Finance Project Support Officer

About The Role
Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

Working within the finance team, you will work with other departments in the business including Project Management, Purchasing and Commercial to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting on contracted and internal projects actual and forecast.

Finance Project Support Officer will be based at our Barnstaple, site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £45k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

Project administration - From order acceptance you will set up the project in focal point as directed by the business with correct order, revenue, and invoice dates. In other situations, you will have to set up a project for internal uses without financial information e.g. Private Venture.

On a monthly basis you oversee and update the financial forecast of projects, preparing project reports for the business and following review updating the business system to capture any changes.

As you go through the month you will also post any revenue that can be claimed on a project accurately and if right, collecting evidence for that revenue depending on its IFRS categorisation. You will also handle approving invoices that are submitted to you by project managers, matching against POs, verifying currency rates etc.About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.

We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we're always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

Work life balance

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell

Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual

Half day Fridays

Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave Family & wellbeing

Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program

All Staff Bonus

Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing Centre

Sports & Social activities

Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings

Life assurance policy

Publication and recruitment bonus rewards

Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learningFacilities & resources

Electric vehicle charging points at all sites

Private seated lunch areas

Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages

Onsite showers and toiletries provision

Free onsite parking The skills you need

Previous experience of working project control/accounting in commercial project environments, within a defence related industry or manufacturing environment. (An understanding of revenue trading would also be useful.)

Excellent time keeping and communication skills

Have a interest developing your analytical skills i.e. Excel, Power query, Power BI etc

Part or fully qualified in Accountancy (AAT, CIMA, ACCA etc) is desirableJoin us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you'd like to know more, please give Dave Abrams from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on (phone number removed). Or reach out to us on (url removed)