Project Financial Analyst

Page Personnel is partnering with a successful business based in Gosport who are looking for a Project Financial Analyst to join their accountancy team on a full time permanent basis.

Client Details

Our client is a successful business that has seen rapid growth in the past 12 months. They are based in Gosport and do require travel to their offices but also offer a hybrid model of working.

Description

As the Project Financial Analyst, you will be responsible for:

• Act as financial Analyst/Business Partner for the Long Term Training and sustainment contract providing the management team financial support and information to enable timely and accurate decision making
• Full life-cycle project accounting support depending on their stage in the life cycle.
• Perform financial Estimates At Complete (EAC) in collaboration with Business Partners and cross-functional teams with oversight of a Financial Operations team to support the work scope, and provide regular reporting and presentations to Leadership
• Utilise Earned Value Management techniques and tools to interpret, analyse and understand monthly performance information, the drivers behind any cost variances and support the preparation of mitigation and action plans to resolve any issues
• Extracting data and compiling performance reports while assisting with preparing variance analyses
• Manage the monthly and quarterly financial forecasting process across designated business areas and contracts
• Evaluate the potential impact of Risks and Opportunities and support operational teams to identify and implement mitigation plans driving profitability
• Report programme performance including progress to plan, performance taken, and remaining effort, including effects on Orders, Revenue, Earnings & Cash
• Provide in-depth analysis and recommendations for the business and support strategy development and strategic direction for the financial operations team
• Support consistency and standardisation across the wider BDUK FinOps team, ensuring compliance to Boeing standards and requirements
• Support the development of performance reporting metrics and management information for use by programme leadership team

Profile

To be successful for the Project Financial Analyst, you must:

• Experience working within an operations-facing finance team, acting as a Business Partner to Managers
• A self-starter, comfortable with establishing required reporting drumbeats and processes
• Prior experience of EVM (preferably using CSPR, COBRA and Open Plan)
• Business (Financial) Acumen
• Strong Written and Oral Communication skills
• Experience of driving and delivering Business Results
• Focus on Customer satisfaction
• Qualified or nearly qualified Accountant or similar
• Background in Accounting, Economics, Business, Finance or Project Accounting/controlling preferred

Job Offer

Salary £30,000 - £40,000