Finance Data Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Finance Data Analyst

Location: Warton, Hybrid – 3 days per week on site minimum

Travel: Travel between Warton and Samlesbury sites (varies on which project is being worked on)

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

Salary: £51,772+ (DOE)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

As a Finance Data Analyst within the FP&A Project Performance job family, you will support Project Finance and the wider Finance function by improving data quality, standardising templates and enabling greater automation across the Project Finance Capability Centre (PFCC) . You will work with multiple stakeholders to interpret data, modernise reporting approaches and strengthen financial controls. Your role plays a key part in supporting AdAstra and wider transformation activity, helping to embed consistent processes and deliver high‑quality insights across the Air portfolio.

Core duties:

• Work across the PFCC to understand how data can be translated into meaningful insights that support strategy‑making across the wider business
• Ensure compliance with financial controls and support internal and external audit requirements
• Apply data skills to modernise PFCC data maintenance, contributing to consistent Project Finance processes, performance excellence and robust financial governance
• Implement standard data rules to support automation, ensuring stakeholder requirements are understood and reflected in data structures
• Support data ownership by reducing manual corrections, improving data integrity and developing dashboards that provide insights, improve performance and enable others to self‑serve

Essential Skills:

• Part‑qualified and studying towards a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW), or experience within a finance data environment with an eager desire to develop advanced data skills
• Ability to interpret data, generate meaningful insights and present clear outputs to senior stakeholders with minimal oversight
• Experience creating, developing and using PowerQuery and Power BI dashboards, with demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel
• Capability to collate and interpret data efficiently, identify when processes or systems are not performing as expected, and take appropriate action to support improvements

The Air PFCC: FP&A Project Performance Data Team:

A close‑knit team of five within the PFCC Data function, supporting a wider Project Finance Capability Centre of around 150 specialists. The team plays a key role in enabling AdAstra and future transformation activity, offering profound development opportunities, exposure to senior finance leaders and the chance to shape high‑profile data projects across the Air portfolio.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 5th June 2026

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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