Senior Lease Accountant

JR United Kingdom; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is seeking a qualified accountant to join their Lease Centre of Excellence team in Preston. In this role, you will support financial transactions for leases, contribute to budgets, and ensure compliance with accounting principles. The position offers a unique opportunity to work autonomously while being part of a growing team within a global organization.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, or ACCA).
• Good understanding of core accounting principles.
• Technical knowledge of lease accounting and IFRS 16.

Responsibilities

• Support financial transactions for a portfolio of leases.
• Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Provide guidance on policies and procedures for lease accounting.

Skills

Accounting principles

Lease accounting

Process improvement

Education

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

Job description

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Location: Preston Lancashire, Frimley Surrey or Glascoed, Wales. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Support financial transactions for a portfolio of leases across a range of lease classifications
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of actuals, budgets, and forecasts for lease payments, including associated accounting entries for the relevant business units
• Provide guidance in the application of established policies, processes, and procedures relating to leases and lease accounting
• Contribute to financial control by ensuring compliance with, and performing reviews of, key processes across multiple workstreams, liaising with Level 2 Process Owners as needed
• Take ownership of internal control assessments, including the development of action plans, resolution of issues, and communication with impacted business units
• Support internal and external audit activities as required

Your skills and experiences:

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, or ACCA)
• Good understanding of core accounting principles, including profit and loss management
• Technical knowledge of lease accounting and a clear understanding of IFRS 16
• Experience in Process improvement is highly advantageous

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 Lease Centre of Excellence Team:

You will be joining a newly established team within the Lease Centre of Excellence (CoE), offering a unique opportunity to be part of a growing and high-profile area of the business. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you’ll take ownership of key responsibilities while benefiting from the support of a collaborative and experienced team. In this role, you will contribute to the delivery of financial control across the Financial Control Capability Centre — centrally, across sectors, and to individual business units — as well as the wider Finance function. This is an exciting opportunity to join a global organisation where your expertise will make a real impact and your professional development will be supported.

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.

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.