Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis

Why PayNet / Why Now

• PayNet’s scale and financial complexity require strong day‑to‑day financial judgment close to the business.
• Divisions need reliable forward‑looking insight to make timely trade‑offs on cost, investment, and priorities.
• This role exists to Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) discipline closer to divisional planning, performance conversation, and business decision-making.
• The organisation needs finance specialist who can partner effectively with divisions, challenge assumptionsm and translate number into practical business choices.

TL; DR

• Deliver planning, forecasting, and performance insight for assigned divisions, business areas, products, or initiatives.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to divisional stakeholders, helping them understand financial implications and decision trade-offs.
• Translate strategy and operating priorities into executable financial plans, clear performance signals, and practical recommendations.
• Balance analytical depth with business empathy, constructive challenge, and delivery discipline.

Why This Role Matters

• Poor planning and weak insight lead to reactive decision-making and misallocated resources.
• Strong FP&A support helps divisions make earlier interventions and better cost-benefit trade-offs.
• This role sits where divisional assumptions meet financial accountability.
• The role requires judgment over precision, with the ability to translate financial insight into business action.

What You Will Actually Do

• Deliver budgets, forecasts, and performance analysis for assigned divisions, business areas, products, or initiatives.
• Partner with divisional stakeholders to understand operational drivers, planning assumptions, and financial implications.
• Shape management reporting and performance narratives that support clear decisions by senior stakeholders.
• Challenge assumptions and surface practical trade-offs behind business decisions.
• Translate strategic priorities into clear financial targets, monitoring mechanisms, and actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in planning processes, models, and tools.

Examples of This Role in Practice

• Reframing a divisional cost overrun discussion into trade-offs senior stakeholders can actively decide on.
• Challenging optimistic forecasts using scenario analysis and a clear view of operational drivers.
• Working with a division to convert business priorities into realistic budgets, forecasts, and performance measures.
• Highlighting early performance signals that prompt timely course correction.
• Partnering with stakeholders to align financial plans with operational reality and execution constraints.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong FP&A, financial modelling, or business finance experience applied to real decisions.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with divisions while maintaining independent financial challenge.
• Confidence engaging senior stakeholders with clarity, commercial understanding, and practical recommendations.
• Comfort operating with imperfect data, shifting priorities, and evolving business needs.
• Curiosity about how strategy, operations, and financial outcomes connect across PayNet’s divisions.