Job Title:
Project Finance
Manager
Location:
Rochester; Kent
Salary:
£50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience
What you’ll be doing:
Provide project accounting support across Site Transformation and Digital Transformation programmes, ensuring financial information is accurate, timely and aligned with business needs
Partner with project teams to develop, review and
challenge
financial assumptions, forecasts, and budgets, providing recommendations to optimise programme performance
Implement and maintain robust financial
controls
in line with the Financial
Control
Framework and company policies, supporting both internal and external audits
Deliver insightful
analysis
and reporting to drive business performance, including monitoring working capital and project profitability
Support project teams throughout the project lifecycle, from initial setup through forecasting, trading, reporting,
analysis
and project closure
Collaborate with multi-functional teams to ensure financial processes and
decisions
support overall programme
objectives
Line
manage
1–2 team members, providing guidance, development and performance support
Your skills and experiences:
Experience in Project Finance, supporting financial planning, performance monitoring, and reporting for
complex
projects
Good knowledge of Excel and ability to quickly learn new IT applications
Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or in the final stages of study is highly advantageous
Experience of the construction industry would be desirable but not essential
Management
or
leadership
experience (desirable)
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 Project Accounting Team:
You will join the Project Accounting team within the Electronic Systems business unit, which combines design, production, and support capabilities across the UK and internationally. The team works closely with multi-functional project teams, providing financial
control
and business partnering for major programmes, including the £200m Site Transformation and Digital Transformation
initiatives. Project Accounting at BAE Systems goes beyond reporting, offering an integrated role in driving programme performance and ensuring financial
decisions
support the overall success and modernisation of the Rochester Site.
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:
5th 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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