Financial Planning & Reporting Manager

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities. GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career. Job Summary Are you strong in structuring financial planning processes, creating robust budget and forecast templates, and ensuring the technical quality and consistency of financial submissions? For GKN Fokker Aerospace in Papendrecht, we are looking for an experienced Financial Planning & Reporting Manager. GKN Fokker Aerospace specialises in the design and manufacture of components and systems for aircraft and helicopters in both civil and defence aviation. This includes landing gear, engine and wing components, tail sections, fuel tanks and wiring systems. Over the years, GKN Fokker Aerospace has established itself as a leading supplier of these systems to customers including Airbus, Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Job Responsibilities As Financial Planning & Reporting Manager, you are responsible for coordinating and technically managing the planning cycle, including forecasts, budgets and the strategic plan. The role focuses on creating and maintaining planning templates, rolling up submissions from budget owners, validating the completeness and consistency of the full budget and forecast, and ensuring that the process runs in a controlled and reliable way. You will also prepare and discuss forecasts, budgets and actuals for departmental expenses. You will have one direct report and will be part of the Business Control team overseeing the Papendrecht and Hoogeveen sites. Your responsibilities and activities include: Coordinating the forecast, budget and strategic planning cycles for GKN Fokker Aerospace; Developing, maintaining and distributing budget and forecast templates for budget owners; Consolidating and rolling up budget and forecast submissions, including technical validation of completeness, consistency and data quality; Preparing departmental expense forecasts, budgets and actuals, and discussing these with budget owners and stakeholders; Supporting reporting and closing activities by delivering accurate planning data, reconciliations and ad-hoc analyses; Identifying opportunities to improve the accuracy, efficiency and control of planning processes, templates and financial reporting outputs. Job Qualifications • A completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Economics, Controlling, Business Analytics or a related field; • At least 5 years of relevant experience in financial planning, business control, management reporting, cost control, financial systems, data analytics, or process improvement within a complex manufacturing or project environment; • Strong experience with Excel-based modelling, planning templates, data validation and management information systems such as Baan, OneStream, Qlik Sense, IBM Planning Analytics or Power BI; • The ability to work closely with budget owners and finance colleagues to collect, challenge, validate and summarise financial inputs; • Excellent analytical skills, strong attention to detail and a structured approach to financial reporting and process control; • Excellent command of both Dutch and English. What's in it for you? We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry. Furthermore, we will offer you: A gross monthly salary based on the CLA Metalektro Grade N and in line with your experience and qualifications, 8% holiday allowance, 42 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (29 holidays and 13 ADV days), An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance, A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers. Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! We will support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. How to apply? Are you interested in the position and do you meet the requirements? Please apply online by sending us a Cover Letter and your CV. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email. If you have any questions you can reach out to Koen van Stigt - Talent Acquisition Specialist via . We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go? A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work. We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know. We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology. ​ ​