Management Accountant

Job Description

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Role Purpose

Deliver an independent review of the cost and performance of the business area, providing sound financial support and advice, maintaining strong relationships with internal and external customers and evaluating processes to ensure that robust, relevant and adequate financial controls are in place.

This role forms part of a Financial Planning and Analyst – Cost Performance team, based in Kuala Lumpur.

Core Duties

• Deliver accurate and consistent management reporting information to meet the needs of the business within the required timescales of the business unit and the wider group
• Monitor financial performance, providing independent and robust financial challenge
• Reconcile the financial reports to the source ledgers to ensure integrity of the data provided
• Initiate continual review & improvement of processes and procedures to ensure that the financial control requirements of the business are met
• Maintain strong working relationships with business partners and own team
• Resolve problems to ensure management reporting timescales are met
• Provide financial support to resolve highly complex issues
• Take responsibility for decisions which will have a significant impact on business performance

Leadership:

• May mentor junior team members

Profit and Loss

• Full end to end ownership of the P&L packs
• Prepare and analyse variances that arises from the P&L packs
• Check, maintain, prepare and process Accruals, Prepayments and Recharge journals for your relevant PC
• Prepare and process any ad hoc/ correction journals that is required from the business

Forecasting/ Budgeting/ Reporting

• Support and assist in compiling information required for forecasting/ budgeting
• Prepare and analyse reporting packs as requested from the business

Balance Sheet

• Preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations relating to Accruals and Prepayments
• Prepare and analyse monthly Balance sheet packs for review
• Investigate any risk and opportunities arising from the Balance Sheet reconciliation

Others

• Prepares and assist with liaising with Order Management team to set up WBS codes
• Prepares and assist with liaising with Business Partners to close WBS codes
• Prepares and assist with liaising with Procurement to close POs
• Supporting the Cost accounting team with other tasks as required

What we are looking for

Functional Knowledge

• Understand and apply Finance Policy Manual (FPM) Accounting Policies
• Understand and support delivery of Finance Control Framework (FCF) compliance
• Understand and ensure Audit Compliance
• Develop a good working knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office (excel/ word/ powerpoint), Adaptive (Office Connect) and Cognos (Cognos Café)
• Understand the end to end Cost accounting processes and key controls
• Understand and apply work instructions and reporting timetables

Interpersonal Skills

• Provide a high level of customer service
• Continually drive your personal development training plan
• Demonstrate good presentation, communication and self awareness skills
• Team player with a flexible approach that allows for working with others across the Function
• An ability to work effectively in a challenging environment
• High attention to detail
• A willingness to seek process performance improvement

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence 

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Functions

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the business could not operate without all the dedicated work of our Functions teams. From Finance & Operations through Communications & Marketing, to HR and Site Operations and more, our Functions teams enable our divisions to implement ground-breaking digital transformations and crucial defence software.

As part of Functions, you will be supporting and partnering with our global business from the backline, being a strategic advisor within your specialist area, and ensuring the business runs smoothly and efficiently. We all have a role to play in defending our clients; and this is yours.