Assistant Financial Planning Analyst

BAE Systems; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the UK is seeking an Assistant Financial Planning Analyst to support financial reporting processes and assist with statutory reporting. The ideal candidate will be a part-qualified accountant with strong Excel skills and a passion for continuous improvement. Competitive benefits include flexible working arrangements and health plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant credential required.
• High proficiency in MS Excel and other Office software.
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support financial reporting processes from capture to issuing.
• Assist in statutory and month-end reporting processes.
• Contribute to Integrated Business Planning and project risk analysis.

Skills

Part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/ICAEW)

Proficient in MS Office skills including Excel

Passionate about improvements

Tools

TM1 IBM Planning Analytics

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Financial Planning Analyst

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

Salary: £41,361+ (DOE)

What you’ll be doing:

• Support the day-to-day financial reporting processes end to end: Capturing requirements, reviewing inputs, providing synthesis and issuing reporting and support with ad-hoc queries and reporting requirements from various stakeholders within Europe & International (E&I)
• Support the Half year and Full year Statutory reporting process, provide support to external audit during these periods and support the Monthly Financial Reporting process comparing actuals to budget and evaluation of key risk & opportunities
• Provide support to Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process
• Assistance in the preparation and reporting of the quarterly Project Risk Analysis. Undertaking variance analysis to understand movements from previous reporting and forward looking to understand the risk burn-down profiles
• Support identification of end-to-end process and data improvements, promoting a continuous improvement mindset
• Dynamically contribute to the delivery of FP&A modernisation to drive standardisation, drive efficiency and effectiveness

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/ICAEW) – AAT will not be accepted
• Proficient in MS Office skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Passionate about improvements and maintaining a continuous improvement culture

Desirable:

• Proficient with TM1 IBM Planning Analytics
• Background in FP&A

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 E&I FP&A team

Within the finance function, FP&A teams are responsible for supporting the delivery of high quality and forward looking financial evaluation and insights to the business. Bringing together FP&A experts from across the UK footprint, they are the primary points of contact into business Finance Directors and Finance Business Partners and provide crucial insights on the key business and financial performance. The FP&A team work alongside other finance capabilities to drive the enhancement of key business processes, working towards establishing data focused and digitally enabled performance reporting to meet the future business needs.

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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Please note 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.