Head of Finance

A few of ouremployeebenefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible three days onsite per week
• Early finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan dental insurance gym membership critical illnesscovercycle to work scheme travel insurance andelectric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement

What the role will involve

Theresponsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Set up accounting systems and ensure accounting records aremaintainedcompliant with UK Companies Act and UK GAAP
• Prepare monthly management accounts forecasts and annual budget. Assist the local General Manager with monthly management reports on L3Harris Maritime UK business performance clearly identifying variances from plan.
• Preparation of annual statutory financial statements and necessary supporting information to ensurea timelyclean audit by thecompaniesexternal auditors.
• Cash management of L3Harris Maritime UK business bank accounts and preparation of cash flow forecasts as required.
• Assistancewith the preparation of bid proposals for contract changes and new opportunities and review subcontractor pricing submissions.
• Prepare and introduce best practice accounting policies and procedures for all L3Harris Maritime UK business accounting sound financial controls are established and rigorously followed.
• Responsible for all UK tax matters (including Corporation tax and VAT)
• Responsible formaintainingaccounts and records in alignment with projects and other accounting functions. Review & finalisation of management accounts.
• Maintain accounting systems: Journal entries general ledger accounts receivables accounts payable revenue reconciliation etc.
• Compiles dataallocatescostsand preparesreports on labour equipment depreciation and other operating expenses and analyses financial reporting requirements.
• Ensure all monthly quarterly & annual corporate reporting deadlines are met.
• Achieve and demonstrate satisfactory compliance with corporates Compliance Plan for Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Ensure that all corporate deadlines for testing and other requirements are met.

What youll bring

The role requires thefollowing experience and skills:

• Professional Accounting Qualification (ACA ACCA CIMA)
• Degree qualified in a relevant Finance domain unless qualified by work experience
• Industry experience in Defence Aerospace Maritime or relevant domain
• Knowledge of SAP essential; involvement in an implementation would be highly desirable.
• Leadership experience managing a team of other finance professionals
• Experience of P&L management and managing financial process end-to-end for FP&A budgeting accounting.
• Other Finance systems such as Sage HFM is desirable but not essential

Important to know

Due to the nature of our workmanyour roles requirea UKnationality and the ability to obtain a security accept a conditional offer of employmentmust meet the requirement of right to work in the UKandmust meet eligibility requirements for access to classified informationandwillbe subject to government securitychecks.