Job title - Head of Financial Planning & Analysis – 12-month FTC – Maternity Cover
Location –Malvern – Hybrid – 2 days per week on site
Role benefits – Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits + holiday (plus public holidays) + Pension Scheme, and more!
Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more.
About the role
We are looking for an accomplished and proactive Head of FP&A to join us on a maternity cover contract. In this pivotal role, you will lead our financial planning and analysis function, providing insight-driven support to strategic decision-making and enabling performance excellence across the business.
What you will bring to the role:
1. Lead the FP&A function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
2. Partner with senior leadership to provide insightful financial analysis and recommendations
3. Develop and maintain robust financial models to support business planning and scenario analysis
4. Drive improvements in reporting processes, tools, and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy
5. Manage the preparation of monthly management reports, board packs, and performance dashboards
6. Lead, mentor, and support the FP&A team to ensure high performance and development
7. Ensure alignment with corporate finance policies and compliance standards
About you:
8. Proven track record in a senior FP&A or finance leadership role, ideally within a global organisation in the technology, advanced manufacturing, or scientific/engineering sectors
9. Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and advanced financial modelling/reporting skills, supported by proficiency in relevant tools.
10. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and geographies
11. Professional accounting qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred, with experience managing change and driving process improvements.
12. Hands-on, collaborative approach, willing to get into the detail, take ownership of issues, and see them through to resolution
13. Demonstrates integrity, curiosity, adaptability, and resilience, with a commitment to continuous improvement in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Why you should join us:
14. Be a part of an ambitious, fast-growing, international company with a friendly and inclusive culture.
15. Drive growth within a leading global organisation whose purpose is to work with our customers, to make the world a better place
16. Be a key member of our team in our amazing offices
17. Gym discounts
18. Volunteering days and much more
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About us - Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps.
Together we are a powerful and highly complementary combination of market leading technologies.
We are the toolmakers for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. We are their partners in discovery.
Malvern Panalytical instruments analyze the chemical, physical and structural nature of materials, from proteins to polymers and semiconductors to minerals. Our leading technologies measure particle size, shape, concentration and zeta potential, biomolecular interactions and stability, elemental concentrations and crystallographic structure.
Micromeritics manufactures systems for the characterization of particles, powders, and porous materials for a wide- range of end markets including catalysts, chemicals, building materials, clean-tech and battery. Our leading technologies measure surface area, porosity, density, adsorption and particle activity.
SciAps specializes in portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF), laser-based (LIBS) and near-infrared (NIR) analyzers to measure any element in any environment. SciAps is the Center of Excellence for our handheld instruments.
We have a global footprint with R&D and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.
We are more than 2,500 employees in a customer-focused organization with sales and service offices in 20 countries, all committed to delivering expert and responsive customer support.
Part of Spectris plc, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company, Spectris combines precision with purpose, delivering progress for a more sustainable world. Precision is at the heart of what we do – our leading, high-tech instruments and software equip our customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive.
Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics & SciAps
Your Partners in Discovery
Malvern Panalytical, Micromeritics and SciAps, part of the Spectris Group, are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and achieve a fulfilling career. Changing the world isn’t something you can do on your own, or with a single way of thinking; it takes a wide collection of experiences, stories, knowledge, and expertise. We encourage applications from underrepresented individuals and people with diverse backgrounds. Although we always select the most qualified applicant for each role and make all decisions without regard to race, sex, age, or any other protected class, we are an inclusive, equal opportunity organization that prizes diversity. Your unique perspective is important to us.