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Job Title – Junior Finance Analyst

Job Location – Brighton, UK

Job ID – 28008

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon. Brighton designs, manufactures and tests a large portion of its release systems portfolio. This facility offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space for the development of high-performance, multi-station solutions used to launch air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions from bay, wing or fuselage stations.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days 
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary) 

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Receiving cost inputs from multiple functions (Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Contracts / Subcontracts) and ensuring they are captured accurately in the Basis of Estimate (BoE) tool.
• Assist in the maintenance and development of the Basis of Estimate tool.
• Attend cost and price reviews with senior management and take ownership of the financial data being presented
• Support the business in defining and regularly reviewing labour and material rate structures, analysis of overheads and application at project level.
• Project planning including preparation and control of a detailed project plan, associated work package management and monthly cost analysis.
• Prepare and analyse monthly project financial reports and support the Program Managers in reporting to senior management.
• Ensure consistent project reporting, data collection and analysis across the defined projects.
• Support the preparation and submission of budgets and forecasts.
• Understand risk identification and registers.  Be involved in collating risk assessments and assist in risk management and mitigation.
• Support financial audits with internal, external, and customer auditors as required.
• Provide support and cover to the existing finance team.
• Other projects and reporting as identified.

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Educated to degree level
• An understanding of project financials and accounting fundamentals
• Must be self-directed, proactive, and desire to develop in their career
• Strong planning, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Advanced MS Excel user
• Good team player with the ability to form strong business partnerships with key program leaders

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.

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