Planning and Reporting Lead

This role is critical in aligning financial and operational strategies with the company's vision, ensuring robust performance monitoring, and delivering actionable insights to senior leadership and stakeholders. The successful candidate will drive collaboration across departments to ensure cohesive planning and reporting processes that enable informed decision-making.

An industry leading infrastructure business that has recently carried out a massive project within Central London which has propelled their name within the space.

Develop and implement the company's strategic business planning framework to ensure alignment with overarching corporate goals and objectives.

• Lead the creation of the annual multi-year business plan, incorporating financial, operational, and strategic priorities.
• Prepare deliverable for Price Control reviews, ensuring alignment with internal business planning outputs and participating in benchmarking of functions and costs.
• Perform scenario planning and risk analysis to support strategic decision-making, and provide assistance with regulatory matters as needed.
• Manage the preparation of detailed monthly performance reports encompassing financial, operational, and strategic metrics for executive leadership, the board, and key stakeholders, including Liaison Committee submissions.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to deliver real-time visibility into business performance.
• Ensure all reporting adheres to regulatory requirements and corporate governance standards.
• Lead the preparation of annual and semiannual reports in accordance with group license and statutory requirements, managing relationships with external providers such as graphic designers and proofreaders.
• Develop and manage the annual report delivery plan, collaborating with internal department heads such as Legal and Company Secretariat to produce content for the front section of the report.
• Work closely with the wider finance team to prepare key content and coordinate information flow with external auditors, ensuring timely delivery of the annual report.
• Oversee the preparation and delivery of presentation materials for board workshops, audit and finance committees, and board meetings.
• Continuously improve planning and reporting processes, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Drive innovation in data analysis and reporting to support strategic initiatives.

Minimum of 3-4 years' experience in strategic business planning and reporting, ideally within the infrastructure or utilities sector.

• Demonstrated ability to lead project work streams with strong interpersonal and influencing skills to engage key stakeholders effectively.
• Proficient in financial and business intelligence tools such as Excel, Power BI, and ERP systems.
• Solid understanding of Corporate Governance Code requirements.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Clear and effective communication and presentation abilities.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder management experience.
• High attention to detail with a strong commitment to producing high-quality outputs.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under pressure.

Competitive base salary. Hybrid working policy, 2-3 days per week in Central London office. Pension contribution.