Essential
- Extensive experience of working inMaunfacturing project environment within a defence/Mod/ Avionics
- Experience of providing analysis and commentary on the financial health of programmes.
- Experience of managing timely reviews and analysis for input into quarterly and annual forecasting process
- Experience of working closely with cost accountants to ensure accurate product cost estimates are included in the financial model and providing commentary on any variances form the original tender vet approval
- Ability to gain co-operation of individuals who may be more senior or with differing reporting lines
- Ability to work on a disparate range of activities and to demonstrate effective time management skills
- Able to demonstrate a range of analytical skills with the ability to identify, clarify and effectively communicate issues prioritising those that are material enough to require intervention
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems proactively by comparing and contrasting the engineering activity plan against the budget and flag any potential deviations.
Ability to grasp information quickly and accurately.
Experience of working on projects in an engineering context with durations ranging from 3 months to 3 years or more

Qualifications and Experience
An accountancy qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA
and
At least 2 years experience in an engineering environment with a development projects/programme focus having personal responsibility for compiling financial performance reports and analyses
HNC or degree in an engineering discipline

Overall Purpose/Objectives of Role
To provide management information, primarily but not exclusively financial, to the Programme Management and departmental management teams to assist them in monitoring and controlling their projects and in preparing sales and costs forecasts.
To maintain, working with Programme Managers, cost and work breakdown structures that support the identification and control of cost drivers.
To assist the preparation of data in support of the budgeting and forecasting process.
Business Skills
Delivering Results
- The ability and drive to drive own activities and the activities of others to achieve timely submission of data and analysis even when planned activities may be disrupted.
- Clarity on the key aspects of what is needed, flexibility to deal with imperfections and to cope.

Time management
- Ability to demonstrate time management skills.
- Can demonstrate on-going ability to meet fixed timescales for delivery of goals and objectives.
- Can show flexibility if there is slippage on projects, to minimise the problem
- Can work on a number of activities at the same time.

IT skills
- Able to develop and maintain effective and robust spreadsheet and database applications (MSOFFICE) which can be used by others

Communication
- Ability and experience to take non-financia