Head of Financial Planning

vor 7 Monaten


Ulm, Deutschland Matthew Dutton Associates Vollzeit

We’re supporting our client, a leading global equipment manufacturer based in Rotherham, who are looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to join their growing team. The successful Head of Financial Planning & Analysis will have experience of developing, forecasting and overseeing the company’s financial goals.

**Responsibilities for Head of Financial Planning & Analysis**:
Financial Planning:

- Develop and oversee the 5-year financial planning process, including the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals and objectives.
- Collaborate with department heads to set challenging financial targets.
- Create and maintain detailed financial models to support long-term strategic planning.
- Provide analysis and insights to support executive decision-making.

Forecasting & Analysis:

- Oversee the preparation of regular financial forecasts, identifying trends and driving performance improvements
- Conduct comprehensive financial analysis, utilising advanced financial models and tools, to provide insights and recommendations on business performance, profitability, and key metrics. Present findings and reports to senior management.
- Analyse financial performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and communicate findings to leadership.
- Drive variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.
- Able to construct bespoke financial models linking historic to projected performance
- Develop and maintain sensitivity and scenario analysis
- Able to bridge summary financial P&L performance from A to B for variances to FX, Price, Volume, Continuous Improvement activities, Changes in inventory etc to distil financial performance changes to its rudimentary drivers
- Monitor and analyse value stream performance, operational KPIs and capacity performance to provide resourcing recommendations to enhance overall performance across all 3 of those dimensions to maximise ‘box scores’
- Identify opportunities for cost and price optimisation, scrap reduction, productivity improvement and act as a catalyst for business process improvement across the global operations, commercial and support functions.
- Able to model complex material routings including scrap, and revert loops.
- Understand the importance of growing Material Margins sustainably
- Able to identify and quantify inflationary impacts and ensure management via price increases or other cost-downs
- Familiarity with 80/20 Product Portfolio analysis techniques

Cashflow Planning:

- Familiarity with Treasury management techniques and drivers of free cash flows
- Able to walk EBITDA through net inflow cashflows and critically analyse and drive changes in net debt and working capital
- Familiarity with debt restructuring techniques and presenting effective cash management from a third-party Bank/ funder perspective
- Knowledge of FX risks including use of derivatives and attaining natural hedges

Product Costing, CAPEX Evaluation & Sales Pricing:

- Establish costing process and oversee the costing function to provide accurate inputs for decisions on sales pricing.
- Oversee Capital Evaluation Requests from a modelling perspective understanding Payback, ROCE, IRR measures
- Familiarity with Target Costing techniques

Management Reporting, Performance Reporting & Business Intelligence:

- Develop and produce comprehensive management reports, highlighting key financial metrics and trends.
- Financial performance, including variance analysis, key performance indicators (KPIs), and financial dashboards.
- Present financial information to senior management and provide actionable recommendations.
- Collaborate with business units to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

Business Partnering:

- Collaborate closely with the CFO and executive team, providing financial expertise and insights to support strategic decision-making and long-term planning. Working alongside various business departments including operations, human resources, sales and marketing, among others, providing financial information, tools, analysis and insight, which allows to make more informed decisions while driving business strategy

Stakeholder & Cross Functional Collaboration:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as operations, sales, HR and marketing, to understand their financial needs, provide guidance, and facilitate collaborative decision-making.
- Partner with operational departments to understand business drivers and ensure financial plans align with operational strategies.
- Collaborate with accounting to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Work closely with executive leadership to align financial plans with overall corporate strategy.

Risk Assessment and Management:

- Identify and assess financial risks and opportunities, develop strategies to mitigate risks, and provide recommendations for optimising financial outcomes.

Strategic Initiatives:

- Evaluate the financial impact of strategic in



  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of Electronics Planning (f/m/d)” for the “Electronics/MW Production” department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The main department “Electronics/MW Production” is responsible for the production and...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of N&G Radar Planning & Cables (f/m/d)” for the “N&G Radar Planning & Cables” department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The “N&G Radar Systems” department is responsible for the integration and...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT AG Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of Finance Improvement (f/m/d)” for the “Head of Finance Improvement (f/m/d)” department at the Ulm, Taufkirchen or Oberkochen locations as soon as possible. The Head of Finance Improvement (f/m/d) is responsible for all...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of N&G Radar Planning & Cables (f/m/d)” for the “N&G Radar Planning & Cables” department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The “N&G Radar Systems” department is responsible for the integration and...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of F&C Electronic Warfare (f/m/d) for the ‘F&C Radar & EW’ division at the Ulm location as soon as possible. The “F&C Radar & EW” department is a business partner and responsible for all commercial matters...

  • Financial Controller

    Vor 3 Tagen


    Ulm, Deutschland people-s-place GmbH Vollzeit

    Our client is a world-class provider of high-tech products and services to the world's major industrial firms and scientific research institutions. In order to support their growth, they are looking for a motivated Financial controller (M/F/d) to join their Finance department in Ulm. Tasks \- Reporting, preparing commentary and analyzing monthly financial...

  • Head of F&c Airborne

    vor 3 Wochen


    Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of F&C Airborne & Space Radars (f/m/d)” in the “Finance & Controlling (F&C) Radar and Naval Solutions” department at the Ulm or Immenstaad site as soon as possible. The “Finance & Controlling (F&C) Radar and...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Optronics GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a "Head of Procurement Controlling (f/m/d)" for the "Finance and Controlling Operations & Engineering" department at the Oberkochen or Ulm site as soon as possible. The Finance and Controlling Operations & Engineering...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of Mechanical Components (f/m/d)” for the “Mechanical Components” department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The Mechanical Components department manufactures mechanical components using milling, sheet...

  • Head of Final Assembly

    vor 6 Monaten


    Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of Final Assembly & Test Airborne / SDAS (f/m/d)” for the “Assembly & Test Airborne / SDAS” department at the Ulm site at the earliest possible date. The “Assembly & Test Airborne / SDAS” department is...

  • Head of Calibration

    vor 8 Monaten


    Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a "Head of Calibration (M/F/d)" for the "Calibration" department in Production at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The "Calibration" department is responsible for the calibration, maintenance and repair of test equipment and...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary For the Procurement department, we are looking for a "Head of Business Procurement Radar and Naval Solutions (f/m/d)" at the Ulm location as soon as possible. The Business Procurement Radar and Naval Solutions department is responsible for the...

  • Head of Im Design

    vor 7 Monaten


    Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a "Head of IM Design & Development Operations (f/m/d)" to strengthen our "Design & Development" department at the Ulm, Oberkochen or Taufkirchen location as soon as possible. Your Tasks- - Central role in the transformation to...


  • Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland SCHWENK Zement Vollzeit

    SicherheitsmanagementWir suchen einen erfahrenen Head of Security Management, der unsere Sicherheitskonzepte entwickelt und umsetzt.Haupataufgaben:Entwicklung und Implementierung von SicherheitskonzeptenArbeit mit den Verantwortlichen der Länder zur SicherheitsstrategieAudit-Ergebnisse und Unfallstatistiken analysieren Identifizierung neuer Initiativen für...

  • Head of Kommunikation

    vor 2 Wochen


    Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland LHH Recruitment Solutions Vollzeit

    StellenbeschreibungSie möchten sich als Experte im Bereich Digital Marketing etablieren und gemeinsam mit unserem internationalen Team wichtige Themen voranbringen?Aufgaben:Entwickeln Sie eine Strategie, die die Bereiche Performance, SEO, Markenbekanntheit und Vertriebsunterstützung kombiniert.Koordinieren Sie das gesamte Marketing einschließlich des...


  • Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland Husqvarna Group Vollzeit

    Discover a dynamic and challenging environment at Husqvarna Group, the world's largest producer of outdoor power products. We are seeking an experienced Head of Sourcing to lead our team in developing our premium brands such as Husqvarna and Gardena.About the RoleWe are looking for a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills to manage a team of...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a “Head of Supportability Engineering (f/m/d)” for the Services Development department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The Supportability Engineering department is responsible for specifying and analyzing the...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary For the program area “Electronic Support” we are looking for a “Head of Electronic Support (f/m/d)” in Ulm, Taufkirchen or Oberkochen at the earliest possible date. The area is the project management position for production and projects...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary For the “HENSOLDT Academy” division, we are looking for a “Head of HENSOLDT Academy (f/m/d)” at the Ulm or Taufkirchen location as soon as possible. Are you ready to reshape the future of learning? As a visionary in the field of...


  • Ulm, Deutschland HENSOLDT Vollzeit

    Company HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH Full time / Part time: The position can be filled in full or part time. Summary We are looking for a "Head of Radar Equipment Engineering (f/m/d)" for the "Computers & Digital Electronics Engineering" department at the Ulm site as soon as possible. The main department "Computers and Digital Electronics Engineering" is...