Business Controller

2 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Thales Full time

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

**Business Controller (Projects)**

**Glasgow**
- Are you a finance project professional with high levels of accuracy and diligence? Are you inquisitive and enjoy a challenge? Do you enjoy working on projects and helping the business to achieve the desired results? Got your interest.look no further_

**What the role has to offer**
- Great opportunity to gain experience and further your career in Finance
- Opportunity to engage with multiple stakeholders across the project, senior management and business lines.
- Opportunity to work in a fast paced, exciting and dynamic environment
- Ability to drive continuous improvement

**Our Opportunity**:
Thales UK currently have an exciting opportunity for a Business Controller (Projects) to join the Finance team in the Optronics Missile Electronics (OME) UK business line. The role is to support a large and complex project within the Sea Sector of OME UK.

The Key responsibilities of the Business Controller (Projects) are:

- Ensure that forecast orders, sales and invoicing are updated on a regular basis including identifying R&O’s monthly
- Assist in the completion of the Program Dashboards and CSR
- Monitor project expenditure and delivery with a tight focus on cash milestones.
- Support Program Managers to understand actual costs incurred
- Support Programme Managers to ensure costs to completion estimates and estimates at completion (EAC) for programmes are correctly reflected
- Proactive in identifying cost savings
- Monitor and report on risks associated with Program
- Play an active part in the reconciliation of project costs within oracle and manage monthly reconciliations
- Support the Head of Finance in preparation of annual budgets (MYB) and forecasts
- Preparation of consolidated project financials and point of contact for consolidated project reporting
- Participate and challenge in bid process and support commercial on claims

**About You**

**You will need to be passionate and driven and have the following**:

- A good understanding of commercial and financial aspects of the business
- Be comfortable working with ambiguity and proposing solutions to complex issues
- Be able to present and explain the implication of complex business issues
- Be able to interact with non-finance managers and individuals at all levels in the business
- Be flexible to work in a changing environment
- Hold a professional accounting qualification
- Ideally educated to degree level (preferably in a finance, or related discipline) and/or have proven experience of Project Accounting within an engineering/manufacturing background
- Highly proficient in Excel. Oracle experience preferred.

**Security Clearance statement**

**What We Can Offer**

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

**Flexibility**

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

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