Interim Financial Planning and Analysis Lead

  • Hays
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
  • Mar 05, 2026
Contractor Banking Finance

Job Description

FP&A, Interim, Fixed Term Contract, Process set up, financial strategy set up and delivery.

Your new company
Established large scale not-for-profit organisation based in the north-east.

Your new role
This role is all about shaping the way the organisation uses financial data to grow. You'll have the ability to build an effective FP&A strategy as well as influence and design systems, processes, and insights that directly influence continued success, while building a culture where data is integral to decision-making. There are a number of imminent key projects which you will be able to direct and shape, as well as oversee the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of the tools and processes once in place. You will work at all levels of the organisation, collaborating with senior financial management.
What you'll need to succeed

You will have a commercial background and outlook, the ability to build a financial strategy from scratch and manage talented team members to reach their potential. Your demonstrable experience in l eading the development of reporting structures and software platforms that combine financial and non-financial data will be combined with spearheading the use of PowerBI and other tools as a key data provider for financial analysis and performance understanding.

Bringing expertise in focusing on improvements to the budgeting and forecasting processes; delivering transformation of existing processes, developing future planning cycles and the effective development of data strategy, reporting frameworks, and insight tools that empower teams to make informed, data-led decisions.
Your stakeholder engagement skills will be highly credible and effective with technical teams to transform raw data into accessible and meaningful outputs through the creation, maintenance and continuous improvement of a finance data lakehouse. You will have the ability to build dashboards, reports, and data visualisations that translate numbers into stories and opportunities that drive decision-making and continuous improvement to processes.
Within this role you will be the bridge between technical specialists and Finance senior management, making sure the data and assumptions used are both reliable and relevant and championing a culture of data fluency across the organisation by coaching teams and promoting self-service reporting.

What you'll get in return
With a broad remit, this is an opportunity to lead the development of future processes through your expertise in a collaborative and friendly environment.
With excellent benefits (generous pension and holidays), flexible working, free parking and a modern office environment.

What you need to do now
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