Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager
Location: Flexible / Hybrid
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
At Barnardo's, we believe in transforming the lives of children and young people. As our Finance function continues to evolve, we are investing in strengthening our Financial Planning & Analysis capability and are seeking an outstanding Senior FP&A Manager to play a pivotal role in the next stage of our transformation.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded finance leader to deliver a high-performing FP&A function that provides robust planning, forecasting, analysis and performance reporting to support strategic decision-making across one of the UK's leading children's charities. The role will also play a key part in driving continuous improvement and supporting the development of future finance systems and processes.
About the Role
Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the Senior FP&A Manager will lead and coordinate all financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities across the organisation. You will be responsible for ensuring budgets, forecasts and performance reporting are delivered to the highest standard, providing clear, actionable insight to support decision-making at Executive and Trustee level.
You will own the annual budgeting process, three-year financial planning cycle and monthly group performance reporting, while also leading the transformation and standardisation of FP&A processes, systems, and reporting. Acting as a centre of excellence for financial modelling and investment appraisal, you will support strategic projects and help build FP&A capability across the wider Finance team.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the end-to-end strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes across the Charity.
- Coordinate and challenge inputs from Finance Business Partnering teams to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality.
- Consolidate group-wide budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans.
- Produce the annual budget and three-year financial plan aligned with organisational objectives.
- Support the integration of strategic initiatives into financial plans.
Performance Analysis & Reporting
- Lead the production of the monthly Group Performance Pack, ensuring insightful, accurate and timely reporting.
- Provide meaningful analysis, commentary, and recommendations to support senior leadership decision-making.
- Deliver high-quality financial reports and presentations for the Executive Leadership Team and Trustees.
- Provide actionable insight on KPIs, financial performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop dashboards and data visualisations that improve access to financial information and support informed decisions.
Strategic Support
- Partner with senior leaders on financial modelling for strategic projects and initiatives.
- Own and enhance the Charity's investment appraisal framework, ensuring robust evaluation of projects and business cases.
- Act as the organisation's centre of excellence for financial modelling, supporting scenario planning and strategic analysis.
- Coach and support Finance colleagues in developing modelling best practice.
Process Improvement & Systems
- Drive continuous improvement within FP&A, embedding automation, standardisation, and best practice.
- Support the transformation of FP&A systems and capabilities in partnership with Finance Systems and Digital, Data & Technology teams.
- Ensure strong data integrity, governance and reporting accuracy across all FP&A processes and outputs.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Build strong and trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, including Directors and the Executive Leadership Team.
- Present complex financial information clearly and confidently to both financial and non-financial audiences.
- Influence decision-making through high-quality analysis, insight and recommendations.
About You
We're looking for a highly capable finance professional who combines strong technical expertise with strategic thinking and exceptional stakeholder management skills.
You'll bring:
- Significant experience in FP&A, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting within a complex organisation.
- Proven experience producing executive-level reporting and strategic financial analysis.
- Advanced financial modelling and investment appraisal expertise.
- A track record of driving process improvement, systems development, and finance transformation.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience leading, coaching, and developing finance professionals.
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Why Join Barnardo's?
This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of Finance at Barnardo's, ensuring that financial insight drives better decisions and ultimately supports our mission to make a lasting difference to the lives of children, young people, and families across the UK.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Pre-employment checks will be required for the successful candidate.
Apply today and help us build a stronger future for children and young people.
