Financial Analyst Senior - 19486BR

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Havant; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holidays

Sick pay

Flex-hours

Job summary

Manpower UK in Havant, Hampshire, is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst with Earned Value Management experience to support strategic decision-making through financial planning, forecasting and end-positioning accounting. The role requires on-site attendance when necessary and offers a salary range of £37,000–£54,000 per year plus pension, holidays, and sick pay.

You will manage programme budgets, monitor spend and EAC, perform variance analysis, and support monthly risk management and the Long

Qualifications

• Senior Finance Analyst with EVM experience.
• Ability to manage programme budgets, baseline, and EAC.
• Strong analytical, commercially minded finance professional.

Responsibilities

• Manage programme budget baseline and update forecasts as work packages are scoped.
• Monitor spend, forecast-to-complete, and variances; escalate anomalies.
• Support monthly risk-management process and identify financial risks.
• Generate forecasts for sales, EBIT and cash; perform scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Ensure audit trails and compliance with business controls; support annual audit.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Risk management

EVM experience

Job description

This contract position as Financial Analyst Senior - 19486BR sits with Manpower UK in Havant, Hampshire, requiring on-site attendance when necessary. The successful candidate supports strategic decision-making through financial planning, forecasting, and end positioning accounting, so Earned Value Management experience is essential. A commercially minded, highly analytical professional will join a leading prime contractor and systems integrator managing high technology programmes, complex integration, training, and through-life support across the defence sector. Remuneration ranges from £37,000 to £54,000 annually, plus four-times flex, pension, holidays, and sick pay. This position is based in Havant, Hampshire, UK, and will require the successful candidate to be on site when necessary.

We are seeking a highly analytical and commercially minded Senior Finance Analyst with EVM experience to support strategic decision-making through financial planning, analysis, forecasting and end positioning accounting. My client is a leading prime contractor and systems integrator responsible for a wide portfolio of high technology programmes, complex integration, training and through-life support spanning the defence and civil sectors. The LMUK business is a leading provider of systems engineering, software development and complex programme management for global security, cyber, civil and commercial markets.

For allocated programmes you will be required to manage the programme budget baseline using standard templates, updating this baseline as new programme components are scoped. You will monitor spend and the forecasted estimate to completion (EAC), reviewing actuals, calculating variances, and flagging any anomalies that require escalation, including identifying possible solutions to complex level issues. Your role also requires you to support the monthly risk-management process, highlighting and managing financial risk. To support business planning you will use programme information and wider business examples to generate forecasts for sales, EBIT and cash on a monthly basis, using advanced techniques, including scenario analysis and sensitivity mapping, providing monthly variance analysis as well as supporting the Long Range Plan cycle. At all times you will verify that business controls and processes are being followed, and ensuring audit trails to maintain the integrity of our financial data. You will also be required to support the annual audit.

Your responsibilities include providing financial management expertise to the Programme Management Team, answering queries, helping with the pre-planning of programme activities and documenting assumptions; attending and presenting the financial position at Internal Programme Reviews, Monthly Programme Reviews and Contract Status Reviews presenting data to varying levels of seniority; responding to any ad-hoc reporting or analysis requests that arise from senior leadership or the Programme Management Office; and identifying areas for improvement, managing through change initiatives to support the evolvement of the function.

Financial Planning and Control – manage programme budgets and maintain the baseline budget throughout the programme lifecycle. Update forecasts as new work packages or programme elements are introduced. Track actual spend against budget and forecast. Calculate and explain variances. Monitor and manage Estimate at Completion (EAC).

Forecasting and Financial Analysis – produce monthly forecasts for: Sales, EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax), Cash flow. Perform scenario analysis; sensitivity analysis; variance analysis. Support annual planning and Long Range Planning (LRP) cycles.