COO and Fcas Senior Integration Reporting Accountant

Salary: £28,800 – £36,000 per year

COO and FCAS Senior Integration Reporting Accountant

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Senior Integration Reporting Accountant

Would you like to work in a role supporting the new Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS) line of business within the Air Sector? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Integration Reporting Accountant at our site in Warton.

BAES Systems Air Sector is a through-life business which delivers advanced military air capability both to our UK and many overseas customers. The new Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS) line of business is focused on developing our future Combat Air capability, leveraging technologies being developed through the Tempest programme in order to secure the critical next stages of the Combat Air Acquisition Programme (CAAP).

As a Senior Reporting Integration Accountant, based within the COO and FCAS Reporting team, you will be supporting the Tempest and CAAP Finance Director and Finance team as their Integration Reporting lead on all aspects of financial performance. This includes monthly reporting, Integrated Business Plan submissions, inputs for Board presentations. In addition, as part of the COO and FCAS Reporting team you will collaborate with other integration leads to drive process improvements and efficiencies, collaborate to efficiently support requirements into Air Finance and help drive the Future of Finance agenda.

This role will provide you with an exciting and diverse opportunity, in an ever changing environment, where you will be integrated into a team that looks to maximise value within the business. You will interact with senior leaders and be challenged to think and operate differently, ‘challenging the norm’ being an everyday occurrence.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Integration Reporting Accountant will involve:

Driving the monthly reporting activities and overseeing the timetable, taking a lead role in ensuring the CAAP and Tempest Finance Director and Finance team are fully supported with all key Financial Reporting deadlines being achieved

Acting as the main point of contact representing CAAP and Tempest reporting, facilitating two way feedback with the CAAP and Tempest Finance team and assisting in responding to questions and requests from the COO and FCAS Central Reporting team and Air Reporting team

As part of the COO and FCAS Central Reporting team, collaborating with other integration leads to drive process improvements and efficiencies, supporting requirements to Air and helping drive the Future of Finance agenda

Supporting the CAAP and Tempest Finance Director and team in preparing all reporting submissions, including Monthly Financial Reporting (MFR), business variance commentary and risks & opportunities for review. Familiarity with key underlying business issues will be required to be developed

Ensuring accurate management information is reported through to the monthly Board packs and quarterly business reviews (QBRs), including Critical Success Factors reporting

Supporting the monthly & quarterly Balance Sheet review, ensuring timely and accurate completion of Balance Sheet review and update of all actions

Co-ordinating and assisting with the collation, analysis and review of Half Year and Year End statutory reporting information and variances, including robust commentaries

Co-ordinating of Governance activities within the CAAP and Tempest Finance team, ensuring inputs to Air UK processes and follow up of actions, supporting with process improvements (ensuring that the norm is constantly challenged) and supporting all business improvement activities

Supporting the Integrated Business Plan (IBP) process, including assisting with preparation of reporting packs, schedules and timetables, as well as reviewing of IBP data and submissions, challenging and querying submissions as required, and consolidation for reviews

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential Skills:

Fully qualified Accountant – CIMA, ACCA, ACA

A level of business acumen, with focus on improvements

Ability to prioritise; ability to manage workload and flexibility to achieve deadlines

Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and collaborate with different people

Advanced Excel skills and understanding of accounting standards

Evidence of producing accounts and Management information

Experience working with Board packs and balance sheets

Desirable Skills:

Prior experience in a reporting role would be preferred

Experience of TM1 (Reporting tool) and Hyperion (HFM) desirable but not essential

What we’re looking for in you:

To be successful in this role you will be a self-motivating person with the ability to work within a team, be a methodical thinker, with a natural ability for problem-solving and using your initiative. You will be flexible and have a strong attention to detail. You will also be a supporter of appropriate change, be pragmatic with it and able to influence key stakeholders. You will also possess excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to support senior stakeholders of the business.

Location: Warton

Salary: 43,268 +

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is one of the world’s leading global defence, security and aerospace companies. We work at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

BAE Systems Air

If you’d like to make a real difference where it counts, BAE Systems is the place for you.

From keeping soldiers, sailors and pilots safe to helping countries prosper, from developing the next generation of supersonic aircraft to investing in the next generation of super-smart talent – at BAE Systems, we work together to give our customers an essential edge in protecting the things that really matter. Lives, livelihoods, ways of life.

As part of our Air team, you could be working at the edge of what is technologically possible, shaping the future to ensure our customers are ready to face challenges we cannot even imagine today. You could be developing and evolving the technologies that will defend the UK for generations to come and supporting our customers around the globe.

Join us and you’ll be encouraged and rewarded to excel in this important work. Apply your talent where it counts.

We recognise that an inclusive and diverse workplace – where all employees feel respected, valued and able to achieve their full potential – is vitally important. Not only does it inspire creativity and collaboration, it’s good for business. We celebrate our differences and believe our diverse skills, abilities and perspectives strengthen our culture and our overall performance.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.

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/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we sometimes close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role with BAE Systems.

Job Finance

Primary LocationGB-ENG-LAN-Warton

Closing Date 20/Nov/20, 5:59:00 PM