Role summary

Within this role you will be responsible for the financial stewardship of the Fundamental Account of our National Security business, with annual revenue of ~£25m. As a Junior Finance Business Partner you will build strong relationships and influence the key decisions that improve business performance from Orders to profit and cash generation. You will be commercially astute, ability to assess and quantify real risk associated with bids and contracts. You will be at the forefront of discussions with varied stakeholders, a key player in decision making, challenging the status quo and influential in strategy formulation/ implementation. Comfortable with bringing a level of gravitas to dealing with ambiguity, focused on business outcomes whilst consistently delivering on business obligations. Adapting to cultural and relational considerations, you will lead development and maintenance of good, trusted stakeholder relationships.

This is a hybrid role meaning that there will be a mixture of home and office working. The role can be based from our Gloucester or Guildford offices with office visits on average once per week. Occasional UK travel may be required.

What you'll be doing

• Work closely with and influence senior management to help drive business performance. Improve the impact and understanding of financial KPI's to business outcomes ensuring high quality financial decisions are taken.
• Effectively share external industry perspectives and good practise to help deliver measurable improvements in the approach to decision making, value for money and risk management.
• Provide objective financial advice and opinions that positively impact the future choices available to the business.
• Identify and drive financial efficiency with senior management ensuring that resources are allocated effectively with rigorous pressure on costs and commitment to a value for money approach.
• Commercial approach to bids, ability to identify and articulate complex areas of the bid whilst focusing on key areas of risk with appropriate mitigation plans translating into financials.
• Challenge business development activities in terms of alignment to business strategy, realism of opportunities and associated investment and the likelihood and level of financial returns versus risks.
• Proactive approach with risks and opportunities on financial ownership for the planning, forecasting and management of revenues and cost.
• Development of colleagues in core finance skills, whether within the function or outside, to ensure appropriate practices are followed, shaping the finance function of the future.
• Ensure that the area under your control operate an appropriate and effective set of financial controls and ensure the overall integrity of the accounts in line with good accounting practice.
• Support wider financial activities accross the rest of the National Security Account.

What we're looking for

• Our ideal candidate will be qualified however we can also consider QBE, part qualified or finalists
• Sound commercial acumen including an understanding of pricing strategies and cost recovery models
• Experience in driving cost savings and margin improvement
• Abililty to influence others
• High attention to detail
• Record of implementing and maintaining robust financial controls
• Experience of working to tight timescales and consistently meeting deadlines
• Ability to work effectively in a cross function team and at various seniority levels in the organisation
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day. By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance wellbeing.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds - the best and brightest minds - can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

About BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,800 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 16 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Launched in 2022, Digital Intelligence is part of BAE Systems, and has a rich heritage in helping to defend nations and businesses around the world from advanced threats.

Division overview: Financial Services

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and the financial sector is one of the biggest targets for cyber-attacks. Our Financial Services business unit is responsible for all of our clients in the financial sector and handle all areas of these relationships. The Financial Services Division helps banks, insurers and other major financial institutions to combat fraud, unauthorised trading and money laundering, and meets their regulatory compliance obligations.

As a member of the Financial Services business unit, you will be responsible for providing critical services to clients in the financial sector and ensure that we remain a leading name in cyber security. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.