Lead Analyst - Financial Planning in London

Are you a qualified finance professional who enjoys shaping long-term strategy and turning complex data into meaningful insight? At Notting Hill Genesis, our financial planning function plays a critical role in ensuring we remain financially resilient while continuing to deliver affordable homes for Londoners.

As a Lead Analyst – Financial Planning, you will play a key role in shaping the organisation’s medium- and long-term financial strategy. Working closely with the Senior Financial Planning Manager, you will support the development, maintenance, and enhancement of robust financial plans that underpin the organisation’s long-term financial sustainability and growth. You’ll provide high-quality financial insight, modelling, and scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making, helping senior leaders understand the long-term implications of financial choices in an increasingly complex operating environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified finance professional who enjoys strategic analysis, collaboration, and influencing outcomes at both operational and senior levels.

How you’ll do it:

• Support the development and ongoing maintenance of medium- and long-term financial plans for complex areas of the business, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Update, refine, and enhance long-term financial models to reflect changing market conditions, risks, and organisational priorities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to integrate financial planning with wider business and strategic planning processes.
• Use financial analysis, scenario modelling, and stress testing to assess long-term risks, opportunities, and mitigations.
• Provide clear, insightful financial analysis and commentary to inform senior management and strategic decision-making.
• Support risk assessments and opportunity analysis linked to long-term financial strategies.
• Work closely with the Senior Financial Planning Manager to ensure a consistent and unified approach to financial planning.
• Support the Financial Planning Analyst and deputise for the Senior Financial Planning Manager when required.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate, timely, and insightful long-term financial analysis and forecasts.
• Contribute to strategic planning cycles through high-quality financial modelling and scenario analysis.
• Maintain strong working relationships across Finance and the wider organisation to support joined-up planning.
• Support continuous improvement in financial planning processes, tools, and capability.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, learning, and analytical excellence within the team.

The ideal candidate:

We believe great service starts with great people. You’ll be a values-driven finance professional who enjoys working collaboratively and bringing clarity to complex financial challenges.

Essential:

• CCAB-recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with experience supporting strategic decision-making.
• Experience working with multiple business areas to coordinate and centralise planning activity.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly.
• Advanced Excel skills and a willingness to develop skills in D365 and Power BI.
• Evidence of building effective working relationships within Finance and across wider stakeholders.
• Understanding of operational and tactical decision-making within a complex organisation.

Desirable:

• Experience using Brixx or similar long-term financial planning tools.

Hybrid arrangements: at least two days a week in an office. On other days, working from home may be possible, depending on the work needed and the interaction required.

Behaviours for success: You will live our values and bring them to life through your work: Compassionate – putting people and residents at the heart of decisions. Progressive – striving for continuous improvement and innovation. Dependable – consistently delivering high-quality, reliable outcomes. Inclusive – valuing diversity and collaboration across all teams. Empowered – enabling others to achieve their best.

What’s in it for you? Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning and development options to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay (qualifying period may apply).
• Employee assistance – free confidential advice and counselling services.
• Health cash plan.
• Staff discounts across hundreds of retailers, gyms, restaurants, and entertainment venues.
• Interest-free loans (season ticket, tenancy deposit, and training loans).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance – 4x annual salary.

All about us: Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

Selection Process:

• Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 01 February 2026.
• Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment.
• Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview.

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.