Management Accountant

Role summary

Within this role you will be responsible for the financial stewardship of the Fundamental Account of our National Security business, with annual revenue of ~£25m. As a Finance Business Partner you will build strong relationships and influence the key decisions that improve business performance from Orders to profit and cash generation. You will be commercially astute, ability to assess and quantify real risk associated with bids and contracts. You will be at the forefront of discussions with varied stakeholders, a key player in decision making, challenging the status quo and influential in strategy formulation/ implementation. Comfortable with bringing a level of gravitas to dealing with ambiguity, focused on business outcomes whilst consistently delivering on business obligations. Adapting to cultural and relational considerations, you will lead development and maintenance of good, trusted stakeholder relationships.

This role is predominantly home based however will require regular travel to either the Gloucester or Guildford offices when it is safe to do so.

What you'll be doing

• Work closely with and influence senior management to help drive business performance. Improve the impact and understanding of financial KPI's to business outcomes ensuring high quality financial decisions are taken.
• Effectively share external industry perspectives and good practise to help deliver measurable improvements in the approach to decision making, value for money and risk management.
• Provide objective financial advice and opinions that positively impact the future choices available to the business.
• Identify and drive financial efficiency with senior management ensuring that resources are allocated effectively with rigorous pressure on costs and commitment to a value for money approach.
• Commercial approach to bids, ability to identify and articulate complex areas of the bid whilst focusing on key areas of risk with appropriate mitigation plans translating into financials.
• Challenge business development activities in terms of alignment to business strategy, realism of opportunities and associated investment and the likelihood and level of financial returns versus risks.
• Proactive approach with risks and opportunities on financial ownership for the planning, forecasting and management of revenues and cost.
• Development of colleagues in core finance skills, whether within the function or outside, to ensure appropriate practices are followed, shaping the finance function of the future.
• Ensure that the area under your control operate an appropriate and effective set of financial controls and ensure the overall integrity of the accounts in line with good accounting practice.
• Support wider financial activities accross the rest of the National Security Account.

What we're looking for

• Qualified Accountant
• Sound commercial acumen including an understanding of pricing strategies and cost recovery models
• Experience in driving cost savings and margin improvement
• Effective leadership and influencing skills
• High attention to detail
• Experience of working across cultures and time zones (desirable)
• Record of implementing and maintaining robust financial controls
• Experience of working to tight timescales and consistently meeting deadlines
• Ability to work effectively in a cross function team and at various seniority levels in the organisation

Life at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

About BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

We use our intelligence-led insights to help defend Governments, Nations and Societies from cyber-attacks and financial crime. Our customers depend on our evolving capabilities to help them safely grow their organisations. Our unprecedented access to threat intelligence, world-leading analysts and market-leading technology means we can help them to adapt, evolve and stay ahead of the criminals.

Division overview: Corporate Functions

At BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Corporate Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Corporate Functions enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software.

As part of Corporate Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.