London Stock Exchange Group

The Head of FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) is a key and senior position within LSEG, in charge of providing strategic financial guidance and ensuring performance excellence across the organisation.

The Financial Planning & Analysis team is undergoing significant transformation, driven by Project Beacon and the automation capabilities provided by Oracle Fusion. Head of FP&A will drive adoption, define new requirements and ensure optimal use of the new EPM tool

We are constantly looking for efficiencies across the group, achieving full scalability of our multi assets and products. In this role there will be a need to lead the organisation through this, through benchmarking as well as using product profitability.

Separately, LSEG’s capital investment planning process is undergoing a significant end-to-end review. The delivery and execution of this will be driven through the Head of Group FP&A, who will have the responsibility to transform our Capex process to be more agile and offering ways of prioritising in order to maximise returns and impact, while safeguarding the regulatory maintenance work that needs to happen every year.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Collaborate closely with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to shape and execute key strategic initiatives, leveraging financial insights to drive business performance and long-term value creation.
• Influencing Partner: Act as a key partner to senior stakeholders across the organization, providing expert financial guidance and recommendations to support decision-making at the highest levels.
• Transformation Leader: Design and execute the roll-out of the revised group-wide performance management approach, driving technical and behavioural change across all levels of the organisation. Integrate profitability and insights into our performance management approach, fully leveraging the EPM tooling provided by Beacon. Lead the implementation and roll-out of the Group’s revised investment planning process
• Planning and Forecasting Excellence: Lead the planning and forecasting processes, leveraging advanced tools and techniques to enhance accuracy and efficiency. Challenge existing assumptions, simplify complex concepts, and foster innovative thinking to create what best looks like for the organization's financial future.
• Reporting and Analysis: Oversee the preparation of monthly and quarterly reports, delivering actionable insights to senior management and the board. Prepare board materials with clarity and precision.
• Capital Allocation: Take a leadership role in the capital allocation process, evaluating investment opportunities and optimizing resource allocation to maximize shareholder value.
• Budgeting and Efficiency enhancement: challenge exiting budget assumptions and drive initiatives to identify operational efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities with the organisation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Senior Leadership Experience: Extensive experience in senior financial planning and analysis roles within complex, multinational organizations. Proven ability to influence and drive change at the highest levels.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional stakeholder management skills with a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and effectively communicate financial concepts to senior executives and board members
• Strategic Thinking: Strategic mindset with a focus on driving business performance and shaping the future direction of the organization. Ability to challenge assumptions, simplify complex concepts, and foster innovative thinking to create what best looks like for the organization
• Technical Proficiency: Robust understanding of applying financial modelling techniques in a complex environment and experience of investment planning methodology and execution. The introduction of driver-based and rolling forecasts, requires advanced proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting techniques, and financial planning tools. Driver based and rolling forecast are being implementing this year, ideally the candidate has implemented and used successfully EPMs.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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