Finance Project Support Officer

SEA; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor in Barnstaple is seeking a Finance Project Support Officer to manage financial reporting and project administration. This role offers hybrid working and a salary up to £45k, depending on experience. Ideal candidates will have project control experience and analytical skills. The company promotes a flexible work-life balance and offers substantial benefits including private medical insurance and a group pension plan.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

25 days annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Group Pension Plan with employer contributions

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite facilities including bistro

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience in project control/accounting within a defence or manufacturing environment.
• Interest in developing analytical skills.
• Understanding of revenue trading is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Set up and manage project administration and financial forecasting.
• Post revenue claims and approve invoices.
• Prepare and update financial project reports.

Skills

Project control/accounting experience

Analytical skills (Excel, Power Query, Power BI)

Excellent time keeping

Communication skills

Understanding of revenue trading

Education

Part or fully qualified in Accountancy (AAT, CIMA, ACCA)

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.

Working within the finance 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 our Barnstaple site. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £45k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• 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 we’re 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. Have a look at the 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 the Armed Forces 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
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn 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 - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please give Dave Abrams from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on 03330 414172. Or reach out to us on [e-mail].