Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

4 days ago


Frimley, Surrey, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time
Job Description:

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - Air Sector at BAE Systems, this role is located in the UK and is open to job seekers with a strong background in finance and planning. This job opening requires a broad experience of finance management, planning, and commercial finance in a complex business, and ideally a strong track record in the FP&A domain.

Job Responsibilities:

Job Title: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) - Air Sector

Location: Flexible, with some travel required to co-locate with the wider team. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £80,000 depending on experience plus executive benefits.

In this role as a head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) in the Air sector you will be:

  • Leading the co-ordination and consolidation of the Air sector financial performance through monthly reporting, including half & full year activity, and through the businesses long term financial planning process (IBP). You will work closely with the FP&A teams to forecast, plan and understand the sector financial performance, while also improving the processes through which they are delivered.
  • Responsible for the delivery of high-quality FP&A services to the Air Sector, taking inputs from a variety of sources, analysing these, and bringing them together to provide quality, forward looking insights and analysis. You will need to understand each business to identify trends, highlight risks and opportunities and provide analysis, challenges and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Responsible for the production and review of sector financial packs, including the financial elements presented at sector level IBP and CBR (Chief Executive) reviews.
  • Overseeing the BAE Systems reporting of the MBDA joint venture.
  • Deputising for the Air FP&A Director in reviews with other Senior Finance Directors.
  • Collaborating with Finance Business Partners (FBPs) and the wider finance function to actively contribute to wider business improvement initiatives to drive standardisation, efficiency and effectiveness.

Your skills and experiences:

  • Member of a recognised UK professional accountancy body (ACCA, CIMA etc) with significant post qualifying experience. Bringing a broad experience of finance management, planning and commercial finance in a complex business, and ideally a strong track record in the FP&A domain.
  • Demonstration of business understanding and articulation of forecast movements, risks and opportunities. The ability to synthesise multiple information points into a clear and succinct message, and comfortable making recommendations to senior stakeholders on courses of action.
  • While part of our FP&A capability centre, this role will draw on all aspects of finance within BAE Systems so you will ideally have had exposure to aspects of Project Finance, Cost Performance and Governance.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, you will be able to quickly establish efficient and effective working relationships with the wider team, and to influence key stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
  • Organisation and management, you will be responsible for setting the planning and reporting drumbeat across the Sector and will be comfortable coordinating across a wide team, and planning to meet key deadlines and deliverables.

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 Financial Planning & Analysis team:

Within the finance function, Financial Planning and Analysis teams are responsible for leading the delivery of high quality and forward-looking financial analysis and insights to the business. Bringing together FP&A experts from across the UK footprint, they are the primary points of contact into business Finance Directors and provide crucial insights on the key business and financial performance.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 29th August 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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