Safran, a global high-technology group operating in aerospace and defense, is seeking a senior finance professional to support strategic decision-making at our Wolverhampton site.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and manage a finance team to ensure high performance and accountability.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and ensure the leadership team are aware and informed financially to guide improved decision-making.
- Own the annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning process.
- Design and implement financial models to aid key business decision-making and continually improve budgeting, financial projections, and operating forecasts.
- Be a critical stakeholder in Value Stream business reviews to create and consolidate the Wolverhampton financial packs and communicate performance to non-finance leaders.
- Take ownership of scenario planning and sensitivity analysis (e.g., material cost inflation, FX, program impact).
- Support various functional teams (Operations, Programmes, Engineering, etc.) 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.
- Act as a strategic partner with supply chain, operations, programmes and engineering to drive efficiencies and support project delivery, cost control, margin expansion and business case development.
- Support cash-flow forecasting, working capital, and treasury processes.
- Continuously improve financial processes, reporting tools, and ERP system utilisation.
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.
- Strong leadership behaviours to project a vision, engage and develop a finance team, and drive accountability.
- Experience working in a matrixed or global organisation.
- Knowledge of aerospace industry.
- Experience with digital finance transformation or automation tools.
- Exposure to capital investment analysis and cost accounting.
- Lean or continuous improvement mindset.
Benefits
Benefits and compensation will be discussed with selected candidates during the interview process.
