Senior Finance Business Partner - Delivery

BAE Systems; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in the UK seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to manage key financial processes and lead a team. This role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to provide financial insight and challenge. The ideal candidate has significant project finance experience and is a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA). A competitive salary of up to £68,000 is offered, along with numerous benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of Project Finance and strong understanding of financial forecasting.
• Skilled in building productive stakeholder relationships and applying critical thinking.
• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards (IFRS / GAAP).
• Knowledge of financial reporting, forecasting, and analytical tools.
• Drives best practice in establishing and applying financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Create and challenge Integrated Business Plan assumptions.
• Manage a team of 3 Business Partners across delivery teams.
• Provide financial support and stewardship to MoD/LDPC activities.
• Collaborate with Programmes Director to drive business reviews.

Skills

Project Finance

Stakeholder relationship building

Knowledge of IFRS/GAAP

Financial forecasting

Financial controls best practices

Leadership and team management

Education

Qualified member of professional accounting body (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner - Delivery

Location: Glascoed, Washington, Radway Green

Salary: Up to £68,000 (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. 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.
• Work alongside the Head of NGMS providing financial support and stewardship to all MoD/LDPC activities - NGMS Negotiations, QFR, Annual Reconciliation.
• Day to day management of 3 Business Partners supporting each of the 3 Integrated Delivery Teams (ATM, HBP, SAA). Lead the team across a diverse workload, prioritise deliverables and set strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with the Programmes Director in discharging Business Reviews, Challenge and Improvement Initiatives.
• Review programme performance, constructively challenge the business and make recommendations to course-correct, driving improvement from current contracts.
• Support, develop and coach a team, ensuring collaborative working relationships with stakeholders and consistently ensure skills and experience are matched with business demands. Partner with senior stakeholders across multiple functions to provide financial insight, challenge and recommendations.

Skills and experiences

• 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

Reporting to the Head of Finance - Munitions, this Senior Finance Business Partner position plays a critical role in supporting the delivery of all portfolios within the Munitions business, providing financial insight, challenge and guidance to drive strategic decision making. This role is responsible for leading a team of Finance Business Partners, ensuring value creation across the business.

The Senior 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, responsible for managing teams directly, 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.

Experience of managing a large operation in a complex environment, including leading and developing teams and driving change to improve business processes will be a key asset for this role.

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 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.