accountant Preston, North West England, England
Job description
Cost Performance Accountant
- 00106412
Job title: Financial Planning & Reporting (FP&A) - Cost Performance Accountant
Location: Channel Way, Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £35,000 + depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Support the delivery of a Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) service to the business and contribute to modernisation initiatives to drive standardisation, efficiency and effectiveness
- Support the Cost Performance processes through reviews with the budget owners to aid their understanding and ensure accuracy of actual data, understanding of variances to budget and informing a robust forward forecast
- Support month end process (accruals & prepayments)
- Review commitments
- Resolve billing and debt management queries of the service
- Provide support to budget owners and to build the Integrated Business Plan (IBP) (5 year business plan)
- Generate inputs for monthly financial reporting
- Identify opportunities to drive continuous improvement processes including working with the wider FP&A team to share best practice
- Support to Special Projects
Your skills and experiences:
- Part Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ CIMA)
- Strong Excel skills
- Analytical and strong eye for detail
- Good communication skills in different forms and to different levels within the organisation
- Prior experience of SAP desirable
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Financial Planning and Analysis Cost Performance Team:
An opportunity has arisen to support the Shared Services FP&A Cost Performance team. Shared Services business supports the enterprise in areas such as HR Services, Finance Operations, Business Support, IT Services, Real Estate, and Procurement amongst others.
Within the finance function, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams are responsible for leading the delivery of high quality and forward-looking financial analysis and insights to the business. Bringing together FP&A experts from across the UK footprint, they are the primary points of contact into business Finance Directors and provide crucial insights on the key business and financial performance.
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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.
We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date: 4th August 2023
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.
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