Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

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.

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.

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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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.