Advert Closes: Monday 27th July
Are you ready to influence financial direction at enterprise scale and shape decisions that drive long-term value?
This is a pivotal leadership role at the centre of financial planning, performance and strategic decision-making. As Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, you will take ownership of the Group’s financial outlook, guiding planning, shaping investment choices and ensuring performance delivery across a complex organisation.
Working closely with the Group Finance Director, you will operate with authority at executive level, contributing directly to strategy and acting as a key partner to senior leadership and the Board.
The Role
You will lead the end-to-end financial planning agenda, with accountability for how financial insight translates into decisions, trade-offs and outcomes. This is a role focused on ownership, of planning, performance and the value created through financial decisions.
You’ll bring clarity to complexity, ensuring that financial thinking underpins enterprise strategy, and that decisions are supported by robust analysis, scenario planning and forward-looking insight.
Key Responsibilities
Lead financial planning, forecasting and long-range strategy across the Group
Own the forward financial outlook, including long-range scenario planning (3–10+ years)
Translate data, insight and analytics into clear financial decisions and measurable outcomes
Own enterprise valuation outcomes, ensuring assumptions and methodologies inform strategic and capital decisions
Guide budgeting and performance delivery, ensuring accountability for financial commitments
Lead performance discussions and jointly own Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), driving action and accountability across the organisation
Shape investment priorities through close partnership on capital allocation and strategy
Drive cost, efficiency and transformation initiatives to improve overall performance
Present financial outlook, risks and performance to Executive and Board stakeholders
Act as a key finance interface for external stakeholders where required
Leadership & Influence
Act as a senior enterprise leader, shaping and determining financial and strategic direction
Build and develop a high-performing FP&A team, ensuring capability, succession and leadership continuity
Strengthen the role of FP&A as a forward-looking, outcome-focused function that enables better decisions across the business
What You’ll Bring
Experience leading FP&A in complex, multi-layered organisations
Proven ownership of financial plans, decisions and performance outcomes
Experience operating at Executive Committee and Board level
Expertise in long-range planning, forecasting and financial strategy
Experience influencing investment decisions and enterprise priorities
Strong judgement and the ability to balance risk, performance and opportunity
Why This Role
This is an opportunity to operate at the heart of enterprise decision-making, with real influence over financial direction, performance outcomes and long-term value. You’ll work at pace, with visibility and impact, in a role that connects strategy, finance and execution.
Our Offering / benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at careers@thecrownestate.co.uk
Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
At The Crown Estate, our role is to put the nation’s interests first.
We manage land, property and the seabed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland - independently, commercially and for our nation’s future.
We’re investing and playing a key role in delivering net zero and energy security, nature recovery and biodiversity, and supporting inclusive communities and economic growth, all while responsibly creating financial value for the UK.
We return our profits to the UK government for public spending, which has totalled more than £5 billion over the last ten years.
We manage a diverse £15 billion portfolio, making a lasting impact, today and for generations to come. This includes urban centres and development opportunities; one of the largest rural holdings in the country; Regent Street and St James’s in London’s West End; and Windsor Great Park. We also manage the seabed and much of the coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, where we have an ambitious vision for how the UK’s seabed can support nature recovery and the transition to clean energy.
