Finance Business Partner- Fcas - Warton, United Kingdom - BAE Systems

BAE Systems

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Warton, United Kingdom

7 hours ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job title:
Finance Business Partner

FCAS

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

Salary:
£64,000+ depending on skills and experience (Plus car allowance)

What you'll be doing:

Playing a key role in the delivery team focusing on the near term requirements for the FCAS programme, providing financial insights and challenge to achieve strong contract performance
Driving financial performance through the CSR (Contract Status Report), Monthly Forecast and Business Planning processes, ensuring expectations are clearly articulated and agreed, and outputs are challenged, considered and communicated appropriately
Identifying, reporting and driving to resolution key opportunities, risks and associated mitigation actions affecting contract performance to ensure best for programme value and margin expansion
Working collaboratively with PM, commercial, estimating and partner companies to prepare bid submissions, and engaging with the customer to secure funding in a timely manner
Deputising for the FCAS Delivery Financial Controller as required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Degree or equivalent and qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
Experience in business partnering, bid proposals, project accounting and financial planning & reporting
Strategic mind set with a proven ability to challenge, influence and advocate change in a highly complex and ambiguous context
Experience of customer engagement and working closely with external partners, interacting both face to face and as virtual teams
Strong leadership and management skills, along with the ability to quickly adapt in a fast paced and changing environment
Experience in establishing and driving programme performance

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 FCAS Delivery Team:

You will report to the Financial Controller and will be working with a team of Finance Business Partners supported by the Project Accounting Capability Centre.

You will work collaboratively with a network of cross-functional contacts within BAE Systems, partner companies and the customer community.

This is a senior business-partnering role that will place you at the heart of the leadership team, where the scope of the role extends across all business activity, to lead and influence the business and finance teams to drive growth and superior financial performance.

Why BAE Systems?
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.

Closing Date: 22nd February 2024