Reporting Accountant

Job Title: Reporting
Accountant

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

Salary: £38,000 plus,
depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

- Month-end and
consolidation reporting, including balance sheet reconciliations
and reviewing financial data

- Maintaining
key reporting schedules and ensure compliance with internal control
frameworks

- Assisting in
the preparation of annual statutory accounts under IFRS, ensuring
compliance with relevant accounting standards and group
processes

- Supporting
the external audit process, preparing audit packs and responding to
auditor queries

- Collaborating
with other trams such as Group Tax and Treasury on entity-level
reporting requirements

- Completion of
other reporting requirements such as Office for National Statistics
forms

- Supporting
ongoing optimisation of reporting processes within the FSSC,
identifying automation and standardisation
opportunities

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

- Part-qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / ACA or
equivalent)

- Solid
understanding of core accounting principles and reporting
cycles

- Proficiency
in Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis

Desirable:

- Exposure to
statutory reporting and audit preparation

- Experience
with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or InforLN

- Prior
experience in a multinational or complex group
structure

Benefits:

As well as a
competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share
plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing
and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private
health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for
an annual incentive.

The Financial Reporting team:

Our dynamic
Financial Reporting team offers a collaborative and supportive
environment. We offer hybrid working arrangements and the
opportunity to pursue professional qualifications with study
support.

In this role,
you will support the Group Finance team in delivering accurate,
timely, and compliant financial reporting across multiple entities.
Operating within a corporate Finance Shared Services Centre (FSSC),
the role focuses on month-end reporting via Hyperion Financial
Management (HFM). Your attention to detail, clear communication,
and proactive approach will help the team achieve its objectives.
You will play a key role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity
of our financial controls, contributing to the ongoing success of
the business.

This position
is ideal for a part-qualified accountant seeking to build technical
reporting expertise within a fast-paced, global
environment.

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 of thought,
rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to
fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and
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: 3rd
December 2025

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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