Project Finance Manager in Southampton

Salary: Up to £70,000 dependent on skills and experience

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

What you'll be doing:

• Developing a Project Finance Capability Centre, aiding the Business Unit in the effective and profitable delivery of customer projects by maintaining all Finance aspects of the project life cycle
• Providing best-in-class financial planning, analysis and insights, to all internal and external customers, to drive growth and deliver admirable performance
• Driving the implementation of common and consistent Project Finance processes, a culture of performance excellence and "right first time", and optimising key financial controls
• Ensuring that the financial performance of projects is reported accurately and on time, producing forward forecasts so that stakeholders have the information required for effective decision-making
• Playing a vital role in supporting the modernisation of Project Finance, collaborating with other Project Finance Capability Centre teams to improve the capability across the function, establish consistent operating models and drive the delivery of continuous improvement
• Creating a data focused and digital culture whilst digitising ways of working through the implementation of digital project management, reporting and financial toolsets. Advocate the use of dashboards to provide insights and improve performance. Drive ownership of data, and drive focus on "right at source", to prevent manual corrections /duplication of data

Your skills and experiences:

• Fully qualified – ACCA, ACA
• Demonstrate ability to provide insights, analysis and business intelligence to drive performance
• Managing and supporting the team (e.g. line management) and supporting the business areas (Line management responsibility for a team. Lead, inspire and motivate Project Finance team members, creating an environment that enables growth & development)
• Establishes and develops good working relationships with key customers both internally and externally. Able to communicate finance information to non-finance colleagues
• Able to manage diverse workload and prioritisation of deliverables. Have responsibility for deliverables to ensure they are completed on time, to high quality, collaborating with others where necessary

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 Project Finance Team:

The successful candidate will be a key part of the project finance team and will be aligned to the Products area of the business. The role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a valuable finance team supporting a growing part of our business.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 4th February 2026

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.