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Workforce Planning Lead

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As a Workforce Planning Lead, you will provide workforce planning & financial expertise by overseeing data modelling, insights and forecasting capabilities. You will act as the liaison between Finance, HR and business units to help bridge the gap between workforce & financial data and business decisions. Monitor workforce plan, escalate risks, and enable proactive adjustments to enhance agility and cost efficiency. You will drive governance and orchestration of workforce plans ensuring consistent standards enabling aligned execution supporting the achievement of business and workforce outcomes.

Job Responsibility:

  • Provide workforce planning & financial expertise by overseeing data modelling, insights and forecasting capabilities
  • Act as the liaison between Finance, HR and business units to help bridge the gap between workforce & financial data and business decisions
  • Monitor workforce plan, escalate risks, and enable proactive adjustments to enhance agility and cost efficiency
  • Drive governance and orchestration of workforce plans ensuring consistent standards enabling aligned execution supporting the achievement of business and workforce outcomes
  • Orchestrate annual and ad-hoc workforce planning cycles by coordinating inputs, timelines, and stakeholder engagement
  • Define KPIs to monitor WFP plan effectiveness
  • Manage baseline estimates of workforce size, cost, skills and demand within the planning tool, leveraging historical trends and market insights to enable data-driven workforce planning
  • Provide financial expertise and support to specific business units or departments within the organisation
  • Development and implementation of business unit financial strategies, plans and budgets
  • Development of financial models to forecast future performance, assess investment opportunities, and evaluate financial risks for business units
  • Cross functional collaboration to provide financial insights and guidance to business unit stakeholders
  • Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations
  • Support to business units in identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks
  • Analysis and presentation of financial data to provide insights into business performance, identify trends, and support decision-making

Requirements:

  • Experience in building holistic workforce plans incorporating key HR and Finance dimensions of workforce size, cost, shape, locations and skills
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, working across a mix of HR, Finance and business teams, to support the development and proactive monitoring of accurate workforce forecasts

Nice to have:

Experience with using either or both Oracle EPM and Workday Adaptive planning modules

What we offer:
  • Hybrid working
  • Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
  • Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Commitment to colleague health and wellbeing
  • Opportunity to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues
  • Encouragement to embrace mobility and explore operations

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 07, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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