Senior Management Accountant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Management Accountant

Location: Washington; Tyne & Wear. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £55,869 depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Monitor and analyse the financial performance of Site Operations cost areas, providing independent financial challenge and regular reviews with senior stakeholders
• Deliver accurate and consistent management reporting for Site Operations, including site stock and labour hours analysis
• Support the Cost Performance Lead in developing the five-year Integrated Business Plan, including direct labour rate calculations and co-ordinating inputs from budget holders
• Prepare monthly accruals, prepayments and journal corrections, and raise purchase requisitions to support operational, engineering and production activities
• Ensure compliance with financial controls, policies and procedures, and support internal and external audit requirements
• Support business stakeholders in understanding financial information, including forecasting and key metric analysis
• Promote standardisation and continuous improvement, sharing best practice across the wider FP&A team
• Work collaboratively with finance teams across sites and disciplines within the Defence Solutions business to communicate financial performance and key metrics

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Proven experience in management accounting and FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, and operational cost analysis
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and data manipulation
• Ability to work effectively with non-financial stakeholders, translating financial information into clear insights
• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment, supporting operational and financial processes

Desirable

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or qualified by experience
• Proficiency with ERP systems, such as SAP or Oracle, for reporting and financial management

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Cost Performance Team:

The Cost Performance team sits within the FP&A function of Munitions Finance, managing costs across our Land UK manufacturing sites. We work closely with Operations, Engineering, and Project Management to provide financial analysis and challenge that supports effective decision-making.

This role oversees finance for small arms ammunition production and offers the opportunity to contribute to a growing and dynamic part of the business. You will be part of a collaborative team that values innovation, continuous improvement, and the sharing of best practice, helping to drive financial performance and operational excellence across the sites.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 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: 29th October 2025

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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