Strategic FP&A Leader: Growth, Margin & Transformation

Safran S.A.; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran S.A. in Wolverhampton is seeking a strategic Finance Director to lead the site’s financial planning, forecasting and reporting. You will partner with the Finance Director and Value Stream Managers to articulate performance and drive sustainable growth across the site.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning while overseeing Capex, payroll and cost areas. The role emphasizes leadership, governance and continuous improvement to maximise margins and support transformation

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
• Proven experience in a senior finance role within a manufacturing or similar environment.
• Excellent financial planning, analysis, and reporting skills.
• Ability to digest and manipulate complex data sets to translate into meaningful information.
• Able to demonstrate strong leadership behaviours to project a vision, engage and develop a finance team and to drive accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and manage a finance team to ensure high performance and accountability.
• Own the annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning process.
• Design and implement financial models to aid key business decision making.
• Be a critical stakeholder in Value Stream business reviews in order to take ownership of creating and consolidating the Wolverhampton financial packs and to be able to articulate the business performance message to the non-finance leaders of the business.
• Take ownership of the scenario planning and sensitivity analysis (e.g. material cost inflation, FX, program impact).
• Support various functional teams with cost control, margin analysis, and business cases.
• Translate financial insights into operational levers and drivers to maximise performance.
• Ensure compliance with Safran Group financial policies, statutory requirements, and internal controls.

Skills

Leadership

Financial planning

Budgeting & forecasting

Finance team management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Cost control

ERP systems

Education

Chartered accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Safran S.A. in Wolverhampton is seeking a strategic Finance Director to lead the site’s financial planning, forecasting and reporting. You will partner with the Finance Director and Value Stream Managers to articulate performance and drive sustainable growth across the site.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning while overseeing Capex, payroll and cost areas. The role emphasizes leadership, governance and continuous improvement to maximise margins and support transformation