Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Qualifications, Professional Knowledge and Skills

The job holder should be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a breadth of experience across a range of financial positions and significant post qualification experience of delivering at an appropriately senior and strategic level.

• Strong knowledge of long-term contract accounting (EACs, IFRS 15) and other relevant accounting standards commonly used.
• Strong knowledge of intercompany, intragroup and intra-business area accounting processes (e.g. overhead apportionment).

Behaviours

• An accomplished, credible and respected professional with well-developed communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills, comfortable working collaboratively across boundaries.
• A conscientious, customer focussed approach to all forms of reporting, with the ability to be proactive and produce accurate results within a high-pressure environment and to short timescales.
• Strong ability to challenge the business and provide valued insight to inform and influence decisions at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong team working skills as well as the ability to co-ordinate multiple workstreams to tight deadlines under pressure and able to prioritise conflicting demands and provide flexibility in approach.
• High levels of personal integrity and professionalism are integral to the role.
• Bring a continuous improvement focus to the role and a focus on delivering excellence.
• This role will support delivery of the wider finance vision, which seeks to shape the future of aviation as a trusted business partner focused on efficiency, collaboration and innovation.
• Contribute to and challenge technical discussions at various levels of seniority within the organisation.
• Be able to represent the FP&A team in the support and delivery of projects, working with other members of the Finance Team or wider business as required.

Communication Skills

• Produce excellent reports that provide accurate financials and valued insight to aid in senior level decision making.
• Strong written skills with the ability to produce effective written reports of a high standard for the intended audience.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills, able to clearly explain complex financial issues at all levels within the wider organisation.
• Be able to confidently communicate both on a one-to-one basis and to groups via presentations.
• Able to grasp non-financial aspects of the business to ensure they are presented appropriately and related to financial elements as required. Be able, and comfortable, in debating with larger teams to ensure financial integrity is maintained.

IT Skills

• Excel skills to an advanced level, including development and review of complex financial models, use of advanced functions (e.g. INDEX/MATCH, SUMIFS, LOOKUPS), scenario modelling and ensuring models are controlled, auditable and fit for purpose.
• SAP/BPC - Strong transactional expertise, knowledge of the underlying data structuring and management.
• Specific Tools (SAC/Salesforce/Power BI) - Manage the delivery of dashboards and other reports from inception and then manage the maintenance these going forward.
• Microsoft Word and PowerPoint – Excellent skills in these applications, with the ability to distil complex financial information into simple to read and understand outputs.

Additional Vacancy Information

• This will be a 15 Month Fixed Term Contract.
• Please include a covering letter and CV when applying for the role.
• Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 3rd August 2026.
• We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally - for more information on what NATS can offer you please visit - Why NATS?
• We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely. Find out more here.
• If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe – we would like to hear from you whatever your age, sex, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry.

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