FP&A Business Performance Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Title: FP&A Business Performance Senior Accountant

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: £54,793 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the financial reporting processes end to end: capturing requirements, creating and communicating plans, reviewing inputs, providing synthesis and issuing reporting
• Manage a small team of FP&A professional staff and also provide training and support to Project Accountants regarding reporting requirements
• Providing challenge to forecast submissions for year-end KPI’s and cash flow
• Leading the Half Year and Year End Reporting activities
• Support with ad hoc queries from the Finance Directors and FP&A Financial Controller

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) – Cannot accept AAT
• Excellent MS Office skills including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Effective communication skills and confident in presenting to a wide variety of stakeholders

Desirable:

• Previous line management experience
• Competent with TM01 IBM Planning Analytics

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 Internal Finance Planning & Analysis team:

Within the finance function, Financial Planning and Analysis 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. The FP&A team work alongside other finance capabilities to drive the enhancement of key business processes, working towards establishing data driven and digitally enabled performance reporting to meet the future business needs

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: 4th July 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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