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Job Title – FP&A Lead
Job Location – Bristol
Job ID – 42497
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.
L3Harris’ Bristol location is the Headquarters for our Maritime UK business – a leading global supplier of integrated marine control systems and simulation products for warships, submarines, and high-end commercial marine vessels worldwide. Since its inception, L3Harris has continuously iterated upon our Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) technology and successfully exported and delivered the system to over 300 vessels across 27 navies worldwide. We have additional Maritime UK sites in Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness, and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours, and offshore energy service providers.
Global Systems is seeking an experienced senior level FP&A analyst to lead and drive business results through program working capital improvements, program cash, and accurate monthly preparation. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who collaborates cross-functionally with a variety of individuals across all levels of the organization. Must be able to effectively interface with senior levels of management.
The ideal candidate has a passion and ability to focus on the important business details driving key financial metrics (earnings, cash flow, orders, revenue) while continually assessing reasonableness, understanding why something changes, and determining how to achieve desired business results.
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This is a highly visible role and has the ability to drive change and create value for the organization through insightful analysis and actionable recommendations. There will be numerous opportunities to present your findings to executive leadership.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week
- Half day 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 illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance, and electric car scheme
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and Statistics) including coordinating, preparing, and analyzing various financial reports and data prior to submission
- Weekly closure analysis and reporting for Orders, Sales, Operating Income, and Cash flow
- Develop and maintain program working capital in FCST system
- Forecast and provide variance analysis for program cash
- Work closely with program finance to develop monthly forecasts
- Drives understanding of variances and then works with appropriate individuals to identify corrective actions, risks, or opportunities resulting from those variances
- Experience developing and presenting executive-level presentations tailored to both finance and non-finance personnel
- Annual operating plan development
- Monthly balance sheet and cash analysis/forecast and variance analysis
- Financial reporting process improvement projects
- Develops tools, templates, and processes to simplify ways of gathering data and preparing reports, while also ensuring the information gathered is relevant and at an appropriate level of detail
- Ad hoc financial requests
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What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of prior relevant experience
- Requires strong analytical and problem-solving ability
- Strong knowledge of Balance Sheet and Income Statement
- Manage and perform multiple tasks
- Ability to work independently
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of the right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
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