Overhead Accountant

Job Description

Job Title: Overhead Accountant

Location: Rochester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this.

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing financial support and guidance to key stakeholders. This will include both financial and non-financial stakeholders across all levels, with responsibility for expense budgets/forecasts and reporting for specific functions within the business
• Generation of accurate management accounting information to support month end close, ad hoc analysis, and to maintain compliance to mandated policies
• Supporting Cost Base daily admin activities as required (for example, labour recording compliance and invoicing amongst other aspects)
• Carrying out of continuous improvement activities, bringing in new ideas and efficient ways of working for transformation of Financial Planning and ERP Systems

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Prior experience within Cost Base Accounting
• Good attention to detail and ability to swiftly analyse numerical data
• Proven IT skills and working knowledge of Oracle ERP systems (or equivalent), and Business Intelligence Reporting (Power B.I.)

Desirable:

• Commenced or obtained Professional Qualifications within Accountancy

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 Finance team:

This is an exciting time to join BAE Systems with growth and business transformation within this team where you can showcase your expertise through bringing new ideas into the business. The role will provide an opportunity for you to broaden your understanding of both Cost Base Accounting and Functional resource management.

This role will also provide opportunities to progress and take on more responsibility.

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: 22^nd 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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