Head of FP&A (Holidays)

Working closely with the Travel CFO, this is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of a £500m+ turnover business. As Head of FP&A for our Holidays business, you will provide financial stewardship, lead best-in-class planning and analysis, and play a critical role in driving commercial performance. You'll partner closely with senior stakeholders across the business, turning complex data into clear, actionable insight that influences key strategic decisions. This is more than a traditional FP&A role, it's an opportunity to shape the financial narrative of a growing business, lead a high-performing team, and ensure finance is a true driver of value, performance, and growth. If you're commercially astute, thrive on influencing at senior levels, and want to make a tangible impact in a dynamic and evolving business, this is a standout opportunity to lead and grow with Saga Travel. This role requires you to be working from our Folkestone office a minimum of 3 times a week. We have designated office space for colleagues in our Travel business, allowing us to collaborate and share success as a function.Role Responsibility Our new Head of FP&A for the Holiday business will be accountable for financial planning integrity, P&L accuracy, and a cohesive financial narrative that underpins business decision making. Other accountabilities will include;

• Owning financial performance & planning, setting standards for forecasting and KPI framework
• Driving cross-functional alignment across business functions, ensuring Finance strategically shapes commercial decisions.
• End-to-end ownership of the P&L with financial accountability for revenue and, gross profit. Ensuring accuracy, transparency, and Exec insight.
• Leading Five Year Plan, budgeting and forecasting and owning the planning cycle across business functions
• Building and leading a high performing FP&A team with best practice forecasting processes with accountability and ownership
• Owning planning systems and models and drive automation and data integrity
• Leading month end P&L with robust analytical review
• Leading business partnering across multi functions including commercial, operations, product and marketing teams, challenge and create value added
• Driving performance management with product economic insight influencing the P&L.
• Owning commercial performance narrative, that drives commercial and financial outcomes into clear insight that informs Business understanding.
• Delivering commercial modelling and decision analysis, including scenario modelling, and commercial risk/return assessments.
• Providing commercial value across volume growth, margin improvement and cost transformation, ensuring insights deliver tangible financial results.
  
  You will be a qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with proven senior leadership across FP&A and commercial finance.
Whilst experience in the travel industry would be advantageous, we are open to considering candidates with advanced commercial insight and modelling capability in other sectors. You will also be able to demonstrate;
• Ownership of planning and performance, including budgeting, forecasting and full P&L accountability.
• Exceptional senior stakeholder influence, able to engage, challenge and shape decision making
• High proficiency in planning, analytics and MI tools (e.g., Workday, advanced Excel)
• Advanced financial modelling, scenario analysis.
• Business partnering and ability to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
• Strategic planning, long term value creation and commercial performance optimisation
• Leading and developing multi disciplinary high performing teams.
  
  Over the past 75 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. We're the most trusted brand amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for high-quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our product portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and our Saga Magazine.
Our focus on delivering exceptional products and service empowers our colleagues to create moments that are personal and special for our customers and for each other and our values underpin our approach and help guide us to deliver our purpose. We're committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference - more than anywhere else. We have done this by creating a truly inclusive culture, where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. Thanks to our people, Saga was awarded with a Gold for Best Customer Centric Culture in 2025. This is testament to the great culture we've built together. This award belongs to all our colleagues who collectively make Saga a fantastic place to work.

At Saga, we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues. BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE:
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional leave - 5 extra days
• Pension scheme matched up to 10%
• Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 15%
• Car allowance £4,800 per annum
• Private medical insurance after 1 years' service
• Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary
• Wellbeing programme
• Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance
• Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Grandparents leave
• Income protection
• Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform