Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Job summary

BELONG HERE. TOGETHER, WE MAKE PARLIAMENT HAPPEN.

As the Senior Finance Planning and Analysis Manager, you’ll play an important role in supporting the UK’s parliamentary democracy. Your work will help Members carry out their responsibilities effectively — contributing to something bigger than any one role.

You’ll be part of a collaborative community, working alongside colleagues from a wide range of professions. Together, we make Parliament happen.

You’ll be based on the Parliamentary Estate in Westminster — a unique working environment shaped by history and powered by the people who work here today.

This is an exciting time to be joining the Finance team at the House of Lords. Work on a new finance system for parliament is well underway, and we are rapidly developing our financial reporting and analysis capability and capacity to meet the needs of our most senior governance bodies. The Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager is a new post, and you will have the opportunity to help shape the function.

Job description

What you’ll be doing

You will be responsible for leading and developing on all aspects of financial reporting which covers planning, budgeting, forecasting and strategic financial analysis for the House of Lords. This includes reporting on the financial position joint departments and shared services, which are delivered in partnership with the House of Commons.

Working closely with the Finance Business Partnering team, you and your team will provide financial reports and analysis to the House of Lords Management Board, Finance Committee, the House of Lords Commission, and other Boards and Committees as required. This includes providing high-quality reports and strategic financial advice on business cases to the Clerk of the Parliaments in their role as Accounting Officer.

As the lead for financial reporting and analysis, you will work collaboratively with the Lords’ teams responsible for workforce, operational and other performance reporting, using complementary reporting and analysis to support effective decision-making by senior leaders. You will co-manage the development of the Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) with the Senior Finance Business Partner, including scrutiny of the figures to ensure value for money alongside supporting effective governance.

Person specification

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who can bring their skills and experience to make a meaningful contribution here.

You’ll have:

• Strong experience in a senior role in the finance function of a complex organisation, with well-developed knowledge of financial planning and reporting.
• Experience developing Medium-Term Financial Plans, long-term financial strategies and investment planning, ideally including zero-based approaches.
• Strong analytical skills and proven experience of using business intelligence and reporting tools and Power BI or similar data visualisation platforms, to design and develop financial models and financial reporting.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills, with experience of working in a multi-stakeholder/ shared services environment and building trusted relationships within teams and across organisational boundaries.
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral, with experience of presenting technical information to non-technical audiences, drafting formal papers and presenting financial information to Boards and senior governance bodies.
• Experience as a successful leader and manager, managing your own workload and the workload of others to meet multiple deadlines, motivating and developing colleagues and role modelling the House of Lords Administration values.

It would be even better if you have (or are willing to learn):

• Demonstrable understanding of the public sector financial framework including Managing Public Money and experience of complex governance structures
• An understanding of and an interest in the fast-paced political environment of the House of Lords and the wider UK

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £60,500, House of Lords contributes £17,526 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Details of our employee benefits can be found at https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/lords/lordshro/employee-benefits/

What you’ll get in return

Working at the House of Lords means joining a community that values your wellbeing, growth and contribution. We welcome and support a number of secondees each year, who quickly become part of the House of Lords community.

If you join us as an employee, you’ll benefit from:

• 30 days annual leave (rising to 35 after one year).

• Generous Civil Service pension scheme.

• A comprehensive Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.

• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities across diverse professions.

• The chance to witness democracy in action and work in a place of historic national significance.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Apply online by 23:59 on Monday 16th November 2026

As part of your application, you’ll need to submit:

• An anonymised CV outlining your career history, responsibilities and achievements.
• An application form providing examples against the essential criteria highlighted in this job description, showing how your experience matches what we’re looking for.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : hlrecruitment@parliament.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hlrecruitment@parliament.uk

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