Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

ECITB; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday, rising to 30 over five years

Generous pension scheme

Cycle to work and e-car lease schemes

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay and leave

Home office set-up support

Job summary

ECITB is seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organization. In this key role, you will ensure effective levy funding management and deliver insights to support strategic decision-making. Candidates should be qualified accountants with significant financial planning experience, strong analytical skills, and advanced proficiency in Excel. The position offers a supportive work environment with various employee benefits including enhanced leave policies and pension schemes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Ability to present complex information clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of annual budgets and forecasts.
• Provide robust financial analysis to inform strategic decisions.
• Oversee monitoring and reporting of financial performance.
• Ensure effective management and allocation of levy income.
• Strengthen financial reporting, systems, and data quality.

Skills

Financial planning and analysis

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Power BI or similar tools

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven FP&A Manager to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the organisation.

This is a key management role, responsible for ensuring that levy funding is managed effectively, transparently, and in line with organisational priorities, supporting delivery of measurable benefits for employers and the wider sector.

About the role

You will provide strategic financial management and insight to support decision-making across the organisation, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and deliver value for money.

Working closely with senior leaders and external stakeholders, including government bodies, you will play a central role in strengthening financial governance, improving reporting, and embedding a culture of evidence-based decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of annual budgets, forecasts, and reforecasts aligned to organisational priorities.
• Provide robust financial analysis and insight to inform strategic decision-making.
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting of financial performance, including programme spend and return on investment.
• Ensure effective management and allocation of levy income to maximise impact.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support planning and funding scenarios.
• Strengthen financial reporting, systems, and data quality, working collaboratively with IT.
• Support and appropriately challenge stakeholders to ensure sound financial decisions.
• Lead, manage, and develop a small FP&A team.

What you will deliver

• Accurate, timely, and transparent financial planning and reporting.
• Clear insights that support accountability and improved performance.
• Effective oversight of levy utilisation, ensuring value for money.
• Strong and consistent financial governance across all areas of spend.

About You

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly to non-finance audiences.
• Experience supporting and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel; experience with Power BI or similar tools is desirable.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams, and to drive continuous improvement.
• Experience of financial due diligence is desirable.

What we offer

• 25 days holiday including Christmas closure, rising to 30 over the first five years’ service.
• Generous pension scheme via salary sacrifice.
• Cycle to work and e-car lease schemes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay and leave.
• Home office set-up support.

About us

The ECITB works with employers and training providers to attract, develop and qualify the engineering construction workforce in a wide range of craft, technical and professional disciplines.

We invest about £28 million each year to support skills development within the industry. We are funded by a statutory levy paid by employers and use this to drive up skill levels and fund training that would otherwise not take place. Along with the education sector, government and employers, we work to ensure the UK has workers with the skills to meet the needs of the engineering construction industry.

The ECITB is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all individuals, particularly those underrepresented in the engineering construction industry. We aim to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process and offer flexible working, alternative application methods, different interview formats, and reasonable adjustments where needed. Please let us know if you require any support.