Financial Analyst

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.