Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

Location

Home-based with some travel required

Contract

Permanent - full time, Monday to Friday

Salary

£57,569.74 per annum

We are a Ministry of Justice business who provide critical and time-bound services to HMPPS, and are looking for a commercially focused and analytical FP&A Analyst to join our Finance team. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting financial planning, performance reporting, and strategic decision-making across the organisation.

Working closely with the FP&A Manager and stakeholders across the business, you'll support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, while delivering high-quality analysis and insight. You'll also contribute to improving reporting, strengthening data quality, and helping the business better understand its financial performance. This role is ideal for a qualified finance professional with strong analytical capability and a passion for turning data into meaningful insight.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and support annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans, ensuring robust assumptions and data accuracy
• Maintain and develop financial models, including driver-based modelling and scenario analysis
• Support consolidation and validation of financial submissions from operational and functional teams
• Produce monthly performance reporting, including variance analysis and clear, concise commentary on financial performance
• Deliver insight into key trends, risks, and opportunities to support informed decision-making
• Assist in the development of reporting packs, dashboards, and management information for senior leadership
• Build effective working relationships across the business, supporting financial understanding for non-finance stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement of planning, forecasting, and reporting processes, as well as data quality and system outputs

It takes hundreds of people to keep prison estates functioning, and as the Facilities Maintenance Team we are committed to driving smooth and safe operation. Everything we do impacts every prisoner, employee, and visitor, and wider to the families and community. We're looking for someone to contribute to our mission who is organised, collaborative, and committed to delivering high-quality work with:

Essential skills and experience

• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, including working with large datasets and scenario analysis
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to interpret complex data and identify insights
• Ability to produce clear, concise financial analysis and communicate findings to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Experience using data visualisation or reporting tools (e.g. Power BI)
• Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Desirable

• Experience in FP&A, management accounting, or commercial finance
• Experience improving or streamlining reporting processes
• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field

Welcome to careers at Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL).

Joining us is your chance to help ensure prisons are secure and safe for prisoners and prison staff alike, and to play your part in helping prisoners reintegrate into society.

Holidays are 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays, and a range of non-contractual benefits are provided. These range from Death in Service at 4x salary, to access to private GP consultations and an Employee Assistance Programme that offers counselling and information services for preventative care and to help employees in a crisis. There are also a range of financial reward mechanisms and access to retailer discounts.

You will find a strong focus on safety, a supportive, inclusive workplace, a competitive benefits package, and real opportunity to build your skills and progress.

Pride In People.

We're passionate about promoting greater diversity and creating a workplace and culture where all of our employees have a voice that is heard, feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to be their true selves.

We recognise the value that every single employee brings to the organisation. Everyone's needs at work are different and we are committed to doing our best to satisfy these differences whilst ensuring consistency and fairness for all. We promise to champion diversity and inclusion with ongoing learning and training, as well as career progression opportunities for everyone.

Future Plans.

GFSL has been notified by its shareholder (MOJ) that the provision of FM Services will in future be delivered by the private sector. This means that following a successful procurement process, GFSL's services will complete transfer to a private sector provider/providers no sooner than August 2027.

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