Finance Analyst

• Deliver month-end reporting for a portfolio of Head Office entities, including actuals reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and detailed variance analysis.
• Own and reconcile key balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of outstanding items.
• Manage insurance policy accounting and reporting, ensuring the accurate recognition of accrued income, deferred income, prepayments and accrued costs. Investigate and resolve variances with the Group Insurable Risk team.
• Manage the Bank Guarantee and consultant recharge process on behalf of the Legal Compliance team, ensuring charges are validated, processed accurately, and recharged to the relevant business units in a compliant and timely manner.
• Support the preparation and delivery of Ministry of Defence (MoD) reporting requirements.
• Provide financial insight and analysis to support decision-making across the Head Office Finance, Group Insurable Risk, and Legal Compliance teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, reporting quality, and forecasting accuracy.

• Proficient in Advanced Excel skills – e.g Pivot tables, Vlookups, Charts & Graphs etc.
• High attention to detail
• Working towards an accounting qualification
• Debit and Credits experience

You will be joining a high-performing team of seven finance professionals, working across a broad and varied portfolio of activities. The role offers unique visibility of Head Office and Corporate operations, with responsibility for supporting Financial Control and Reporting while collaborating with stakeholders across multiple functions to drive business performance and achieve organisational goals.

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

*We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer. 

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: 19th October 2026

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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