Project Accountant

JR United Kingdom; Waterlooville; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Une entreprise de services de défense et de sécurité recherche un spécialiste des finances de projet. Le poste implique la gestion des coûts et de la performance de projets stratégiques tout en maintenant des relations solides avec les clients internes et externes. L'environnement est dynamique, axé sur la résolution de problèmes et l'innovation, offrant un large éventail d'avantages, y compris un régime de pension concurrentiel.

Benefits

Régime de pension compétitif

Plans de partage d'actions pour les employés

Gammes variées de bénéfices de santé et de bien-être

Réductions sur le shopping

Qualifications

• Expérience dans la gestion du cycle de vie des projets.
• Connaissance des systèmes d'affaires tels que SAP/BPC.
• Capacité à coacher des employés non financiers sur des solutions financières.

Responsibilities

• Fournir un examen indépendant des coûts et de la performance des projets.
• Évaluer les processus pour assurer l'intégrité des contrôles financiers.
• Responsabilité des décisions impactant la performance du projet.

Skills

Project Lifecycle Management (LCM) Process

Business Systems experience

Finance Governance requirements

Knowledge of MoD Accounting/Contracting requirements

Tools

SAP

BPC

Job description

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Location: Broad Oak – 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 £52000 depending on skills & experience. Part time & accruing hours available’ Please let us know if you would like to discuss these options.

What you’ll be doing:

Deliver an independent review of the cost and performance of the project or group of projects area, providing sound financial support and advice, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external customers, and evaluating processes to ensure that robust, relevant, and adequate financial controls are in place.

Deliver value-adding, robust financial service to the project team

Deliver accurate and consistent project reporting information to meet the needs of the project team and finance management within the required timescales of the business unit and the wider group up to and including the preparation of Summary Status Reports and Contact Status Reports and related trading plans (where relevant)

Monitor financial performance, providing independent and robust financial challenge

Reconcile the financial reports to the source ledgers to ensure integrity of the data provided

Initiate continual review & improvement of processes and procedures to ensure that the financial control requirements of the business are met

Take responsibility for decisions which will have a significant impact on project performance

Coaching non-finance employees on related matters

Your skills and experience:

Project Lifecycle Management (LCM) Process

Business Systems experience (SAP/BPC)

Finance Governance requirements including financial control framework

Knowledge of MoD Accounting/Contracting requirements desirable

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 S&T team (Products):

The Simulation & Training team develop, deploy, and support complex simulators and training solutions to enable our customers to both maximize their operational advantage, as well as to design and develop the next generation of products and platform.

As a part of this team, you will be the project finance point of contact within the S&T team working closely with the finance business partner and project teams, within the Maritime Services Products business, managing and delivering a portfolio of contracts and bids, to a range of domestic customers both internally and externally in a dynamic and faced paced commercial environment.

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: 14th July 2025– Interviews will be held w/c 4th August 2025