Senior Finance Planning & Strategy Manager

Bristol, Gloucestershire
Sja’s West
Senior Finance Planning & Strategy Manager (Commercial Training)

This role leads the teams who deliver the Business Partnering, Planning, forecasting, analytics, and financial reporting for the businesses across Enterprise (Training, Supplies, Trade Marketing). The role is a key leadership position within the Finance team for driving commercial analysis and insights to support and direct strategic decision making, track and govern spend, and lead the revenue forecasting to forward-plan resources.

Preferred locations: London, Bristol, Sheffield, or Birmingham
FTC/6-9 Months
Closing Date: 03/02/2025

Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work-life balance, and to be recognized for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health, and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays, and shopping.

About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,416 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training, and campaigning. As a charity with a rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

Job Summary
This role leads the teams who deliver the Business Partnering, Planning, forecasting, analytics, and financial reporting for the businesses across Enterprise (Training, Supplies, Trade Marketing). Responsible for supporting management accounting and business partnering to Enterprise, including budgeting and interim forecasts, ensuring they align to strategic operational plans. Working in partnership with the Commercial Director & Heads of across Enterprise, the role governs pricing and discounting to deliver margin, providing insight and analysis to the teams and tracking progress.

About You
You will be educated to degree level, hold a professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), have a minimum of 5 years PQE experience in commercial finance roles, experience in pricing and analyzing bids and contracts, margin management, and significant experience in managing the day-to-day, monthly, and forecasting management accounting processes.

About the Role

• Provide a best-in-class finance business partnering service to Enterprise and key stakeholders regarding commercial activities.
• Provide strong support to the Head of Financial Planning & Analysis through the delivery of high-quality business and financial analysis.
• Provide financial acumen, support, and challenge to St John’s income generation teams, including pricing and financial analysis of new and existing contracts.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to provide accurate and on-time monthly management accounts, forecasts, and annual budgets.
• Provide leadership support and line management to the Finance and Planning, Performance & Commercial Analytics team.
• Accountable for the commercial planning in terms of the commercial training schedule to meet profitability and budget requirements.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply).

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

St John Ambulance is committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role.