Financial Analyst
Location: Oxford – Hybrid (minimum 3 days onsite)
Contract: 6 months Initially
Rate: £27.67 per hour PAYE / £37.01 per hour Umbrella
IR35: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: DBS required; current SC clearance preferred
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Financial Analyst to join a leading organisation within the aerospace and defence sector on an initial 6-month contract.
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong hands-on experience across financial reporting, reconciliations, payroll, invoicing and month-end activities to support a busy finance function working across defence-related projects.
The Role
As a Financial Analyst, you will provide financial reporting support across key projects, while also contributing to future bid campaigns and the wider finance function.
You will be responsible for a varied workload, working to tight deadlines and ensuring financial information is accurate, well controlled and delivered in a timely manner.
Key Responsibilities
* Processing payroll journals and supporting payroll activities
* Fixed asset control, monitoring and reporting
* Preparing and supporting VAT returns
* Completing balance sheet reconciliations
* Inter-company invoicing
* Supporting statutory audit activity
* Forex reporting
* Supporting month-end processes and reporting
* Providing financial reporting support across defence projects
* Supporting future bid campaigns
* Coordinating multiple priorities and ensuring deadlines are met
* Applying appropriate financial controls and risk management principles
About You
We are looking for someone with solid practical finance experience rather than focusing solely on formal qualifications.
You should have:
* Good working knowledge of finance principles
* Experience with payroll, fixed assets and invoicing
* Experience of Forex reporting
* Strong Excel and wider Microsoft Office skills
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* The ability to produce clear reports and procedures
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities
* Experience working to tight deadlines
* An understanding of work package management and work package control
* Knowledge of risk management principles
Experience within aerospace, defence, engineering or another regulated environment would be advantageous, although transferable finance experience will be considered.
Additional Information
* Hybrid working, with a minimum of 3 days onsite in Oxford
* Occasional travel within the UK and Europe may be required
* A full UK driving licence is preferred but not essential
* Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK
* Candidates must be eligible to obtain/hold the required MoD security clearance
* DBS clearance is required, with current SC clearance preferred
Interested?
If you're an experienced Financial Analyst looking for your next contract opportunity and this role sounds like a good fit, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now with your latest CV, and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail
