Job Title: Senior Project Accountant

Location: Barrow-in-Furness.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:

• Responsible for the delivery of all core project accounting deliverables for a major element of the Dreadnought Programme whilst ensuring effective financial challenge, governance and support to the programme teams
• Working with the Dreadnought Project Management Organisation (PMO) lead for your area to deliver robust forecasts into the Monthly Management Reporting (MMR) process and supporting the project teams to ensure financial commitments are met
• Working with the Project to ensure quarterly Contract Status Reports are produced, reflecting an accurate financial representation of the programme
• Continuous improvement of financial process/practices & governance activities
• Providing support from a financial perspective for contract management, negotiations, and amendments
• Working with the internal and external stakeholders including the MOD, Project and Commercial teams, Supply Chain teams and Central Finance on a regular basis

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA) or relevant equivalent
• Experienced in accounting and financial management, including project finance, with a proven ability to influence across functions and hierarchies
• Thorough knowledge of Financial IT Systems including SAP and MS Excel

Desirable:

• Good working knowledge of MOD’s policies and procedures
• Understanding of business and financial modeling, preferably within a similar defense environment

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 Dreadnought Project Finance Capability Centre:

The Dreadnought Project Finance Capability Centre provides the opportunity to work across the Dreadnought programme in support of your career development. This exciting finance role provides the opportunity to manage various financial aspects of the programmes, with the aim that you experience all core project accounting roles and processes. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?