Assistant Project Accountant

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on skills & experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide value-adding and robust financial support to the project team.
• Produce and develop reports to meet business requirements.
• Support resolution of project financial issues.
• Produce, promote and monitor supporting process instructions.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor financial performance, providing independent and robust financial challenge.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy of data provided to customers.
• Coaching non-finance employees on financial reports.
• Preparation of Summary Status Reports.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Project accounting experience.
• Awareness of MoD Accounting/Contracting requirements.
• Knowledge of Project Lifecycle Management (LCM) Process.
• Business Systems experience (SAP/BPC).
• Finance Governance requirements including Financial Controls Framework.

Desirable:

• Part qualified accountant or qualified by experience within a project environment.

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The FMSP Project Finance Team:

The team provides comprehensive project accounting support to the Mod Future Maritime Support Programme. This role supports the short term fleet time engineering and capital insertion activities which form part of the FMSP contract. This involves regular meetings with the Mod customer articulating the financial position for each activity.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 12th May 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.