FP&A Lead: Drive Insight & Automation for Life-Saving Work

RNLI; Poole; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RNLI is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Lead to join the central FP&A team in Poole. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analytics to support the 5-Year Plan and organisational strategy.

The role focuses on delivering efficient processes, trusted data, and automation while developing the FP&A capability across the finance function. You will coordinate planning activities, drive improvements, and collaborate with the Head of FP&A and other finance colleagues to enable

Qualifications

• Significant experience coordinating forecasting, budgeting, reporting and planning in a complex organisation.
• Strong financial analysis, modelling and management reporting capability.
• Sound understanding of financial controls and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FP&A function and coordinate core planning and reporting activity.
• Develop the team and drive improvements in processes, data and automation.
• Collaborate with senior finance stakeholders to enable better decision making.

Skills

Forecasting & budgeting

Management reporting

Data governance

Power BI

Power Query

Automation / Copilot

Team leadership

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Data models

Workflow automation

Copilot

Job description

RNLI is seeking a Financial Planning & Analysis Lead to join the central FP&A team in Poole. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analytics to support the 5-Year Plan and organisational strategy.

The role focuses on delivering efficient processes, trusted data, and automation while developing the FP&A capability across the finance function. You will coordinate planning activities, drive improvements, and collaborate with the Head of FP&A and other finance colleagues to enable