FP&A Analyst - #189438

Published 06.04.2026 Company : Safran Electronics & Defense Job field : Finance and management Location : Wolverhampton , England , United Kingdom Contract type : Permanent Contract duration : Full-time Professional status : Employees / Staff # 2026-181200 Published 06.04.2026

Job Description

Job Description Summary:



An integral member of the Actuation Group Finance team, reporting to the Group FP&A Manager. This role supports all core FP&A activities, including month-end close, forecasting, budgeting, and mid-term plan processes. The FP&A Analyst will play a key role in delivering high-quality financial insights, driving consistency across global sites, and enhancing reporting and consolidation processes.

In addition, the role will support the tracking, validation, and reporting of synergies arising from the 2025 Safran acquisition, ensuring transparency and alignment with strategic objectives.

This position requires a highly analytical individual with strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret financial and commercial data. The role presents a valuable exposure to the Actuation business as a whole and is an opportunity for excellent career progression.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support the delivery of month-end close, forecasts, annual budgets, and mid-term plans, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to group timelines.
• Assist in the consolidation of financial data from multiple global sites, ensuring consistency and integrity of reported information.
• Perform detailed variance analysis (actuals vs forecast, budget, prior year), identifying key drivers and providing actionable insights.
• Support scenario modelling and ad hoc financial analysis to inform business decision-making.

Reporting & Analysis

• Assist in the production and enhancement of standardised management reporting packs for use across the business and for presentation to senior leadership.
• Develop and maintain robust reporting tools to improve visibility of financial and operational performance across the group.
• Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities through analysis of financial data.

Post-Acquisition Integration & Synergies

• Support the tracking, reporting, and validation of synergy initiatives related to the 2025 Safran acquisition.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment between financial reporting and operational delivery of synergies.
• Assist in embedding consistent reporting methodologies for synergy realisation across sites.

Job Requirements

• Part-Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA) or relevant finance experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Experience of a financial consolidation system or SAP ERP system.
• Effective communicator for process methodology.
• Self-motivated.
• Focused on learning new skills and career development.
• Flexible team member with commitment to the success of the function and organisation.
• Some travel may be required to support the global organisation.

But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)

Competitive salary and annual bonus and pay review

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Comprehensive health cash plan

Flexible working options

Pension (10% employer contribution) and life assurance

Early finish on Fridays

Professional development, ongoing training, mentoring

Onsite amenities: parking, restaurant, bicycle storage, showers

Family-friendly and accessible workplace policies

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

Locate your future workplace

Stafford Road WV10 7EH

Wolverhampton

England United Kingdom