Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis Assistant 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: £41,361+ depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the Senior Business Performance Accountant with the financial reporting processes end to end: reviewing inputs, consolidation of financial data and preparing analysis
• Supporting the Half year and Full year Statutory reporting process and provide support to external audit during these periods
• Assisting the Monthly/Quarterly Financial Reporting process comparing actuals to budget and analysis of key risk & opportunities
• Providing support to Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process
• Assist in identifying process and data improvements, fostering a continuous improvement mind set. Contribute to FP&A modernization efforts to enhance standardization, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Supporting with ad hoc queries and reporting requirements from various stakeholders within E&I

Your skills and experiences:

• Part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) actively working towards qualification
• Proficient in Advanced Excel skills – e.g Pivot tables, VLookups, Charts & Graphs etc.

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 E&I FP&A 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. 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.

Our role within the Business Performance area of FP&A is key in supporting the Business Area Leadership Teams, providing key insights to enable better decision making and prompt important discussions.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to help drive change and improvement along with supporting the team in thinking how we can do things differently. You will have a unique role in being able to see the overall view of business areas you support and the opportunity to assist the Senior FP&A accountant in the delivery of the financials. As a team, we are on a journey of moving towards the implementation of innovative visuals and continually seek to adopt new ways of working to enable proactive insights – offering great opportunities to drive change and improvements.

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 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: 4th April 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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