The Growth Company (GC) has an excellent opportunity for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager. The role will be to drive the forecasting and budgeting processes across assigned Business Units, delivering comprehensive financial analysis and insights to the Senior Management Team (SMT) and Managing Director (MD). Lead commercial modelling for tenders and commercial business opportunities, ensuring robust financial evaluation across the lifetime of the contract. Collaborate on strategic decision-making, offering expert financial guidance, critical analysis, and operational support to optimise Business Unit performance. GC is an award-winning, accredited, social enterprise with a mission to enable growth, create jobs and improve lives. We deliver a range of services, working with customers and stakeholders to achieve our vision of a society where economic growth and prosperity is inclusive, sustainable and leaves no person or community behind. This is a Fixed Term Contract Role to 18/07/2025 Key Responsibilities: Develop and implement financial systems and processes tailored to meet GC's evolving business needs. Ensure timely and accurate preparation of GC financial budgets, forecasts, and other appropriate financial management information to support and challenge Business Units SMT and MDs. Lead and co-ordinate the annual budgeting process ensuring full alignment to the Group GC Budget process and GC business plan. Conduct comprehensive financial modelling for tenders, commercial opportunities, and grant claims to facilitate informed decision-making. Work with the Finance Reporting team to ensure effective collaboration on management accounts and the companies cashflow. Provide accurate cash forecasting in relation to business planning. Financial support throughout the entire contract lifecycle, from tendering to contract closeouts, ensuring financial rigor and compliance. Provide external financial reporting to commissioning bodies that are accurate and timely, with a thorough narrative. Facilitate financial support for Business Unit SMTs and business review meetings, offering valuable insights and guidance. Deliver insightful financial analysis covering effective cost management and margin maximisation on contracts. To maintain schedules to support the annual audit cycle, with particular focus on revenue recognition, understanding core accounting principles. Provide strategic and operational financial input into GC projects and initiatives as required. Ensure all responsibilities are met accurately and are managed robustly to strict deadlines. About You: Have significant experience in finance with, at least, 2 years experience withinFinancial Planning and Analysis (F. P & A) or a similar finance function. Financial analysis and reporting. Developing financial models for analysis and review. Managing and leading annual Budgeting processes and effective forecasting. Experience in robust and meaningful financial analysis. Requirements: Hold a recognised accounting qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or be qualified by experience. Educated to degree level or equivalent. Understanding of Financial Reporting Standards and their application. Excellent analytical, organisational, and interpersonal skills. Advanced Excel knowledge and application. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this. If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community. As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team. We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. Were supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage. GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible. All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.