Finance Business Partner – Strategic Procurement

BAE Systems; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job description

Job title: Finance Business Partner – Strategic Procurement

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

Salary: £63,900

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide overall strategic financial direction, governance and leadership to the business, including accountability for delivery of all in year budgeted financial commitments.
• Collaborate with the Functional/Contract leads to understand their financial needs and provide financial insights in support of strategic initiatives, and partner with the Functional/Contract leads to help them understand the impact they can have on business performance.
• Provide financial advice and support to the leadership and management teams to influence and shape key decisions, and support the 5-year business plan by helping to shape the strategy. Generating key financial assumptions, financially modelling and measuring the impact to the current baseline plan.
• Lead bids for new work through to contract award. Create and review bid proposals, agreeing the scope and plan with key stakeholders and seeking to maximise revenue, profit and cash.
• Support in the execution of existing contracts to achieve and/or exceed the financial commitments, resulting in acceptable levels of return for the business.
• Partner with multi-functional teams to provide insights to improve both operational and financial performance and supporting the development of a culture of candour and continuous growth and development across the business.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Fully qualified accountant with demonstrated experience (AAT & Part-Qualified will not be accepted).
• Proven experience as a finance business partner or in a similar role.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – including the ability to interact and engage with stakeholders from all functions and grades (including non-finance).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team, across the function and the company and manage multiple priorities effectively.

Desirable:

• Experience working on bids is highly desirable.

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 Air Finance Team:

Join our dynamic Air Finance team, a key part of a 350-strong finance community, with a focused Operations Finance group of 20 and a close-knit team of three dedicated to Procurement support. In this role, you’ll work at the heart of business partnering, helping drive financial performance, improve competitiveness in new business inputs, and deliver robust cost estimates.

You’ll collaborate with Procurement to identify risks and opportunities, evaluate investments, and implement performance improvement initiatives, all while ensuring financial rigour, control, and strategic alignment across the 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, 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: 30th April 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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