Senior Management Accountant - Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom - BAE Systems (New)

Description

Job title: Senior Management Accountant

Location: The Strand, Preston; We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Providing support to budget owners in all financial aspects such as budgeting, understanding their actuals, forecast updates plus identification and management of risks and opportunities as part of the monthly reporting process
• Supporting the budget owners to build up Integrated Business Plan (IBP) (5 year business plan) to ensure output is robust with suitable challenge and all risk & opportunities are considered
• Maintaining and improving financial controls
• Identifying and delivering opportunities to drive continuous improvement
• Developing and enhancing processes and internal controls

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced financial modelling excel skills
• Prior experience supporting budget holders

Desirable:

• Previous experience of SAP
• Line management experience

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 Team:

Within the finance function, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 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.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in changing and shaping the future of the business, with the chance to bring your own ideas and to share your knowledge and expertise with the tight knit team. You will be supporting the enterprise in areas such as Business Support, IT services, Real Estate and Procurement amongst others.

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: 18 th April 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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