Financial Planning and Analysis

 
Assisting Departments and Divisions with budgeting and sound financial planning

Remit

As business partners, FP&A Managers collaborate with, and support, Budget Controllers in achieving value for money for their individual business units and the School. For more information, please see here.

Meet the FP&A Team

Please click here to see who looks after your Department or Division

Naomi Richardson - Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Responsible for the development and delivery of financial planning and analysis to senior management, academic departments and service divisions. Line management responsibility for the Financial Planning and Analysis team. 

Proposals for large scale research grants/centres and major academic initiatives.

Email: N.Richardson@lse.ac.uk

Kevin Randall - Deputy Head of Financial Planning & Analysis - Business Development

Deputises for Head of Financial Planning & Analysis.  Responsible for Costing and Pricing and Business Development.

Responsible for the development and delivery of financial planning and analysis to senior management, academic departments and service divisions.

Proposals for large scale research grants/centres and major academic initiatives.

Responsible for 100x and LSEE (consulting) overview.

Line management responsibility for the Financial Planning and Analysis team. 

Email: K.Randall@lse.ac.uk

Laura Gilbert - Deputy Head of Financial Planning and Analysis - Budgeting and Forecasting

Deputises for Head of Financial Planning & Analysis.  Responsible for Budgeting and Financial Planning.

Responsible for the development and delivery of financial planning and analysis to senior management, academic departments and service divisions.

Responsible for Academic Registrar’s Division.

Line management responsibility for the Financial Planning and Analysis team. 

Email: L.C.Gilbert@lse.ac.uk 

Ellen Fraser - FP&A Manager

Responsible for OFS returns, fees and the financial planning model including academic profiles.

Email: E.Fraser@lse.ac.uk

Ioannis Tsolkas - FP&A Manager

Responsible for the Finance and HR Divisions, forecasting and overview of staff salaries, discretionary pay budgets, Remuneration Committee, Centennial Professors, replacement teaching and fund checks for all establishment academic department posts.

Email: I.Tsolkas@lse.ac.uk

Anusha Amin - FP&A Manager

Responsible for Extended Education and Lifelong Learning Divisions, including Summer Schools, ULIP, Executive short courses, online courses, online degrees, and executive MScs. 

Email: A.Amin17@lse.ac.uk

Spencer Javangwe - FP&A Manager

Responsible for Research and Innovation, Research Grants, contracts and centres overview, research centre reporting and enquiries, IGC overview and Scholarships.

Email: D.S.Javangwe@lse.ac.uk

Vanessa Mansingh - FP&A Manager

Currently on leave of absence.

Email: V.V.Mansingh@lse.ac.uk

Salahuddin Nasratyar - FP&A Manager

Responsible for DTS, the Business Improvement Unit, including Portfolio Board and TBIF projects.

Email: S.Nasratyar@lse.ac.uk

Sandra Daly - FP&A Manager

Responsible for Estates and Security, Library, Careers, Communications, Executive Office, Secretary's and Planning Division.

Email: S.Daly2@lse.ac.uk

Kuvir Mann - FP&A Manager (Maternity Leave from October 2025 - October 2026)

Email: K.Mann1@lse.ac.uk

Iftekhar Hoque - FP&A Manager

Responsible for the Philanthropy and Global Engagement (PAGE) Division and the following institutes: FLIA, III and Marshall Institute

Also responsible for the following Academic Departments: Economics (and the Economica publication), Finance, Government, Gender Institute, Geography, International Relations, International Development, International History, Law, Management, Mathematics, Methodology, School of Public Policy and Social Policy.

Email: I.M.Hoque@lse.ac.uk

Kingsley Mayuku - FP&A Manager

Responsible for the following Service Divisions: Student Union, Data Science Institute (DSI), Language Centre, Confucius, Student Learning and Personal Development (LSE 100, Digital Skills Lab, LSE Life, Faith Centre), EDI, PhD Academy (including post doc ESRC fellows) and Eden Centre.

Also responsible for the following Academic Departments: Philosophy, Statistics, Media and Communications, Anthropology, Psychological and Behavioural Science and Sociology (incl the British Journal of Sociology and Economy and Society).

Email: K.A.Mayuku@lse.ac.uk

Niketan Kaler - FP&A Manager

Responsible for: Global School of Sustainability (GSoS), Grantham Research Institute (GRI) and CETEx. 

Email: N.Kaler@lse.ac.uk

Nirasha Perera - Financial Planning Analyst

Responsible for Residences and Catering reporting and enquiries and the following Academic Departments: Accounting, Economic History and European Institute.

Email: D.R.Perera@lse.ac.uk

Saif Malik– Financial Planning Analyst

Responsible for (LSEE) Custom Programmes, Conferences, ICEF, TRIUM and the Department of Health Policy. Assisting with Extended Education and Lifelong Learning, including Summer School, ULIP, Exec short courses, online courses and other Executive Masters' enquiries.

Email: S.Malik24@lse.ac.uk

Ridhwaan Hussain - Financial Planning Analyst

Responsible for the maintenance of the salary forecasting database, monthly FTE reporting and maternity and sickness transfers. Also responsible for REF and RTSG.

Email: R.Hussain2@lse.ac.uk

Shahid-Abbas Jaffer - Financial Planning Analyst

Assisting with all Academic Departments. Responsible for HEIF, IAA, HEFCE and other grants, staff research accounts, research allowances and replacement teaching. Assisting with research centre reporting and enquiries.

Email: S.Jaffer1@lse.ac.uk

Priya Ghosh - Financial Planning Analyst

Assisting with Estates reporting and Cleaners CSB.

Email: P.Ghosh7@lse.ac.uk

Academic Managers Meeting

Budget Controllers and Budget Approvers

Budget Controllers

Budget Controllers are responsible to the Chief Financial Officer and the Finance and Estates Committee (FEC) for the management of budgets within their control. 

Budget Approvers

Budget approvers are responsible to their Budget Controller for the income and expenditure appropriate to their budgets.

For more information, see this extract on Budget Controllers/Signers from the Financial Regulations.

OneFinance 

Please see the OneFinance web pages for comprehensive information about the School's finance system and associated processes.

Should you need any assistance please contact the relevant section within the Finance Division by using the Finance Division enquiry form.

 

A-Z of useful documents

Fund Checks

  • All 1st Fund Checks (Authority to Advertise) and any contract changes in existing staff that have a budgetary impact should be sent to the relevant funding approver in Finance Division.

  • 2nd Fund Checks - Confirmation that funds are available before the School can make a contractual offer will go to HR.

  • The E-recruitment system will automatically direct first fund checks to the relevant funding approver, which will be reviewed within our standard SLA of 3 working days.  If your request is more urgent, please contact your FP&A Manager directly.   

  • If you are unsure about the appropriate person to contact for funding approval, please contact your FP&A Manager.

  • If you have any further questions about the Fund Check process, please speak with your relevant HR contact or FP&A Manager. A list of all HR Partners, Advisers and Administrators can be found here.

  • The New 2020/21 Fund Check Process Form can be found here and guidance to the Process Steps can be found by clicking here.

Process Mapping the Customer Journey: New Starters and Contract Variations

Journals

  • Journals over £10k require FP&A Manager approval.

  • Journal Requests should be submitted in OneFinance, please see here for more information (Information for budget holders section).

Virements


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