Assistant Financial Accountant - 7 month contract - Hillend, Edinburgh - £25.48 ph UMB or £19.06 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)
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The Role
BAE Systems are looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant to join their team in Hillend for an initial 7 month contract.
The role holder will be supporting the Project Accounting Manager to prepar contract status reports for all contracts less than £1m.
Role Responsibilities:
Not limited to…
Ensure integrity of the data contained within the projects.
Maintain and update all trading on the Manufacturing suite of projects.
Project portfolio reviews.
Monthly journal vouchers.
Reconcile data through thorough understanding of interfaces to and from financial systems.
Initiate improvements to reporting mechanisms to extract maximum benefit from the reporting applications.
Analysis of the SSR within BPC, keep budgets and comments up to date
Ad hoc reports analysis as required.
What are BAE Systems looking for from you?
Finance experience
Awareness SAP
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft suite
Continuous improvement drive
Business Systems experience (SAP/BPC)
Commercial awareness beneficial e.g. to support bid process
Identifying risks and opportunities on the project
(Desirable) Part qualified accountant who is currently studying for professional exams or qualified by experience within a project environment.
Security Requirements: BPSS
This role requires you to obtain a basic disclosure along with employment reference checks before starting