Overview

Job Title: Senior Management Accountant

Location: Washington; Tyne & Wear. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Up to £55,869 depending on skills & experience

What You'll Be Doing

• Monitor and analyse the financial performance of Site Operations cost areas, providing independent financial challenge and regular reviews with senior stakeholders
• Deliver accurate and consistent management reporting for Site Operations, including site stock and labour hours analysis
• Support the Cost Performance Lead in developing the five-year Integrated Business Plan, including direct labour rate calculations and co-ordinating inputs from budget holders
• Prepare monthly accruals, prepayments and journal corrections, and raise purchase requisitions to support operational, engineering and production activities
• Ensure compliance with financial controls, policies and procedures, and support internal and external audit requirements
• Support business stakeholders in understanding financial information, including forecasting and key metric analysis
• Promote standardisation and continuous improvement, sharing best practice across the wider FP&A team
• Work collaboratively with finance teams across sites and disciplines within the Defence Solutions business to communicate financial performance and key metrics

Essential

• Proven experience in management accounting and FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, and operational cost analysis
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and data manipulation
• Ability to work effectively with non-financial stakeholders, translating financial information into clear insights

Desirable

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)
• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment, supporting operational and financial processes
• Proficiency with ERP systems, such as SAP or Oracle, for reporting and financial management

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.

Closing Date

23rd October 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.