FP&A Cost Performance Finance Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: FP&A Cost Performance Finance Analyst

Location: Frimley, Surrey or Preston, Lancashire. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. 

Salary: £50,600 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Contribute to the overall cost performance of the UK businesses, providing enterprise-wide insights for Sectors and Functions with an annual cost of £5bn and approximately 48,000 employees
• Support the implementation of a Functional Cost process, driving standardised accounting and reporting to deliver key insights across Functions and Sectors
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics on data strategy and Tableau visuals to enhance FP&A insights
• Assist in capturing and coordinating FP&A Cost Performance requirements for strategic planning, supporting future finance systems (Ad Astra)
• Drive standardisation across all FP&A Cost Performance reporting
• Support communication and engagement within the wider FP&A Cost Performance function

Your skills and experiences:

• Member of a UK-recognised professional accountancy body, with a proven track record in the FP&A domain
• In-depth understanding of business operations and the ability to articulate financial KPIs and metrics
• Proficient in using Excel for data consolidation and reporting
• Experience in finance management, planning, and reporting
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders across functions
• Familiarity with Tableau is desirable

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Financial Planning & Analysis Team:

You will play an integral role within the FP&A Cost Performance team, helping transform and modernise cost performance processes, data, and systems across the UK businesses. You will collaborate with all Sectors and finance stakeholders, providing valuable insights and shaping the future of cost performance. This role will support the delivery of BAE Systems’ strategy by driving efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and ensuring Finance contributes effectively to business success.

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: 23rd January 2025

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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