Project Finance Analyst

Job Title: Project Finance Analyst

Location: Rochester, Kent

Salary: Up to £35,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Financially managing a suite of projects and complete reporting requirements for those projects
• Working with key stakeholders and supporting line leaders in the preparation and completion of financial forecasts
• Partnering with the Project teams to understand and analyse budgets and variances, and to challenge the assumptions made in order to identify financial risks and opportunities
• Preparing of financial reporting by pulling and validating data from a variety of sources
• Ensuring projects are fully compliant with the BAE Systems Operational Framework and Finance Policies Manual to satisfy all Internal Control requirements
• Proactively seek to improve local processes and working practices to drive efficiencies across the team and wider business

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience or education in Accounting or Finance
• Strong user of Excel to include Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs
• Confidence in communicating with multiple stakeholders

Desirable:

• Experience in a similar/comparable industry

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 Finance team:

We are looking for a Project Finance Analyst to join our finance team in the Electronic System division. Working as part of an Integrated Project team, you will be responsible for a group of projects within a business area, providing the financial control, reporting, and supporting the project teams to deliver their financial commitments.

You will be joining a developed team of self-starters, high team spirited, energetic and diligent individuals. This team consist of 6 individuals, and you will report to the Assistant Financial Controller. You will have the opportunity to work with varied stakeholders within the division, working closely with the Project team, and participate in various projects. This role gives you an opportunity to cater the growth for a commercial finance career with support towards additional learning and qualifications. This role will expand your knowledge and give the ability to influence stakeholders and an opportunity to make a real difference in the decision-making process.

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: 3^rd March 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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