EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

Job Title: Finance Manager – Projects
Location: 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: Circa £55,000

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the delivery of finance support across a portfolio of Enterprise IT (EIT) projects in line with the Integrated Business Plan (IBP)
• Prepare and review project business cases to support financial planning and approval processes
• Manage finance reporting cycles, including CSR (Contract Status Reports), SSR (Summary Status Reports), MMR (Monthly Management Reporting), and QBR (Quarterly Business Review)
• Provide financial input to project managers and portfolio leads to support decision-making
• Oversee internal recharging processes, ensuring agreements, invoicing, and cash collection are completed
• Maintain financial control and ensure compliance with finance policies and the Financial Controls Framework
• Identify and implement process improvements in reporting, systems, and financial operations
• Line manage a Project Accountant, ensuring delivery of required outputs and supporting development

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Advanced Excel skills for financial analysis and reporting
• Experience providing finance support for projects or portfolios

Desirable:

• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA and Coupa
• Previous experience leading or managing a team

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 FP&A Team:
You will be part of the Shared Services FP&A team within Project Finance Capability, supporting a portfolio of enterprise IT projects that are pivotal to the organisation’s transformation. This role offers a varied and dynamic workload, involving financial planning, reporting, business case analysis, and stakeholder engagement across multiple projects. You will collaborate closely with project managers, portfolio leads, and wider finance teams, gaining broad exposure across the organisation. There is a clear focus on continuous improvement, enabling you to influence processes and contribute to modernising financial operations. With responsibility for leading a direct report and involvement in senior reporting cycles, this position provides valuable opportunities for professional growth and development within a collaborative and supportive team environment.
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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 31st July 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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• Lead the delivery of finance support across a portfolio of Enterprise IT (EIT) projects in line with the Integrated Business Plan (IBP)
• Prepare and review project business cases to support financial planning and approval processes
• Manage finance reporting cycles, including CSR (Contract Status Reports), SSR (Summary Status Reports), MMR (Monthly Management Reporting), and QBR (Quarterly Business Review)
• Provide financial input to project managers and portfolio leads to support decision-making
• Oversee internal recharging processes, ensuring agreements, invoicing, and cash collection are completed
• Maintain financial control and ensure compliance with finance policies and the Financial Controls Framework
• Identify and implement process improvements in reporting, systems, and financial operations
• Line manage a Project Accountant, ensuring delivery of required outputs and supporting developmen