Senior Project Accountant

2 weeks ago


Ulverston Cumbria, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time €50,000

Job Title: Senior Project Accountant – Submarines

Location: Barrow-In-Furness – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £50,000+ dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Responsible for the delivery of all core project accounting deliverables for a major element of the Dreadnought Programme whilst ensuring effective financial challenge, governance and support to the programme teams
  • Working with the Dreadnought Project Management Organisation (PMO) lead for your area to deliver robust forecasts into the Monthly Management Reporting (MMR) process and supporting the project teams to ensure financial commitments are met
  • Working with the Project to ensure quarterly Contract Status Reports are produced, reflecting an accurate financial representation of the programme.
  • Continuous improvement of financial process/practices & governance activities
  • Managing a team of 2 to 3 Project Accountants, ensuring their continued development
  • Providing support from a financial perspective for contract management, negotiations, and amendments
  • Working with the internal and external stakeholders including the MOD, Project and Commercial teams, Supply Chain teams and Central Finance on a regular basis

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA) or relevant equivalent is essential
  • Accounting and financial management experience, working in a variety of roles including working within a project finance environment
  • Thorough knowledge of Financial IT Systems including SAP and MS Excel

Desirable:

  • Good working knowledge of MOD’s policies and procedures
  • Understanding of business and financial modelling experience
  • Experience of influencing across functions and hierarchies
  • Experience within a similar Defence environment / role would be highly advantageous

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Dreadnought Project Accounting team:

The Dreadnought Project Accounting Centre provides the opportunity to work across the Dreadnought programme in support of your career development. This exciting finance role provides the opportunity to manage various financial aspects of the programmes, with the aim that you experience all core project accounting roles and processes.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 2nd December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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