Senior Planning Analyst

Business Unit: Customer Experience, Operational Excellence  
Salary range: £36,800 - £50,000 per annum  per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: Remote - work from anywhere within the UK with occasional travel required to a hub (Newcastle/Glasgow) 

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Our Team 

An amazing opportunity for someone to join our growing Customer Transformation & Operations - Resource Planning team, primarily specialising in the production of accurate strategic forecasting of demand across the Operations function.? Responsible for accurate forecasting of FTE requirements to service projected demand within agreed Service Levels. If you are self-motivated, enthusiastic and ready to make a real difference to a successful and go-getting team then we are looking for you!  

You'll focus on a variety of Customer Service KPI's and support the Leadership team in achieving business objectives. You'll work with our key stakeholders to understand and demonstrate our resource requirements and costs against the context of internal targets and the external market, whilst identifying opportunities and supporting the development and execution of our strategies. You'll play a significant role in helping the business deliver against their Commercial plans, customer service, and cost ambitions.  

What you'll be doing… 

• Create, maintain and present demand and resource plans to key leadership stakeholders to facilitate business decision making and identify key risks and opportunities. 
• Collaborate with senior management across CT&O and the wider business, technical stakeholders in Customer Value, Strategy, Risk, Marketing, Finance, Commercial, and GBI. 
• Chair resource forums with key stakeholders, providing good quality and thought-provoking material that ensures we have the right people in the right place at the right time. 
• Own and manage end to end action plans ensuring key milestones are achieved. 
• Understanding the financial services products and distribution channels, supported by operational knowledge of organisational systems, processes, and the wider organisational data landscape. 

We need you to have… 

• Knowledge of relevant Microsoft software, including Power BI, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. 
• Experience using data to inform commercial and strategic decisions, analyse trends, explain performance, and make recommendations to senior stakeholders in the business. 
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines whilst delivering with quality and accuracy. 
• Ability to logically analyse and interpret data. 
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex messages and ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organisation. Gravitas with excellent influencing, engagement, and communication skills across all levels of the business. 
• Understanding of financial services, products and distribution channels, supported by operational knowledge of organisational systems, processes, and the wider organisational data landscape. 
• The ability to deputise for the Senior Performance Insight Manager.  

We'd like you to have….. 

• Working experience of Workforce management tools and analytical tools to develop future forecasts. 
• Advanced Excel skills.  ? 

ed Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if Part–Time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt 
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness 
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows) 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

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