Graduate Finance Officer

**Graduate Finance Officer**

**Location: West Cumbria/ Hybrid**

**Job type: Permanent**

**Salary: £30,000 PA
Delkia is a specialist Systems Integrator (SI) operating throughout the UK and Internationally for safety-related and mission-critical systems in highly regulated sectors, including Aerospace, Maritime, Defence and Clean Energy.

Our offering includes system integration, engineering design, technical consultancy, and complex control systems

support, all of which are harnessed specifically for each project’s needs, maturity and technology requirements.

**We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a dynamic and Ambitious Graduate Finance Officer to join our dynamic team at Delkia.
**Overview of the role**

Delkia have a fantastic development opportunity to grow into the company’s Finance Manager through this opportunity as a graduate finance officer. Working directly for the company’s Finance Director, you will work very closely with plenty of development opportunity. This role will work towards being a full professional member of CIMA, ACA or ACCA. You will be provided mentoring (internally and externally) and work towards being a Finance Manager over several years. This opportunity will be focusing on operational needs, initially working closely with the project management officer (PMO), project controls (PC) and profit and loss (P&L) accountable leads.

**Key responsibilities**
- Support the budgeting, planning and reporting work of the Finance department including analysing accounts, calculating savings, producing KPIs and annual expenditure reports
- Learning how to present, liaise, collaborate, and communicate management and financial reports with budget holders to discuss requirements, options and agree recommendations and implementation plan for projects
- Support colleagues, customers and stakeholders to resolve their queries effectively
- Work in partnership with other department areas when undertaking duties
- Develop and maintain a knowledge of financial working practices and developments within the department
- Use of finance IT systems relevant to working area
- Financial accounting including bank and control account reconciliations, and VAT returns
- Assist with the preparation of statutory returns and regulatory reports.
- Provide Continual Improvement through process generation and ownership within the finance department

**Desired Qualifications / Prerequisites**
- Strong problem-solving ability and inquisitive nature
- Able to communicate technical information to stakeholders of varying skill sets
- Exceptional numerical and analytical skills with outstanding attention to detail
- Able to analyse large and complex datasets
- Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge
- SQL and BI tools experience is desirable
- Ability to build strong relationships
- Driven and enthusiastic
- Early leadership and management skills
- Strategic thinker
- Hands-on approach
- Adaptability and resilient

**Benefits**
- Flexible Working
- Training and Development
- Excellent Company Standards
- Cycle-To-Work Scheme
- Health Care
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Great team spirit
- Organisation social events
- Professional membership

**Company Overview**

Based in Preston and Cumbria, Delkia is a specialist Systems Integrator in systems engineering design and systems integration in the Aerospace, Maritime and Defence and Nuclear sectors.

**Mission**

To deliver innovative value-for-money products and services to customers to enable safe and secure operations.

**Vision**

To become the leading British Systems Integrator and partner of choice for high-integrity and mission-critical systems.

**Values**
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Integrity, Trust and Accountability
- Safety and Security
- Client Focused
- Social Value and Impact
- Continuous Improvement

**Must be suitable to meet security vetting requirements.**

**How to apply**: