Job Title: BPC Senior Analyst

Location: Portsmouth , Preston, Warton or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £52,000 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the Finance Systems Manager in delivery of capability to the function and business (submarines and maritime services business) through decision making, based on the information at hand taking a ‘Best For Business’ approach, in order to get the BPC systems, applications and processes on track to meet the month end reporting requirements without risk of a material misstatement
• Using their in-depth business acumen and influencing skills to drive the direction of multiple stakeholders (internal Functions), other BAE Systems businesses and 3rd Parties (DXC, CG, SAP etc.) to deliver systems administration and monthly Financial Reporting requirements
• Driving those parties above, to resolve problems in a timely manner, to undertake ‘lessons learnt’ and implementing the appropriate systems, process, controls or training changes where they need to be made.
• Responsibility for Finance Master Data – ensuring that all Finance data objects and management information is complete and accurate
• Deliver the future data and management information requirements for the Finance Function, which results in improved business performance
• Ensuring robust systems in place to support company decision making processes
• Ensuring that financial and systems controls and procedures are maintained and updated
• Support continual improvement of BPC through minor enhancement to major development where Active control (Submarines) or Change Request Management (Maritime Services) process is followed
• You’ll also have people manager responsibilities in this role

Your skills and experiences:

• Knowledge in Finance System (ERP or EPM), having in depth experience of the management of, validation of and running of interfaces (both Corporate and internal) across multiple systems
• Good experience of a SAP ERP upgrade or programme including requirement capture, design, user acceptance testing and change, training and communications
• Experience of working with Finance Systems and Finance teams across Sectors
• Proven experience in a financial reporting and analytical role
• Experience working working with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with financial planning software (e.g., BPC, Planning Analytics / TM1, Cognos, Adaptive Insights, One Stream)
• Familiarity with financial systems such as SAP or Oracle

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:

Role sits within Head Office Finance function specifically within the Finance Capability Centre reporting to the Finance Manager Business Intelligence. The role holder will deliver ongoing support across the finance systems as well as the wider finance function. “Orchestrating the month-end processes and run and maintain activities of the finance systems, ensuring the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of data within those systems. Ensuring that our finance tagged accounting systems are effectively maintained and continuously improved. Ensuring that financial elements of business systems run and maintain processes that enable financial data and information to be accessed in an effective and efficient way.

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: 9th March 2026

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.

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