his Senior Financial Analyst role involves providing financial support, project accounting, and forecasting for various contracts while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position offers opportunities for career growth, professional development.
Client Details
The organisation is a leading global provider of aerospace, defense, and security solutions, partnering with public sector clients, including government and military entities. They specialize in innovative technology and engineering services, delivering critical support and advanced systems to customers worldwide.
Description
Responsibilities:
- Act as senior financial analyst providing the management team financial support and information to enable timely and accurate decision making
- Full cycle project accounting support depending on their stage in the life cycle (which could include proposal development, implementation & execution through to contract closure)
- Perform financial Estimates at Complete (EAC) support in collaboration with Business Partners and cross-functional teams to support the work scope, and provide regular reporting and presentations to Senior Leadership
- Utilize Earned Value Management techniques and tools to interpret, analyse and understand monthly performance information, the drivers behind any cost variances and support the preparation of mitigation and action plans to resolve any issues
- Extracting data and compiling performance reports while assisting with preparing variance analyses
- Manage the monthly and quarterly financial forecasting process across designated business areas and contracts
- Calculate the potential impact of Risks and Opportunities and support operational teams to identify and implement mitigation plans driving profitability
- Calculate programme performance including progress to plan, performance taken, and remaining effort, including effects on Orders, Revenue, Earnings & Cash
- Provide in-depth analysis and recommendations for the business and support strategy development and strategic direction for the financial operations team
- Support consistency and standardization across the wider Financial Analysis team, ensuring compliance to Boeing standards and requirements
- Support the development of performance reporting metrics and management information for use by programme leadership team
Profile
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Experience working within an operations-facing finance team, acting as a Business Partner to key Operational Managers & Executives
- A self-starter, comfortable with establishing required reporting drumbeats and processes
- Prior experience of EVM (preferably using CSPR, COBRA and Open Plan)
- Skilled team member/contributor
- Business (Financial) Acumen
- Strong Written and Oral Communication skills
- Experience of driving and delivering Business Results
- Focus on Customer satisfaction
- IT proficient (particularly Excel, PowerPoint)
- Qualified Accountant
- Experience in Financial Operations using CSPR and EVM tool suits.
- Background in Accounting, Economics, Business, Finance or Project preferred
Job Offer
- Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
- Continuous learning - you'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next
- Success as defined by you - we'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
- Diverse and inclusive culture - you'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
- 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year
- Pension Plan with up to 10% employer contribution
- Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
- Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks
- Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week
- 6x annual salary life insurance
- Learning Together Programme to support your on-going personal and career development.
- Access to Well Being Programs, tool and incentives
- Enhanced Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave