue Management: Support maintenance of risk & opportunity registers. Ensure timely escalation and reporting. Identify and mitigate delivery risks.
- Change Control: Adhere to change control processes, ensuring accurate documentation and tracking. Support review and approval workflows per governance protocols.
- Stakeholder & Communications Management: Ensure effective engagement with stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration, including central business and buyer teams.
- Performance Measurement & Reporting: Support definition and tracking of project delivery KPIs. Produce reports and insights to aid understanding of budget health / decision-making at project and portfolio levels.
- Reviews & Continuous Improvement: Support lessons learned sessions & embed findings into future delivery. Support continuous improvement and best practice sharing.
- Customer-Centric Delivery: Support initiatives to measure and improve delivery. Embed feedback into delivery processes to support a ‘Customer Love’ culture.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required
- Experience in a Business Planning / Finance function; strong business acumen.
- Experience working with Capital and/or Operational budgets.
- Proven budget / forecasting skills.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
- Strong stakeholder reporting & engagement skills.
- High attention to detail & organisational skills.
- Understanding of planning cycles with ability to adapt to local business context.
- Experience with cost management processes (e.g. QCRA, VfM).
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
- Experience with Tableau or similar tools.
- Proficient in MS Tools.
- Knowledge of risk, issue, and change control processes.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required
- Experience with SAP or similar finance tool.
- Experience in engineering, infrastructure, or technical project.
- Knowledge of lifecycle frameworks (e.g. RIBA, V-model) including costing.
- Familiarity with project methodologies (e.g. APM, PRINCE2).
- Exposure to portfolio-level reporting.
- Degree or equivalent experience in Business / Finance / Accounting.
- Familiarity with Confluence / collaborative platforms.
- Experience supporting lessons learned & continuous improvement.
- Financial tracking and budget reporting.
- Asset management experience.
- Experience with leading or supporting audits.
- Proficient in Jira / codi.
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