Workforce Planning Analyst

CompanyClose Brothers Premium Finance

LocationWimbledon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/9/2026

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Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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Description

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join Close Brothers Premium Finance Team where you will provide forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling solutions where appropriate and performance analysis to our teams. Working as part of the Workforce Management team our ideal team member will have previous experience in forecasting and capacity planning with excellent interpersonal skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Planning:

Produce accurate workload forecasts accounting for trends and seasonality in contact rates and proposal volumes.
Develop forecasts working with: existing data, our operational leaders, commercial information and change programmes.
Track the impact of operational change activities affecting operational Teams to improve the accuracy of our forecasts and benefits delivered.
Ensure tracking of forecast accuracy across our Operations, quickly responding to any issues encountered.

Collation and analysis of performance data and call/proposal volumes to monitor changes and trends.

Lead the production of Workforce planning data and reporting.

Conduct impact assessments in support of continuous improvement and change projects.

Produce simulations and what-if scenarios to assist with business cases and providing headcount and cost projections to support managerial decision making.

Creation of detailed ‘Bottom-up builds’ for the budgeting process.

Interaction:

Build effective relationships with Operation l leaders to enable the business to develop and land forecast plans
Use negation and persuasion skills to influence better results for our customers and the business.
Support Operational Managers with Excel-based models, ensuring they can execute against plans and producing relevant reporting about our workforce plans.
Coach, mentor, and develop operational management teams to ensure they have the capability to execute against resource plans and opportunities.
Present complex data in consumable outputs and insights to inform our teams to focus to drive performance.

Risk & Compliance:

Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

Experience in forecasting and capacity planning
Proven experience of producing accurate workload forecasting models using statistical techniques for a multi-skilled, inbound and back-office service centre
Proven Excel modelling skills.
Experience of extracting and analysing complex data from multiple sources.
Adept at conducting 80/20 analysis, drawing out business insights from that analysis and presenting findings and recommendations persuasively.
Report production, communicating data in a meaningful format to various stakeholders, articulating requirements, expectations and desired outcomes.
Influencing operational Team Managers to effectively allocate resource within their work streams and teams.
Proven track record of creating strong relationships with operations and support teams, finance managers and business intelligence analysts.

Ability to clearly present ideas, theories, and technical information to operations and managerial staff.

Strong attention to detail and accuracy is essential.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Understanding of Service Excellence aligned with Commercial Acumen

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs that require adjustments to ensure they have a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Candidates who require the job description or application form in an alternative format, or any other adjustments, are encouraged to email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:

https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:

https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:

Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group