Senior Project Accountant

Senior Project Accountant

Would you like to work in a busy environment where you are responsible for a wide range of projects and products across multiple platforms? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Project Accountant at our Broad Oak site in Portsmouth, in the Underwater Weapons Groups (UWW).

UWW is an established part of the business with a portfolio of projects including Torpedoes, Mine Neutralisation, Submarines Support to UK and international customers, with exciting growth in both existing products and through development of novel technologies.

As a Senior Project Account, you will support the Finance Manager for the UWW group and ad hoc support to Head of Finance on central reporting tasks, using our new IT tools (BPC and SAP) to be bold and explore new ways of working and analysis data to enhance future performance.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your Project Accounting skills and grow into a Business partnering role. We are looking ideally for someone with the ability and ambition to progress into a potential future Finance Manager role.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Project Accountant will involve:

• Primarily interfacing with project stakeholders to provide value adding financial support and challenge.
• Creating and updating reports within our Finance tool (SAP BPC) and our ERP (SAP).
• Providing support to Project Managers and Project Controllers ensuring that project finances are maintained in line with the Finance Control Framework (FCF).
• Providing Project teams with sound and robust financial guidance. Working and partnering as a member of the project team, while providing rigorous challenge and compliance with financial policies and controls.
• Bringing business acumen to bear in all discussions on delivery and winning of new business.
• Supporting project reviews through the provision of accurate and timely contract status reports, summary status reports and other financial inputs to review packs.
• Supporting the bid and approval process, producing NPV and IEP documents to support RBA process.
• Being responsible for balance sheet, P&L and cash flow of programme area.
• Proactively seeking continuous improvement and challenging process, where required.
• Supporting risk reviews, taking a considered approach to risk vs reward.

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential

• Project or Management Accounting experience
• Have an advanced level in Excel
• Commercial acumen with numerical / analytical skills
• Experience in a project environment or within a large complex business

Desirable

• Knowledge of SAP BPC environment, in addition to SAP experience
• Risk management
• Detailed knowledge of Project Lifecycle Management (LCM) process
• Understanding of MoD and US DoD Accounting / Contracting requirements
• CIMA/ACCA/ICEAW qualified or part qualified with experience

What we're looking for in you:

You will need to have a proactive approach and the ability to use your own initiative, working independently & as part of a team. You will have the ability to influence others and generate successful outcomes using excellent communication skills and confident in dealing with senior stakeholders. This role will include elements of system and process design, sharing best practice and developing existing ways of working, so attention to detail is very important. You will have an aptitude to learn and a willingness to get involved in projects across functions.

Location: Broad Oak in Portsmouth

Salary: Competitive

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Flexible Working: At Maritime Services, we embrace flexible and modern working arrangements and feel this is an important part of the benefits that we have on offer. It helps us to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. This role can be undertaken either full time, part time, job share, flexible hours or we would welcome your suggestions for how we could make this role fit your circumstances.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world's leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

Maritime Services

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us. Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business

From our headquarters in Portsmouth, we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations. BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end-to-end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy's complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence, you could find yourself working on the iconic Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, Type 26 Global Combat Ships, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, historic ships and more. Our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment. This includes Spearfish, one of the most powerful and capable wire guided torpedoes on the market. Currently undergoing a major upgrade programme, Spearfish will soon benefit from further sophisticated advances in its homing, warheads, tactical and fuelling systems, as well an upgraded guidance link. Then there's Artisan, the 3D radar that can identify a target the size of a tennis ball, travelling at a speed of more than 2000 miles an hour more than 25 kilometres away!

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

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