Head of financial planning & analysis Work, Jobs in Nursling, Ham (with Salaries)

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Draken —Bournemouth
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Accounting
Head of Finance Data & Business Systems
Arqiva —Winchester
- Up to £94,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Accounting
- Leadership
- Employee discount
Senior Head of Treasury
Arqiva —Winchester
- Up to £113,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Accounting
- Employee discount
Contracts and Reporting Manager
Hampshire County Council —Winchester
- £48,948 - £54,423 a year
- Temporary
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
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Head of Finance & Operations
Action Hampshire —Winchester
- £42,436 a year
- Temporary
- Hybrid work
- Financial services
- Leadership
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Assistant Manager, Revenue
Gen II Group Services - UK- Limited —Southampton
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
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Financial & Revenue Controller
Gen II Group Services - UK- Limited —Southampton
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
Head of Portfolio Control
SubSea Craft —Portsmouth
- £80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Lead FP&A Manager
Passenger Clothing —New Milton
- Full-time
- Sales
- Merchandising
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Senior Contracts and Reporting Officer
Hampshire County Council —Winchester
- £40,643 - £45,077 a year
- Temporary
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Maintenance
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Assistant Merchandiser - Lighting
B&Q —Eastleigh
- £35,500 - £45,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Sales
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
11d
Financial Operations Manager
The INS Group Ltd —Portsmouth
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Data analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
12d
Platform Lead
Quilter —Southampton
- Full-time
- Azure
- PMP
- Business development
5d
Lead Product and Distribution Manager
UK Health Security Agency —Porton
- £56,185 - £70,566 a year
- Part-time
- Management
- Doctoral degree
- Sales
11d
Chef
Elysium Healthcare —Waterlooville
- £28,700 a year
- Full-time
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
4d

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Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Draken -
Bournemouth

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Job details

Permanent

Benefits

Company pension
Car scheme

Qualifications

Microsoft Excel
Financial modelling
ACA
Analysis skills
Accounting
Contracts
CIMA
Communication skills

Full job description

All Locations

Bournemouth

Position

Finance

Vacancy Type

Permanent

Function

Finance

The Role

Head of FP&A

Location: Hurn

Hours: Full-time 37 hours | Permanent

Draken believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more.

The Role

We’re looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to join Draken at a pivotal stage of growth. This is a senior leadership role, responsible for managing a team of 6 Finance Business Partners and 1 FP&A Analyst and driving robust financial planning to support strategic decision-making across the organisation.

Acting as a trusted partner to the Programmes team and senior leadership, you’ll provide insightful, forward-looking financial analysis across complex, long-term contracts. This role plays a key part in shaping commercial decisions, assessing risk, and ensuring strong financial performance.

You’ll also support the VP Finance in enhancing forecasting processes and building a high-performing FP&A function, with clear succession planning and capability development.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

Act as a trusted finance partner to senior operational leaders across Draken
Provide financial insight and challenge on contract performance, changes, and negotiations
Clearly communicate financial risks, opportunities and sensitivities to leadership

FP&A, Modelling & Forecasting

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes
Develop and maintain complex financial models (covering contracts, cash flow, profitability and scenario analysis)
Ensure forecasts reflect key drivers such as contract structures, milestones, inflation and performance obligations
Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insight

Long-Term Contract Accounting

Provide oversight of long-term defence contracts, ensuring appropriate revenue recognition and margin management (e.g. IFRS 15)
Align commercial forecasts with financial reporting and statutory results
Monitor contract performance, identifying emerging risks and recommending corrective actions

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

Lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners and FP&A analysts
Coach and mentor team members, building strong commercial finance capability
Strengthen governance across financial models and forecasting processes
Drive continuous improvement in tools, reporting and processes
Act as a key member of the finance leadership team and deputise for the VP Finance where required

Experience / skills / qualifications

Essential

Proven experience within the defence sector
Strong background in long-term contract accounting (including revenue recognition, margin and cash flow)
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a minimum of 5 years' post-qualification experience
Extensive experience in financial modelling (advanced Excel skills)
Experience leading and developing high-performing teams
Strong commercial judgement with the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders
Excellent communication skills – able to simplify complex financial concepts

Desirable

Experience supporting bid and pricing activities
Background in aerospace or long-term contract environments
Experience in investor-backed or private equity organisations
Exposure to multi-entity or international operations

About You

Commercially focused with strong analytical skills
Able to balance detail with strategic thinking
Comfortable operating in a senior, high-accountability role
Pragmatic, resilient and solutions-oriented
A collaborative leader who invests in developing others

Why Join Draken?

Play a key role in shaping financial strategy within a growing, complex organisation
Work closely with senior leadership on high-impact decisions
Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A function
Be part of a dynamic, mission-driven business in the defence and aerospace sector

Our employee values

Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all.

At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect.

We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications.

In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required.

About Us

Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off.

Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.

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