Senior FP&A Analyst: AI-Driven Planning & Forecasting

Royal Mail; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance or cash alternative

Full family Healthcare

Up to 18% annual bonus

27.5 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension with generous employer stake

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a Senior Planning Analyst to join the Business Planning team in London. The role combines financial modelling with data-driven insight to support group-wide budgeting, forecasting and decision-making.

You will develop cash flow forecasts, build robust models and explore automation and AI to enhance finance processes. The position offers a competitive package, generous benefits including healthcare, pension and flexible options, and opportunities to influence senior

Qualifications

• CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent, or significant FP&A experience.
• Strong planning, forecasting and financial modelling experience.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with complex financial data.
• Experience improving or automating finance processes, ideally using Power Query, Power BI or similar tools.
• Ability to turn data into meaningful insight and communicate it clearly.
• Confidence influencing and challenging senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Supporting strategic planning, budgeting and in-year forecasting.
• Developing short and long-term cash flow forecasts.
• Building robust financial models and scenario analysis to identify risks and opportunities.
• Turning complex data into clear commercial insight and recommendations.
• Challenging assumptions and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Improving and automating FP&A processes using Excel, Power Query, Power BI and other technologies.
• Helping future-proof the planning function through new technology and AI.

Skills

Forecasting

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Data interpretation

Education

CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Power Query

Power BI

Anaplan

SQL

Python

Power Automate

Job description

Royal Mail is seeking a Senior Planning Analyst to join the Business Planning team in London. The role combines financial modelling with data-driven insight to support group-wide budgeting, forecasting and decision-making.

You will develop cash flow forecasts, build robust models and explore automation and AI to enhance finance processes. The position offers a competitive package, generous benefits including healthcare, pension and flexible options, and opportunities to influence senior