Job Title:
Project Finance Analyst
Location:
Rochester
What you’ll be doing:
Financially
managing
a suite of projects and completing reporting requirements for those projects
Working with key stakeholders and supporting line
leaders
in the preparation and completion of financial forecasts
Partnering with the Project teams to understand and
analyse
budgets and variances, and to
challenge
the assumptions made to identify financial risks and opportunities
Preparing of financial reporting by pulling and validating data from a variety of sources
Ensuring projects are fully compliant with the BAE Systems Operational Framework and Finance Policies Manual to satisfy all Internal
Control
requirements
Proactively
seeking to improve local processes and working practices to drive efficiencies across the team and wider business
Working with stakeholders to produce 1 year and 5-year forecasts for the business key financial metrics
Your skills and experiences:
Experience or education in Accounting or Finance
Strong
user of Excel to include Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs
Confidence
in communicating with multiple stakeholders
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:
We are seeking a Project Finance Analyst to join our established Project Finance team within the Electronic System division. As part of an Integrated Project Team, the Project Finance function supports a portfolio of projects across the business, providing
strong
financial
control, insightful reporting, and close partnership with project teams to deliver their financial commitments.
The team consists of six highly motivated, energetic, and collaborative professionals who value teamwork and shared accountability. Reporting to the Finance
Manager, the team works closely with a wide range of stakeholders across the division, building
strong
relationships with Project teams and contributing to a variety of
initiatives .
The Project Finance team offers a supportive environment focused on continuous learning and professional development, including support for further qualifications, after the qualifying period. Through their work, the team develops
strong
commercial finance capability, builds the
confidence
to influence stakeholders, and plays a meaningful role in shaping financial
decision -making within the division.
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:
3rd February 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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