Lockheed Martin
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About the role This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Accountant to join Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Accountant to join Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems. Lockheed Martin are one of the world’s largest defence companies and working here will give you the opportunity to work on interesting programmes that support national security.
This role benefits from our 4xFlex working pattern offering a 4 day working week Mon – Thu and hybrid working (typically 2 days a week onsite)
In this role you will gain experience and take responsibility for a number of areas including, but not limited to:
Compilation and review of budgets using actual performance, previous budget figures, estimated revenue, expense reports, and other data sources to control funds and provide for proper financial administration.
Coordinating multiple financial cost analyses functions, including cost allocation, setting up cost control systems, collecting data, controlling costs and preparing reports that maintain the company's cost accounting system.
Ensuring that costs are allocated according to established procedures
Support of formal reporting to Line of Business for both long term and short term financial planning.
Analysis of financial information and preparation of financial reports.
Supporting project completion on schedule following established procedures, schedules, and work plans.
Assisting in the preparation of the monthly/quarterly financial charts.
Labour analysis and detailed breakdowns of booking levels, demand analysis and spend profiles to ensure staffing levels are in line with programme need and site-wide resource availability, tracking of other direct costs.
Assisting the program team and financial management in monitoring and tracking program expenditures and earned value management (EVM) performance, highlight issues/concerns/trends to the program team.
Interacting with a variety of program and financial management personnel and advising on conformance with company and program processes and procedures.
Perform key month-end reporting tasks such as: cost transfer journals, supplier advances, accruals, new order recognition, cash reconciliation, revenue recognition, OSEC reporting
Support and completion of invoicing and monthly cost certificates to facilitate billing to customer base.
Risk and opportunity analysis against output.
The successful candidate must achieve the appropriate level (SC) of security clearance. More details can be found here.
Required skills, qualifications and experience
Recently qualified or pursuing a professional accounting qualification - CIMA, ACCA, ACA (or equivalent) with industry experience.
Experience as Project Accountant, Management Accountant or similar Project based Accounting role
Able to apply cost analysis and cost management principles
Good interpersonal and communication skills - liaison/interaction with programme personnel at a senior management level.
Highly proficient Microsoft Excel modelling skills.
Desired Skills
Enterprise Application Software - SAP
Defence industry background
MOD Projects
Earned Value Management, including processes and procedures
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