senior finance controls analyst

Job Title: Senior Finance Controls Analyst

Location: Preston, Glasgow, Barrow-In-Furness, Portsmouth or Glascoed; Wales. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £57,000 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

Deliver accurate and efficient financial processes within business ERP systems, applying sound judgement and maintaining effective financial controls

Support the application of financial control frameworks by advising stakeholders on relevant policies, procedures, and compliance requirements

Process financial transactions with precision, addressing queries promptly to ensure data accuracy and operational consistency

Oversee transactional reviews to ensure data quality, accuracy, and adherence to control requirements

Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of financial control processes, ensuring alignment with business needs

Prepare and present accurate reports and tailored insights to support informed decision-making across a range of stakeholders

Coordinate data collection from multiple sources to support reporting, audits, and financial control activities

Support internal and external audits, management reviews, and root cause analysis to drive improvements in financial processes and controls

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Good understanding of finance systems and how they can be optimised within end-to-end processes

Sound knowledge of core finance processes

Clear understanding of how effective financial controls are applied and maintained across key processes

Desirable:

Background in audit or experience supporting audit activity is beneficial

Experience of SAP and associated reporting tools

Experience of Record to Report (R2R) and Procure to Pay (P2P) finance processes is beneficial

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:

This role is based within the Financial Control & Systems Capability Centre at Head Office, supporting the Maritime and Land sector. Reporting to the Senior Finance Controller, it offers a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact on financial processes and controls while advancing your career. You will play a key part in ensuring accurate financial transactions and supporting robust control frameworks, working closely with stakeholders across multiple Lines of Business, finance teams, and external parties such as External Auditors.

It’s an exciting time for Finance at BAE Systems, as we continue to modernise and improve how we work as a function, to deliver increased value and drive performance of the business.

The Maritime & Land Financial Control Capability Centre is undergoing ongoing transformation, so this role is ideal for someone who is adaptable, passionate about adding value, and eager to embrace new challenges. You will have the chance to develop your skills in a dynamic environment, contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, and gain broad exposure to both operational and strategic finance activities.

Why BAE Systems?

At BAE Systems we are proud of leadership position in the aerospace and defence sector, and know that talented people are core to us delivering our strong order book, and achieving our important mission; to protect those that protect us.

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: 11th July 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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