- Business Planning Manager . Public Sector, West Midlands
- Inside IR35 (DOE) 6 month Contract. Inside IR35
About Our Client
The organisation operates in the Public Sector in the Midlands.
Job Description
- Lead the organisation's planning and performance reporting framework, ensuring strategic objectives are translated into clear, measurable delivery plans.
- Oversee the end-to-end planning and operational performance reporting cycle, providing timely insight to support decision-making.
- Partner with senior leaders to support prioritisation activities, providing analysis and recommendations that enable successful delivery of strategic goals.
- Establish and maintain effective planning governance, reporting structures, and performance management frameworks.
- Define and embed planning and performance standards, ensuring a consistent approach across the organisation.
- Monitor delivery progress, resource capacity, and organisational performance to support both immediate and long-term planning decisions.
- Provide constructive challenge and expert guidance to teams on performance management, KPI development, and reporting.
- Lead the development, publication, and ongoing monitoring of the annual Business Plan, ensuring progress is tracked and communicated effectively.
- Inspire, coach, and develop a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and excellence in reporting and analysis.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring planning and performance services meet business needs and support informed investment and strategic decisions.
- Drive the continuous enhancement of planning processes, reporting capabilities, and performance insight across the organisation.
The Successful Applicant
- Relevant Project or Programme Management Qualification such as APM or Prince 2.
- Experience working as a business planning manager in the public sector
- Experience in leading, directing and developing a team to deliver effective planning and performance reporting at an organisational level.
- Experience of applied knowledge and understanding of both business and financial planning.
- Experience of managing business planning cycles and operational performance management reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders throughout all layers of the organisation.
- Ability to collaborate and coordinate work, especially through teams who do not directly report to you.
- Excellent presentation skills, able to present data in an engaging and easily absorbed manner.
- Proven analytical capability with experience of with experience of interpreting and communicating complex data into clear decision-making support insights.
- Experience of providing both strategic and operational advice and decision-making support to senior stakeholders.
What's on Offer
- Interim Business Planning Manager
- Home-based with ad hoc travel - Midlands
- Daily rate Inside IR35
- 6 month contract
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