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Finance Project Support Officer

Systems Engineering and Assessment Limited
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Bristol, City of Bristol BS1 6WS, England

Salary

£40,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Health Insurance
Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance
Employee Discounts
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  • The Finance Project Support Officer position is available at SEA, with a salary of up to £40,000 depending on experience.
  • The role requires previous experience in project control/accounting within a commercial project environment, particularly in the defense or manufacturing sectors.
  • You will be responsible for project administration, financial forecasting, and revenue posting, ensuring accurate financial reporting on projects.
  • This position offers flexible working arrangements and is based at one of the company's sites in Barnstaple, Bristol, or Beckington.
  • Candidates with part or fully qualified accountancy credentials (AAT, CIMA, ACCA) and strong analytical skills are desirable.
Engineered to Protect, thats our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. Working within the project support team, you will work with other departments in the business including Project Management, Purchasing and Commercial to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting on contracted and internal projects actual and forecast.

Finance Project Support Officer will be based at either our Barnstaple, Bristol or Beckington site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £40k, depending on experience.

Whatyoullbedoing
  • Project administration - From order acceptance you will set up the project in focal point as directed by the business with correct order, revenue, and invoice dates. In other situations, you will have to set up a project for internal uses without financial information e.g. Private Venture.
  • On a monthly basis you oversee and update the financial forecast of projects, preparing project reports for the business and following review updating the business system to capture any changes.
  • As you go through the month you will also post any revenue that can be claimed on a project accurately and if right, collecting evidence for that revenue depending on its IFRS categorisation. You will also handle approving invoices that are submitted to you by project managers, matching against POs, verifying currency rates etc.
About our company
At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient.
We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer
At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so were always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits we offer:

Work life balance
  • Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
  • 25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
  • Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
  • Half day Fridays
  • Reservists in theArmedForces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing
  • Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
  • All Staff Bonus
  • Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Wellbeing Centre
  • Sports & Social activities
  • Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
  • Canada Life GP and financial advice
  • Life assurance policy
  • Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
  • Development opportunities, including, online learning
Facilities & resources
  • Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
  • Private seated lunch areas
  • Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
  • Onsite showers and toiletries provision
  • Free onsite parking
Theskills you need
  • Previous experience of working project control/accounting in commercial project environments, within a defence related industry or manufacturing environment. (An understanding of revenue trading would also be useful.)
  • Excellent time keeping and communication skills
  • Have a interest developing your analytical skills i.e. Excel, Power query, Power BI etc
  • Part or fully qualified in Accountancy (AAT, CIMA, ACCA etc) is desirable
Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If youd like to know more, please give Kelly-Ann Thomas from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414300. Or reach out to us on .

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In order to submit this application, a TotalJobs account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all TotalJobs’ services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to TotalJobs’ Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to TotalJobs and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.