Job Description
Our OEM Client based in Coventry, is searching for Business Planning Specialist to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity leave cover contract position.
Umbrella Pay Rate: £27.03 per hour.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
· Governance & Assurance: Ensure compliance with standards, document control & assurance processes; capital and operational expenditure. Support implementation of governance structures.
· Capital Project Evaluation: Collaborate with Technical Specialists to assess the feasibility of investment on projects and support business case development. Review project rankings based on strategic value, financial return & resource availability.
· Project Budgeting & Monitoring: Assist in the development of project budgets, supporting stakeholders with allocation of spend type. Monitor project performance for budget overruns or delays.
· Operational Expenditure Planning: Support building operational budgets with customers. Identify operational improvement opportunities to support budget alignment and cost risk mitigation.
· Assets & Lifecycle Planning: Support with asset management and tagging across local area. Support asset lifecycle planning by identifying risks and opportunities for investment (capital & operational).
· Tools & Techniques: Maintain capital and operational budgets and expenditure in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop and maintain dashboards to visualise KPIs, timelines, budget drawdown.
· Risk, Opportunity & Issue Management: Support maintenance of risk & opportunity registers. Ensure timely escalation and reporting. Identify and mitigate delivery risks.
· Change Control: Adhere to change control processes, ensuring accurate documentation and tracking. Support review and approval workflows per governance protocols.
· Stakeholder & Communications Management: Ensure effective engagement with stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration, including central business and buyer teams
· Performance Measurement & Reporting: Support definition and tracking of project delivery KPIs. Produce reports and insights to aid understanding of budget health / decision-making at project and portfolio levels.
· Reviews & Continuous Improvement: Support lessons learned sessions & embed findings into future delivery. Support continuous improvement and best practice sharing.
· Customer-Centric Delivery: Support initiatives to measure and improve delivery. Embed feedback into delivery processes to support a 'Customer Love' culture.
Essential Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required:
· Experience in a Business Planning / Finance function; strong business acumen.
· Experience working with Capital and/or Operational budgets.
· Proven budget / forecasting skills.
· Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
· Strong stakeholder reporting & engagement skills.
· High attention to detail & organisational skills.
· Understanding of planning cycles with ability to adapt to local business context.
· Experience with cost management processes (e.g. QCRA, VfM).
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