Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom

Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Financial Reporting Controller

Templecombe, Crawley, Bristol or Cheadle

Hours of work: 37 hours

Would you like to work for Under Water Systems (UWS), a world leader in its field, the major exporter of sonars and associated systems for navies and air forces worldwide?

What the role has to offer

• Work for Thales' largest domain with exciting opportunities, products and initiatives which will enhance your career
• Chance to grow your career in the direction that suits you
• Work for a team with clear growth and succession pathways

Our Opportunity

THALESUKare looking to recruit a proactiveFinancial Reporting Controllerto support the business to deliver and review financial performance. In this role you will be responsible for driving reporting processes and change, preparing monthly management accounts and providing accurate and timely financial information to the domain as required. The role will report to the financial controller for guidance and career development and there is a clear succession planning option in place.

Key tasks/Responsibilities:

• Drive monthly reporting in collaboration with the Finance Controller
• Perform appropriate reviews to ensure integrity of finances
• Provide commentary and insight into monthly performance and escalating issues where required
• Provide financial business partner support to various non-financial business teams
• Oversee Fixed Asset accounting
• Support the development and maintain effective mechanisms for the review of MYB, annual budgets & estimates and for the production of realisable financial forecasts
• Review Balance Sheet reconciliations, escalating where required Key R&Os
• Support to Management and Review of the business working capital, with specific focus on Inventory Control
• Cash forecasting accuracy
• Assist in the implementation of group IT tools and reporting techniques
• Ensure that financial affairs are conducted in accordance with Group Principles (including ICQ & YAL compliance)
• Continual improvement of financial processes to ensure a robust controlled environment.
• Ad hoc tasks, reporting and analysis as required.

About You

• You should ideally be an experienced accountant with relevant qualifications (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• You will be highly customer focused and be experienced in communicating financial knowledge across all levels to collaborate with both finance and non-finance professionals.
• Experience working in a complex matrixed organisation is critical.
• You should have excellent prioritisation and self-management skills along with the ability to manage and meet a wide variety of internal and external reporting deadlines.
• You will have experience of working in a business partnering capacity with the ability to challenge the status quo.
• A finance professional with sound knowledge of accounting rules and procedures, able to work to a high standard with an attention and diligence to detail.

This role requires SC Clearance in which you will need to satisfy the criteria for application, please refer to the UKSV website for more information.

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.

What We Can Offer

We're committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you'll have a variety of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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