Finance Business Partner, Workforce Planning

As Workforce Planning and Accounting Manager at Informa Festivals, you'll play a vital role in our new, rapidly growing division. You'll work directly with senior finance leaders to provide crucial workforce insights that drive our strategic goals.

What you'll do:

• Lead our workforce planning by maintaining headcount forecasts and providing data-led insights to leadership
• Partner with finance teams across the business to gather timely data inputs
• Deliver monthly financial reporting to CFOs, including cost analysis and board-ready content
• Manage payroll accounting processes, ensuring accurate journal entries and reconciliations
• Run capitalization models for internal projects and explain variances to leadership
• Prepare and post Group Recharge models monthly
• Support financial planning for annual budgets, three-year plans, and monthly forecasts
• Calculate monthly bonus accruals and support HR during the annual bonus cycle
• Ensure consistency in accounting and forecasting for project-related costs
• Champion risk management by implementing appropriate controls in all work

A typical day might include:

• Analysing workforce data to identify trends and opportunities
• Creating clear financial reports that tell a story with numbers
• Collaborating with finance colleagues to resolve complex accounting issues
• Building models that provide actionable insights for decision-makers

Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant with proven experience in financial analysis
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills to build models and communicate key messages
• Problem-solving ability with intellectual curiosity
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple priorities
• Experience with Essbase, Hyperion Planning or TM1 would be beneficial
• Ability to work independently while building collaborative relationships

Additional Information:

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us.

Our benefits include:

• Annual leave: 25 days per year with the option to buy or sell five extra days.
• Pension: Up to 5% matched pension, with our pension plan defaulting to sustainable options.
• Parental leave: Enhanced Primary and Co-parent parental leave once you have been with the company for 1 year+
• Health, fitness & wellbeing: Options to purchase Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness & Health Screening.
• Charitable giving: Make regular donations to your favourite charity and use an extra day of annual leave every year to volunteer.
• Flexible working: We value output, not hours. Most of our roles ask for 3 days a week in your nearest office.
• Life assurance: Life assurance up to 4x basic salary, subject to eligibility and insurer’s underwriting.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Access to a 24-hour, free and confidential advice line.
• Income protection: We provide income protection at 50% of salary, subject to eligibility and insurer’s underwriting.
• Recommend a friend: Introduce your friends or family to Ascential and earn yourself a cash reward.
• ShareMatch: A scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares.
• Will writing service: Option to purchase an advanced or standard will.
• Cycle to work: Select a brand new bike worth up to £2,500 and spread the cost over 12 months.
• Season ticket loan: Access to an interest-free Season Ticket Loan of up to £10,000.

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer.