Finance Analyst

Role Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Analyst / Business Partner to join the business supporting both the Cyber and Intelligence (C&I) and the Space-ISR (S-ISR) Teams.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Finance Analyst will be responsible for providing high quality, accurate and actionable financial analysis and insight to the Finance and Programme teams.

Working in our finance team is not just about producing numbers, it’s about understanding what drives them and making complex financial issues easy to understand. C&I and S-ISR is a geographically diverse business and offers multiple site locations as office based working solutions combined with hybrid flexibility also including occasional travel to our other sites, such as Harlow and Glenrothes, as required by the business.

The main focus of the role will be on providing high quality business partnering, providing robust and accurate financial insight including maintenance of financial reports, analysis of performance data, generation and analysis of cost data, support to new business opportunities, support to management/programme teams, production and analysis of varying degrees of financial reports and support of internal/external reviews.

The individual must have the resilience to work in a pressured environment and will be relied upon to support in the development of the AOP and Long-Range Plan, Quarterly EACs, Pricing requests for bid work, monthly forecasting, financial reporting and variance analysis. This role would suit an individual looking to grow their career potential and skill set, supporting the flawless program execution of the existing portfolio.

As part of the C&I and S-ISR Finance team the candidate will sit within a high performing team who are consistently looking to improve on how we provide support to the business. The successful candidate will need to be ambitious, highly motivated in expanding their technical knowledge, commercial acumen and have a drive to focus on their own personal development ensuring that the business receive 1st class financial analysis & support.

Skills and Experience

Essential:

·         Part/Qualified accountant (CIMA preferred)

·         Resilience and able to adapt to changes in a fast-paced growing organisation

·         Commercially astute

·         Proactive, analytical and inquisitive

·         Attention to detail and process adherence

·         Highly organised and self-motivated

·         Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data

·         This role requires SC clearance and therefore the successful applicant must be eligible to receive SC clearance

Desirable:

·         Relevant commercial/business experience in a similar defence or complex contracting environment

·         Project Accounting / Business Partnering experience

·         Experience interfacing and conducting business with a various functional discipline (Business Development, Contracts, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain Management, Program Management, etc.)

·         A creative problem solver who can operate effectively under changing constraints

·         Experience of working with SAP, Power BI, MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the achievement of all metrics (bookings, sales, profit, cash).

• Support in the establishment of the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and Long-Range Plan (5 year) targets.

• Support the Program Execution Team with Quarterly Estimate at Completion (EAC) reporting.

• Supporting new business proposals as and when required for Gate Reviews including pricing, basis-of-estimate generation, foreign exchange management and risks and opportunities management.

• Understanding and communication of the link between programme and financial performance for the business

• Act as the “financial conscience” of the business and ensure excellent governance through Business and Financial Policy adherence.

• Providing financial insight to support the business risk & opportunities process (development, analysis, mitigation & review).

• Actively promote the importance of accuracy, predictability and value add analysis across all finance metrics, promoting where possible the importance of financial data and information

• Building a network with all Stakeholders.

• Champion best practice and look to improve systems and processes.

• Support the Finance Manager to develop meaningful financial analysis to support new business investment decisions and pricing.

• Ad hoc analysis as required by the business and wider finance teams