At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter. As the Head of Business Planning and Performance, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history. Using advanced metals chemistry, you’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern life and supporting life‑saving technologies - by applying, refining and recycling metals that matter for a healthier, more sustainable, circular future.
The role:
As the Head of Business Planning and Performance, you will help drive our goals by:
Leading the integrated business planning framework, aligning strategic planning, S&OP, budgeting and forecasting processes
Acting as the Finance lead for S&OP and capital expenditure, ensuring alignment between financial plans and operational delivery
Partnering with CAS to provide financial insight, challenge and support for strategic initiatives
Coordinating finance input into executive materials and ensuring clear, consistent financial messaging for leadership and investor audiences
Driving cross-functional alignment across Finance, Procurement and Capital Projects to ensure robust planning, governance and performance tracking
Providing data-led insights to senior stakeholders to support decision-making, risk visibility and performance improvement
Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:
Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA or equivalent)
Significant experience within a finance function in a large, complex organisation
Strong knowledge of financial planning, performance analysis and integrated business planning processes
Proven ability to influence and build relationships across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial information into clear insights
Strategic mindset with ability to balance long-term planning and detailed analysis
Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!
What we offer:
We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:
Competitive retirement savings
Company matched Share Incentive Plan
Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
Medical plans/health assessments
Retailer and Wellbeing discounts
Competitive annual incentive plan
Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!
At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.
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Skills Required
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Significant experience within a finance function in a large, complex organisation
- Strong knowledge of financial planning, performance analysis and integrated business planning processes
- Proven ability to influence and build relationships across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial information into clear insights
- Strategic mindset with ability to balance long-term planning and detailed analysis
What We Do
We are Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies. Our customers include many of the world’s leading energy, chemicals and automotive companies. They depend on us to use our cutting-edge science to enable them to decarbonise, reduce harmful emissions and improve their sustainability. With climate change, energy supply and resource scarcity high on the agenda, this work is more critical now than ever before.
