Job Title – FP&A Accountant

Job Location – Bristol, UK

We can offer hybrid working pattern, with time in our offices and your home, to enable a good work-life balance. We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (3 days per week on average).

Job ID – 12071

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris MAPPS (Bristol, Burgess Hill and Barrow-in-Furness) provides an Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. This software provides integrated monitoring and control of ship propulsion, electrical functions, auxiliaries and damage control machinery and systems.

A few of our employee benefits

• 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

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Lead for Business Unit financial reporting requirements, both routine and non-routine
• Strong understanding of advanced financial planning and analysis concepts and able to articulate this to management
• Owns the preparation of the Business Unit monthly short-term forecast (STF) and Annual Operating Plan forecast, accompanied with detailed supporting schedules
• A clear understanding of indirect rate development/modeling and solid experience with rate variance analysis
• Analyse Business Unit level financial forecasts and provide Business Unit Management with independent assessment of projected performance against plan targets
• Prepare meaningful variance analysis of actual versus forecast financial performance
• Establish and monitor Indirect functional department budgets, indirect rate forecasts and estimate inclusive therein
• Develop and implement sophisticated financial models, forecasting tools and dashboards to improve process efficiencies and financial performance
• Analyse trends in orders, sales, cost of sales, profit and cash and provide recommendations to Senior Management in support of strategic business decisions

What you’ll bring

The role of FP&A Accountant requires the following experience and skills:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACMA etc), with minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience
• Solid understanding of accounting and finance principles
• Must have at least five plus years in a similar role within the government contracting industry and/or a combination of progressive financial experience in a similar role within a related industry

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.

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