Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

Location: Home-based with some travel required

Contract: Permanent – full time, Monday to Friday

Salary: £57,569.74 per annum

We are a Ministry of Justice business that provides critical and time-bound services to HMPPS and are seeking a commercially focused, analytical FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. This role offers a key opportunity to support financial planning, performance reporting, and strategic decision-making across the organisation. Working closely with the FP&A Manager and stakeholders across the business, you will support budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes, delivering high-quality analysis and insight. You will also contribute to improving reporting, strengthening data quality, and helping the business better understand its financial performance. This role is ideal for a qualified finance professional with strong analytical capability and a passion for turning data into meaningful insight.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and support annual budgets, forecasts and long-range financial plans, ensuring robust assumptions and data accuracy.
• Maintain and develop financial models, including driver-based modelling and scenario analysis.
• Support consolidation and validation of financial submissions from operational and functional teams.
• Produce monthly performance reporting, including variance analysis and clear, concise commentary on financial performance.
• Deliver insight into key trends, risks and opportunities to support informed decision-making.
• Assist in the development of reporting packs, dashboards and management information for senior leadership.
• Build effective working relationships across the business, supporting financial understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of planning, forecasting and reporting processes, as well as data quality and system outputs.

Essential skills and experience

• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, including working with large datasets and scenario analysis.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to interpret complex data and identify insights.
• Ability to produce clear, concise financial analysis and communicate findings to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience using data visualisation or reporting tools (e.g. Power BI).
• Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

Desirable

• Experience in FP&A, management accounting or commercial finance.
• Experience improving or streamlining reporting processes.
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related field.

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays.
• Non-contractual benefits include Death in Service at 4x salary, access to private GP consultations, and an Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and information services for preventative care and crisis support.
• Additional financial reward mechanisms and retailer discounts are also provided.
• The role offers a strong focus on safety, an inclusive workplace, a competitive benefits package and real opportunities to build skills and progress.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

We recognise the value that every employee brings to the organisation and are committed to ensuring consistency and fairness for all. We champion diversity and inclusion through ongoing learning and training, and provide career progression opportunities for everyone.