Financial Controls Manager

Preston, England, United Kingdom

6/27/2025

Job Title: Financial Controls Manager

Location: Preston, Glasgow, Barrow-In-Furness, Portsmouth or Glascoed; Wales. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £64,000 depending on experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own the delivery and continuous improvement of accurate and efficient financial processes within business ERP systems, ensuring robust financial controls are maintained
• Lead the application and development of financial control frameworks, advising stakeholders across multiple teams and business units on policies, procedures, and compliance
• Take responsibility for resolving complex financial transaction queries and driving efficiency across process workflows
• Manage and review transactional activities to ensure data accuracy, quality, compliance, and process assurance, applying expert judgement where required
• Drive the design and enhancement of financial control processes to support evolving business needs and regulatory requirements
• Prepare, analyse and present comprehensive reports and tailored insights to senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making
• Plan and oversee the coordination of data collection and reporting activities across multiple stakeholders and finance functions
• Manage a small team (typically one direct report), providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality delivery of business process inputs and outputs across various finance toolsets
• Lead preparation for and engagement with internal and external audits, supporting management review sessions and root cause analysis to implement continuous improvements
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with solid technical knowledge
• Excellent understanding of finance systems, particularly SAP and associated reporting tools, and how they can be optimised within end-to-end processes
• Comprehensive knowledge of core finance processes, particularly Record to Report (R2R) and Procure to Pay (P2P)
• Clear understanding of how effective financial controls are applied and maintained across key processes
  
  

Desirable

• Background in audit or experience supporting audit activity is beneficial
  
  

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Finance Team

This role sits within the Financial Control & Systems Capability Centre at Head Office, supporting the Maritime and Land sector. Reporting to the Senior Finance Controller, it presents an excellent opportunity to take ownership of key financial controls and lead improvements that enhance process accuracy and efficiency. You will have increased responsibility for influencing strategic finance activities and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders across multiple Lines of Business, finance teams, and external parties, including audit teams.

As the Maritime & Land Financial Control Capability Centre continues to evolve, this role is ideal for an adaptable and proactive individual who thrives on driving change and delivering value. You will lead a small team, play a pivotal role in shaping financial control frameworks, and have broad exposure to both operational delivery and strategic finance initiatives.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 11th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.