Director of Business Planning

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 5years

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

SUMMARY OF PURPOSE:

The Director of Business Planning will centralise the strategic oversight of scheduling route optimisation and long-term planning. This role is responsible for leading the strategic design optimisation and evolution of UBTCs network timetable and service planning. This role plays a critical part in aligning operational capacity with customer demand and commercial objectives ensuring a reliable efficient and financially sustainable transport position also oversees the review and challenge of business cases and investment proposals across the organisation ensuring alignment with business strategy financial targets and capital allocation priorities. Working cross-functionally with finance strategy and commercial and operational teams the Director of Business Planning provides rigorous analysis governance and recommendations to support

informed executive decision-making.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Develop and maintain an optimised data-driven network timetable that balances customer demand operational capacity / inventory and commercial objectives.
Partner with the Finance and Strategy teams to align service patterns with financial forecasting andlong-term strategic goals.Support the Business
Planning team on short- and medium-term scheduling analysis to support scenario planning disruption recovery and special event operations.
Lead end-to-end network and timetable planning including route design frequency and stop
Optimisation to maximise asset efficiency and service reliability.
Drive continuous improvement in scheduling and vessel utilisation including targeted skip-stop services during peak periods.
Identify and assess opportunities for new routes that enhance customer capacity operational resilience and commercial outcomes.
Provide insight and recommendations to executive leadership on medium- to long-term network development and capacity investment.
Work with Business Intelligence to monitor and evaluate schedule performance using data insights to recommend improvements and increase system reliability.
Use performance metrics to identify scheduling inefficiencies and develop solutions in collaboration with the Business Planning Manager.
Support the CFO in the preparation of board-level reports and business cases for capital and strategic initiatives.
Provide independent review of business cases including financial assumptions risk analysis benefits realisation and resource requirements to support informed approval decisions.

Requirements

KEY SKILLS:

Essential

5 years of relevant experience in transport planning network design operations planning or commercial analysisideally within public transport aviation rail or logistics.
Proven track record in leading timetable and network planning processes in a complex data-driven environment.
Degree in Transport Planning Business Economics or a related field preferred.
Demonstrated experience in scenario modelling capacity planning or scheduling optimisation.
Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with commercial finance strategy and operational teams.

Required Skills:

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent). Significant experience in group reporting and consolidations. Strong technical accounting knowledge. Experience managing external audits. Advanced Excel skills; experience with consolidation/reporting systems preferred. Proven ability to operate at a senior level and influence stakeholders. Previous commercial experience required (not a first or second move) Strong attention to detail and analytical capability Experience within a multi-entity group structure. Desirable Exposure to M&A activity. Experience with Business Central D365 ERP management experience

SUMMARY OF PURPOSE: The Director of Business Planning will centralise the strategic oversight of scheduling route optimisation and long-term planning. This role is responsible for leading the strategic design optimisation and evolution of UBTCs network timetable and service planning. This role plays...