Project Accountant

Job Title: Project Accountant

Location: Scotstoun, Glasgow. 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 £43,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing Canadian River Class Destroyer programme supplier invoicing to ensure payment within terms
• Analysing material and labour for the Project Team, and consolidating material forecast data to support internal and external reporting
• Maintaining the Invoice Tracker and communicating with Shared Services
• Preparing the River Class Destroyer stock and commitment reports
• Resolving internal and external financial data queries and complying with the BAE Systems Financial Controls Framework
• Supporting Integrated Business Plan (IBP) and Monthly Management Reporting (MMR), cash forecasting, and cost management to ensure robust outputs for key financial reporting requirements
• Delivering Month End activities per schedule in order to meet the deadlines of the business/customer

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to challenge and engage
• Confident user of excel
• Experience of accounting processes including invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting

Desirable:

• Part-qualified or studying towards CIMA, ACCA, or ACA

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 Project Accounting team:

Join us in an exciting opportunity where you can truly make this role your own! Bring your innovative ideas and open mindset to challenge the old ways of doing things. You’ll be part of the large-scale, long-term Canadian River Class Destroyer Programme, gaining wide exposure to international stakeholders and working closely with business partners. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, you’ll receive support to become fully qualified and chartered, opening doors for future development and progression. This is your chance to shape the future and grow within a dynamic and supportive 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, 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 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: 13^th November 2024 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 25th November.

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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