Head of Project Accounting
3 days ago
**Job Title**:Head of Project Accounting
**Location**:Barrow-in-Furness. 3 days per week on-site
**Salary**:£90,000+ depending on skills and experience, plus executive level benefits including car allowance and bonus
**What you’ll be doing**:
- Lead project accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial planning, reporting, and analysis to support business performance
- Drive modernisation initiatives, fostering a data-driven culture and implementing process improvements aligned with strategic goals
- Oversee financial controls, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and maintaining a culture of accountability across the team
- Collaborate with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making and align financial strategies with business objectives
- Provide bid support by coordinating financial inputs and planning for upcoming opportunities
- Inspire and develop a high-performing team, promoting continuous improvement and professional growth
- Opportunity to lead and modernise the Project Accounting function, driving significant improvements in financial performance and efficiency across high-value projects
- Manage a sizable, talented team, fostering professional growth and collaboration while shaping the future of the finance function
- Be part of a dynamic organisation offering progression into senior leadership roles within the finance and wider business landscape
**Your skills and experiences**:
- Qualified accountant with a minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience in project accounting or financial planning
- Proven leadership experience managing sizable teams, with the ability to inspire and motivate others
- Strong expertise in financial analysis, forecasting, and long-term contract management
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
- Experience driving process improvements and implementing digital solutions, preferably with tools like SAP BPC
- Familiarity with regulatory standards (GAAP/IFRS) and governance principles across industry sectors
**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 Project Accounting team**:
**Why BAE Systems?**
**Closing Date**:20th January 2025
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