Project Accountant

BAE Systems; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Glasgow is seeking a Project Accountant to ensure robust financial reporting and support business stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of Project Accounting and experience communicating with diverse teams. This role offers competitive benefits and hybrid working arrangements. Applications are encouraged before the early closing date of October 1, 2025.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• CIMA part qualified or studying preferred.
• Understanding of Project Accounting is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure robustness in financial reporting requirements.
• Support Integrated Business Plan and reporting processes.
• Manage invoicing to ensure payments are made.

Skills

Understanding of Project Accounting

Able to communicate with Finance and non-finance teams

Competence around MS Office products

Able to manage diverse workload

Education

CIMA part qualified or studying

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Project Accountant

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

Salary: Up to £43,000 dependent on skills and experience

Responsibilities

• Work with the Project teams and others to ensure robustness in outputs required for key internal and external financial reporting requirements
• Provide support to the Integrated Business Plan (IBP) and regular monthly reporting and forecasting processes through thorough review and challenge of data received from the project teams
• Generation of monthly customer invoicing and management of specific supplier invoicing to ensure payment within terms
• Manage Project Controls queries and support the team to deliver the solution in the most effective and efficient way
• Support the business stakeholders to aid their understanding of financial information
• Compliance with all elements of Naval Ships processes and application of BAE Systems Finance Policies and Financial Controls

Your skills and experiences

• CIMA part qualified or studying preferred but not essential
• Understanding of Project Accounting
• Able to communicate with Finance and non-finance teams and across Naval Ships
• Able to manage diverse workload and prioritisation of deliverables
• Competence around MS Office products

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 Accountant team

BAE Systems Naval Ships provide Shipbuilding, Combat Systems and Support Services to customers throughout the world, operating in a dynamic and fluid environment which requires excellence in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to create positive value creation across a wide range of activities. Our role as a Project Finance Team within FP&A is to produce insights, reporting and forecasting through standardised processes and best practice. You will be part of a 5-person team within Project Finance, working alongside and collaborating with finance and non-finance teams. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to rotate into various roles within the function.

As the world has evolved, so has the way we work. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility with your working hours, depending on your role and location. This could include accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finish times, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life at home.

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

1st October 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.