Senior Financial Analyst
Role Overview
The Senior Financial Analyst joins the Electoral Commission's Financial Planning and Analysis team.
The role leads financial planning, forecasting, modelling and analysis, and provides insight and constructive challenge to senior leaders.
The post supports financial strategy and resource allocation, with exposure to Executive Team and Board-level reporting.
Key Skills for This Role
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Salary and allowances
- Salary is £58,000–£64,637, with an additional £3,217 London weighting for London-based employees.
- A £312 tax-free working-from-home allowance is payable annually.
- The role offers a Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Contract and hours
- Permanent, full-time role working 36 hours per week.
Location and working arrangement
- The role is available in London, Edinburgh, Belfast or Cardiff, with hybrid working requiring at least two office days, or remote working within the UK.
About the role
The Senior Financial Analyst joins the Electoral Commission's Financial Planning and Analysis team.
The role leads financial planning, forecasting, modelling and analysis, and provides insight and constructive challenge to senior leaders.
The post supports financial strategy and resource allocation, with exposure to Executive Team and Board-level reporting.
Key responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and medium-term financial planning.
- Deliver financial analysis, modelling and scenario planning for strategic decisions.
- Advise budget holders and senior stakeholders, and produce management reporting, variance analysis and performance commentary.
- Support business cases, investment appraisals and organisational change initiatives.
- Improve financial models, dashboards, reporting tools and financial processes.
- Coach colleagues, including line management and support of the Finance Apprentice.
About the team and organisation
The Electoral Commission is the UK's independent body overseeing elections and regulating political finance.
The small, collaborative FP&A team combines financial planning and analysis, finance business partnering and project finance.
The team supports organisational priorities through financial insight, analysis and business partnering.
Requirements
- Experienced and qualified financial analyst.
- Able to lead complex financial planning, forecasting, modelling and analysis.
- Able to provide expert financial insight and constructive challenge to senior stakeholders.
- Able to support the development of colleagues, including line management of the Finance Apprentice.
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