Maximus UK
Head of FP&A
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Introduction
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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.
Role Summary
The Head of FP&A leads and owns all traditional financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting activities for the UK business, ensuring accuracy, consistency and alignment with corporate deadlines.
The role holds full accountability for FP&A's core activities – from monthly management level reporting packs through to annual planning – and acts as the primary point of contact for corporate and external financial submissions.
Reporting directly into the Senior Director – Performance & Finance, UK, the postholder leads the Finance Business Partner – FP&A and ensures the UK's financial planning processes are robust, timely and aligned with the wider Business Finance and Group Finance calendar.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Finance Business Partner – FP&A, ensuring consistent quality, coverage and capability across all FP&A and Support Functions business partnering activities
- Own the UK month-end close cycle for FP&A, ensuring accurate, timely management level reporting and variance analysis in line with corporate deadlines
- Own the UK-wide budgeting, forecasting and financial planning cycles (Quarterly BOQ and annual plan), ensuring clarity of timelines, ownership, interdependencies and assumptions in alignment with the corporation in the US
- Own preparation and submission of all corporate and external financial reporting requirements, ensuring accuracy and adherence to Group timetables and standards
- Maintain and continuously improve core FP&A templates, models and standardised formats to drive consistency and transparency across the business
- Partner with finance business partnering teams to translate business performance into actionable insights, ensuring forecasts, variance analysis and KPIs reflect operational reality
- Maintain fit-for-purpose financial structures (e.g. cost centres, attributes, hierarchies) supporting FP&A activity, ensuring they remain accurate and aligned with the operating model
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Internal
- Senior Director – Performance & Finance, UK
- Finance Director – Business Partnering
- SVP Finance OUS
- UK Finance teams
- Controllership team leads
- Senior Finance Business Partner – Performance, Projects & Financial Systems
- Support Services Functional leads
External
- External FP&A tooling providers/implementation partners
- Group/Corporate Finance
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) or equivalent with strong post-qualification experience in FP&A
- Proven track record of owning month-end, budgeting and forecasting cycles in a complex, matrixed organisation
- Strong understanding of financial planning, reporting and corporate submission requirements
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills
- Experience leading or developing finance team members
Desirable
- Experience in public sector or outsourced services organisations
- Experience with FP&A/EPM tooling (e.g. Jedox or equivalent)
Competencies Required
Maximus Competencies
- Embraces Respect
- Partners Effectively
- Creates Innovative Solutions
- Focuses on the Customer
- Demonstrates Compassion
- Takes Responsibility & Acts with Integrity
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Individual Competencies
- Financial Acumen
- Leadership & People Development
- Planning & Organisation
- Business Partnering Mindset
- Technology and Data Orientation
- Collaboration & Influencing
- Accountability & Integrity
Travel Requirements
UK wide as required.
EEO Statement
MAXIMUS is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the recruitment process. We know that feeling included has a dramatic impact on personal wellbeing and are working to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment due to any personal characteristic. Advertisements for posts will include sufficiently clear and accurate information to enable potential applicants to assess their own suitability for the post.
We are a Disability Confident Leader, thanks to our commitment to the recruitment, retention and career development of people with disabilities and long-term conditions. The Disability Confident scheme includes a guaranteed interview for any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum requirements for a job. When you complete your job application you will find a question asking you if you would like to apply under the Disability Confident Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you feel that you have a disability and apply under this scheme, providing that you meet the essential criteria for the job, you will then be invited for interview. Your Guaranteed Interview application will only be shared with the hiring manager and the local resourcing team.
Where reasonable, MAXIMUS will review and consider adjustments for those applicants who express a requirement for them during the recruitment process.
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