Job Title:
Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description.
Project Accountant
Location: Samlesbury – We
offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please
speak to your recruiter
about the options for this particular role
Salary: £49,400+
(DOE)
What you’ll be
doing:
* Maintain
compliance with project finance processes and control activities to ensure
accurate financial reporting and support operational
efficiency
* Deliver high-quality financial
trading and reporting outputs, focusing on accuracy and a “right
first time” approach.
* Contribute to continuous
improvement strategies that enhance team capability, efficiency,
and business performance
* Provide support to
key stakeholders and work collaboratively across functions to meet
shared goals
* Help the team achieve internal
and external financial and performance targets to drive business
success
* Support team development by coaching
junior colleagues and deputising for the team lead when required
Your skills and
experiences:
Essential:
* CIMA, ACA, ICAEW or ACCA – Part or Fully
Qualified (AAT not accepted)
* Interpersonal and
communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and
influence effectively
* Highly organised with
the ability to prioritise and adapt to meet key
deadlines
* Self-motivated, and influential and
the ability to investigate when appropriate to ensure accuracy and
accountability
* Excel and MS Office
skills
Desirable:
* Experience in Project Accounting, Management Accounting, or
FP&A
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 Finance
Delivery Team:
Join our Project
Finance Delivery Team, part of the wider Air Project Finance
Capability Centre that provides financial ability across some of
BAE Systems’ most advanced and multi-faceted Air Sector programmes.
Working within a through-life business that delivers cutting-edge military air
capability to UK and international customers, the team plays a key
role in maximising value and supporting strategic decision-making. Embedded within
multi-functional project teams, the Project Finance Delivery Team
provides vital financial insight, planning, and control across projects of
varying size and complexity. With opportunities for collaboration
and professional growth, this team sits at the centre of ensuring
effective, efficient, and profitable delivery across the Air
portfolio.
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: 27th November 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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