Group FP&A Modelling - VP

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Vice President within the Group FP&A Modelling team. This role involves setting the strategic direction for financial planning and analysis, developing advanced forecasting frameworks, and collaborating across diverse teams to drive transparency and insight. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in financial modelling, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and proficiency in programming languages like SQL or Python. This role is based in London, with potential office locations including Glasgow, Northampton, or Knutsford.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in developing and managing complex financial models.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with senior leaders.
• Proven expertise in programming languages such as SQL, C, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of advanced forecasting frameworks.
• Provide financial expertise and support to business units.
• Develop and implement financial strategies, plans, and budgets.

Skills

Financial modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Programming languages

Data management and analytics

Job description

Overview

As a VP within the Group FP&A Modelling team, you will set the strategic direction for how the Group plans, forecasts, and analyzes performance. This centre of excellence is pivotal in establishing best-in-class modelling standards that drive transparency, agility, and insight across the enterprise.

You will lead the design and implementation of advanced forecasting and decision-support frameworks, leveraging modern modelling techniques and data-driven approaches. Your leadership will ensure consistency, scalability, and actionable insights that empower senior executives to make informed strategic decisions.

Required Skills

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

• Extensive experience in developing and managing complex financial models, with the ability to translate outputs into strategic recommendations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, capable of influencing senior leaders and driving consensus across diverse teams.
• Advanced technical capability, with proven expertise in at least one programming language (e.g., C, VBA, Python, Matlab) and the ability to provide guidance on best practice.
• Strong knowledge of data management and analytics, including familiarity with SQL and relational database structures (highly desirable), to support robust, data-driven decision-making.

Location

This position can be based in our London, Glasgow, Northampton or Knutsford offices.

Purpose of the role

To provide financial expertise and support to specific business units or departments within the organization, and act as a liaison between the finance function and various business units, helping to bridge the gap between financial data and business decisions.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of business unit financial strategies, plans and budgets, using insights to evaluate the financial implications of strategic initiatives and recommend appropriate actions.
• Development of financial models to forecast future performance, assess investment opportunities, and evaluate financial risks for business units, and to analyze the impact of business decisions on financial performance and provision of recommendations.
• Cross functional collaboration to provide financial insights and guidance to business unit stakeholders.
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations.
• Support to business units in identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, including provision of training and guidance to business units on financial risk management and compliance practices.
• Analysis and presentation of financial data to provide insights into business performance, identify trends, and support decision-making.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organizational risks and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organization functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
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