About The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Corporate Planning Manager to join our Corporate Planning team within the Finance & Assurance directorate. This role is responsible for designing, leading, and embedding a brand-new corporate planning process that will help turn our ambitious strategy into action.
About You
You’re a strategic leader with a strong background in corporate planning, data analysis and organisational change. You’re confident working with senior stakeholders and can influence, challenge and support decision‑making at the highest levels. You bring a collaborative and coaching mindset, with the ability to guide and upskill others in planning processes. You’re comfortable navigating complexity, bringing together data, insight and people to create clear, actionable plans. You thrive in a fast‑paced environment, are driven by continuous improvement and are passionate about delivering high‑quality outcomes.
You’ll Have
* Strong experience leading corporate or strategic planning processes within a complex organisation
* Proven ability to align financial and activity planning to support strategic delivery
* Experience analysing and interpreting complex data to provide insight for senior stakeholders
* Strong leadership and people‑management experience, with the ability to coach and develop others
* Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working at senior leadership level
* Experience designing tools, templates and processes that enable effective planning
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging outputs
* A track record of driving continuous improvement and embedding new ways of working
What You’ll Focus On
* Leading the design and delivery of a new corporate planning process and end‑to‑end plan
* Aligning activity and financial planning through a “plan then fund” model
* Supporting the rollout of planning processes across the organisation and embedding change
* Managing corporate planning communications and reporting requirements
* Designing and delivering user‑friendly tools, templates and frameworks for planning
* Providing expert analysis of internal and external data to inform strategic decision‑making
* Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders to drive engagement and collaboration
* Coaching and training colleagues to strengthen planning capability across the organisation
* Facilitating planning workshops with leaders and stakeholders
* Developing and maintaining a centre of excellence for corporate and operational planning
* Championing high standards, accountability and continuous improvement across planning processes
* Leading and developing team members, fostering a high‑performing, supportive culture
Benefits & Diversity
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We encourage applications from people with disabilities, people who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background, and those who are under‑represented in our workforce.
Your application may be anonymised for fairness; we aim to provide at least 48 hours notice if we close earlier than the advertised closing date.
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