Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Low Carbon is a purpose-driven company that creates large-scale renewable energy in the global fight against climate change. Our mission is to protect the planet for future generations while delivering positive returns for our communities and investors. Our goal is to produce as much new renewable energy as possible while limiting our own environmental impact. We do this by developing, investing in, and operating large-scale renewable energy projects across the globe.

Our people and culture are really important to us. We are friendly, approachable, and professional. We value enthusiasm, entrepreneurialism, clear communication, and drive. This, combined with our purpose and passion for climate change, is why our colleagues recommend Low Carbon as a great place to work.

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager will report to the Group Commercial Finance Director, ensuring the delivery of high-quality Financial Planning & Analysis services to Low Carbon, enabling both Group Finance and Commercial Finance Directors. The person in this role will work with internal and external stakeholders, Commercial Finance Directors and stakeholders in our lines of business to reduce inefficiency, rework, and fragmentation at Group level. A key objective of the role is to reduce manual effort and duplication, and to ensure that senior stakeholders can rely on timely, consistent, and decision-useful financial information.

The job holder will work alongside transformation and IT teams to embed activities into business as usual and optimise the use of IT to make the collation, aggregation and analysis of data more efficient and effective. This role is office based in London (Pall Mall).

• Develop templates and standard reports in support of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial analysis.
• Work closely with the IT team to automate and improve data flow and analysis, linking data via The Park central database, and assisting in the creation of centralised dashboards using tools such as SQL, Python and Power BI.
• Apply Group guidelines and knowledge of lines of business to produce the budgets and forecasts.
• Improve and standardise the group forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of month end reporting packs, management reports, and other ad-hoc reports including management reporting for local management, commentary to explain performance and variances, and attend meetings where appropriate.
• Review and analyse performance vs budget, latest forecast and prior year.
• Prepare insightful financial analysis, highlighting key areas of opportunity and risk.
• Own the coordination of the Common Assumptions Workbook (CAW), ensuring consistency of financial, macroeconomic, and operational assumptions across forecasts, budgets, and valuation models.
• Support the Valuation Committee by coordinating inputs, enforcing assumption discipline, and ensuring alignment with the Group Valuation Policy.
• Act as a key interface between FP&A, Strategy and Investment Teams regarding valuation approaches.
• Maintain close relationships with stakeholder groups to ensure responsiveness to their needs and escalation to resolution of internal performance problems.
• Technology business partner / champion for ongoing finance systems transformation.

• Demonstrable experience in FP&A related functions.
• Ability to manage a number of activities with multiple stakeholders and follow through to the conclusion.
• Ability to work effectively with senior management across all functional areas.
• Excellent verbal / written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to analyse complex problems, identify proactive solutions and implement change in a team-oriented environment.
• Detailed Financial data, systems, process and governance knowledge.
• Experience working with SQL and / or Power BI, are important to this role as a key bridge to the technology strategy, transitioning modelling, planning and analysis capability into modern tooling.
• Proven ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement relating to processes and operational performance across organisations to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction.

26 days holiday plus your birthday off (with option to buy a further 5 days). Discretionary Bonus. Private Healthcare for you and your family (medical history disregarded). Contributory Pension. Season Ticket Loan. Pluxee for commercial discounts and perks. 3 additional days for volunteering to support causes of your choice.