Senior Finance Manager - Cost Base; Capital Investment and MOD

Senior Finance Manager - Cost Base; Capital Investment and MOD Accounting

Would you like to work in a prominent role under the focus of the directorship with wide exposure across the business? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Finance Manager at our site in Barrow.

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will be gain regular exposure to Business Directors and Budget Holders and regularly liaise with Senior MoD representatives. You will be responsible for the financial management of Submarines business cost base including prioritisation of capital investment, financial governance of business capital assets and interface to CAAS and MOD for cost base and QMAC related activities.

BAE Systems is the only manufacturer of Submarines within the UK, providing you with a unique opportunity to work within a company with an interesting and extremely complex product.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Finance Manager will involve:

Providing Financial Support to the Business Directors and Heads of Function ensuring full understanding of all financial aspects of the Business Cost Base

Acting as the principal finance inter-face with Directors, "Heads of" and also inter-face into Senior MOD representatives and CAAS for agreement of business cost recovery

Responsibility for the production and delivery of Monthly Management Reporting Phased Budget and Integrated Business Plan for cost base data

Responsibility for supporting the production of Capital Investment Finance Applications

Providing financial input and challenge into production of Budgets and Integrated Business Plan for all cost base data including prioritisation of capital investment across the business

Enacting initiatives to create a high performing Cost Base Finance team

Ensuring an appropriate control environment exists and all aspects of governance are properly considered and actioned Deputise for Head of Finance

Liaising with KPMG and CAAS audit to ensure all audit requirements are met


Your skills and qualifications as a Senior Finance Manager:

Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) or relevant experience

Accounting and financial management experience, working in a variety of senior roles

Development and leadership of high performing teams

Competence in MS Excel

Experience of influencing across high level stakeholders

Experience within a manufacturing/engineering environment would be highly advantageous

Systems experience with SAP/ TM1/ BI would be advantageous

Experience of working with government contracts would be desirable


What we're looking for in you:

You will be confident, enthusiastic and analytical with the ability to prioritise your workload appropriately in order to deliver to tight deadlines. You will be a positive team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to consider the bigger picture. You should be confident in building and developing a working team to deliver a wide range of work.

Location: Barrow

Salary: Competitive

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, childcare vouchers, 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.

Maritime - Submarines

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century.

The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state-of-the-art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes.

Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

We have sites in Barrow-in-Furness, Filton, Frimley, Ash Vale, Broad Oak and Weymouth, and we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around. Join us and you'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

BAE Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under-represented at BAE Systems, including women, BAME and applicants with disabilities. Please note we will not use any personal information relating to your background at any stage of the application process.

Inspiring Work, Inspiring People Salary: . Date posted: 13/04/2017