Finance Business Partner

BAE Systems - Saudi Arabia for expatriates; Pontypool; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence company is looking for a Finance Business Partner in Glascoed to drive financial insights and business improvements. The role requires a seasoned professional with expertise in project finance and stakeholder engagement, along with qualifications from a recognized accounting body. Attractive benefits include a competitive pension scheme and employee share plans.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of Project Finance and understanding of financial forecasting.
• Skilled in building stakeholder relationships and communicating impactfully.
• Qualified member of a professional accounting body.

Responsibilities

• Create and challenge key Integrated Business Plan assumptions.
• Review programme performance and make recommendations.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to provide financial insight.

Skills

Project Finance knowledge

Stakeholder relationship building

Communication skills

Knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP)

MRP/ERP systems knowledge (e.g., SAP)

Financial control best practices

Professional accounting qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Financial reporting tools

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Location: Glascoed

Salary: Up to £60,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

Responsibilities

• Create and challenge key Integrated Business Plan (IBP) assumptions. Direct, coordinate and undertake the IBP process in the Programme area and challenge and analyse inputs
• Engage cross-functionally as well as with programme leads to drive business improvements that deliver positive financial outcomes including delivery of in year and contractual financial targets and making recommendations to enhance operational efficiency & profitability
• Define financial planning assumptions with the business as part of strategy setting and clearly communicate
• Review programme performance, constructively challenge the business and make recommendations to course-correct, driving improvement from current contracts
• Drive the achievement of contractual and in year financial targets through effective cost and risk management
• Partner with senior stakeholders across multiple functions to provide financial insight, challenge and recommendations
• Work with Project Management and Business Managers to maximise the impact of the contract review process and provision of relevant timely information into Tier Reviews and Business Reviews

Qualifications

• Experience of Project Finance and strong understanding of financial forecasting, budgeting and reporting processes.
• Skilled in building productive stakeholder relationships, communicating with impact, and applying critical thinking to drive collaboration and informed decision-making
• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards (IFRS / GAAP), incl. IFRS15 revenue recognition criteria
• Knowledge of how to maximise the use of MRPs/ERPs (e.g. SAP) and financial reporting, forecasting and analytical tools
• Drives best practice in establishing and applying financial controls.
• Qualified member professional accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

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 Munitions Team

This Finance Business Partner position plays a critical role in supporting the Artillery Tank and Mortar (AT&M) portfolio, providing financial insight, challenge and guidance to drive strategic decision making.

The Finance Business Partner is responsible for growing and delivering the financial returns by identifying and driving improvements to business performance. They provide wider leadership and challenge across the team to embed a value add culture including a focus on delivery of current commitments balanced efficiently with product development and early risk mitigation.

The role requires an inspirational individual with strong leadership skills, influencing through strong internal networks within finance and collaboration with other functions. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Project Finance, IDT leads and the Senior Leadership Team.

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 11th November 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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