Head of FP&A and Business Partnering

Hours: Monday - Friday (08:30 - 17:00), 40 hours per week.

Hybrid Flexibility: 3 Days Onsite, 2 Remote

Are you an experienced FP&A professional ready to step into a role where you can genuinely shape the direction of a function and influence business performance?

This is a rare opportunity to join Grainger & Worrall at a pivotal point in its journey, reporting directly to the CFO and playing a key role in developing a best in class FP&A capability. You'll have real ownership, visibility, and influence across the organisation, helping to elevate financial insight, support strategic decision making, and drive meaningful impact as the business continues to grow and evolve.

This is a highly impactful role combining technical FP&A expertise, leadership, and strategic business partnering. You'll bring clarity, insight, and direction, supporting the business in making better, faster, and more informed decisions while shaping the future of the finance function.

If you're motivated by influence, progression, and the opportunity to make a genuine difference, this role offers the platform to do exactly that.

Who are we?

At Grainger & Worrall, we specialise in producing complex cast and precision machined solutions for pioneering technologies across diverse industries, including automotive, aerospace, defence, motorsport, and more, highlighting our versatility and commitment to driving future technology development and decarbonising mobility.

Our commitment to engineering excellence and breakthrough innovation was recently recognised with The King's Award for Enterprise in Innovation - our fourth accolade in this prestigious programme. This honour reflects the significant impact of our work on the future of mobility and sustainable technology.

Driven by a team of talented and experienced engineers and specialists, we push boundaries and innovate to bring cutting edge ideas to life.

We work with manufacturers of high performance vehicles, helping them turn ambitious designs into reality through advanced engineering and manufacturing processes.

About the role

Reporting into the CFO, you'll take ownership of developing and enhancing FP&A capability within a business as it continues to evolve and invest in its financial infrastructure.

You'll play a central role in strengthening financial visibility, building on existing reporting, enhancing forecasting, and delivering high quality insights that support stronger commercial and strategic decision making across the organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact while shaping the longer term direction of FP&A. You'll refine and elevate reporting and forecasting frameworks, creating a robust foundation from which to deliver deeper insight and meaningful business partnering.

As the function develops, you'll become increasingly influential in driving performance, working closely with senior stakeholders to guide decisions, challenge thinking, and unlock value across the business.

You'll also have the opportunity to influence future systems and reporting capability, supporting ERP implementation and advancing the use of Power BI to deliver clearer, more accessible, and forward looking insight.

Alongside this, you'll lead and develop a small FP&A team, with scope to build capability and shape the future structure as the business continues to grow.

What you'll be doing

• Enhancing management reporting and performance visibility, providing clear insight into margins and key business drivers
• Leading budgeting and rolling forecasting (including 9+3 cycles), improving accuracy, confidence, and forward looking visibility
• Developing and evolving Power BI dashboards and reporting tools to enable better, faster access to data and insight
• Delivering customer profitability analysis and supporting smarter commercial decision making around pricing, investment, and cost
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to influence decisions, challenge assumptions, and drive improved business performance
• Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, data integrity, and automation
• Supporting the development of future finance systems, including ERP implementation
• Leading, coaching, and developing an FP&A analyst, with opportunity to shape and grow the team over time

Who we're looking for

We're looking for a commercially aware FP&A professional who combines technical strength with the ability to influence stakeholders.

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong FP&A experience, including budgeting and forecasting
• Proven ability to build reporting in low data environments
• Confident working both strategically and hands on
• Experience partnering with non finance stakeholders
• Comfortable working in developing or changing environments
• Experience developing high performing teams
• Power BI and ERP exposure (desirable)
• Manufacturing or engineering sector understanding (advantageous)

What you'll get

We'll provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your skills and further your career. We'll work with you to develop your personal professional development plan, tailored to your goals and ambitions.

In addition, you'll get the following benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase more holiday days after your first year.
• Westfield Health Insurance
• Discounted gym membership
• Company pension
• Free onsite parking
• Additional shift bonus (where applicable)
• Family Ironbridge Pass

Right To Work Requirements

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

To be considered, applicants must already possess a long term and unrestricted right to work in the UK for the duration of employment.

We are unable to offer or support any form of visa application or future visa extension.

What to expect

At Grainger & Worrall, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence.

Joining our team means being part of a culture that values positivity, adaptability, and teamwork. We strive to innovate and improve, ensuring everyone shares in our success.

We're committed to supporting applicants with disabilities and we're happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace to suit your needs. If you require any adjustments or additional support, please let us know.