IT Leader – Cost Base

Job Title: IT Leader – Cost Base

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid Barrow-in-Furness. flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: £65,000 with executive car allowance and bonus on top

What you’ll be doing:

• You will contribute to setting objectives and managing the performance of a team
• Work with Senior Leaders and Cost Account Managers to lead the annual budget planning cycle resulting in a 5 year plan for the departments cost base
• Manage quality assuring activities and challenge our Basis of Estimates that underpin our cost base budgets and Estimates at Completion
• Ensure that we have our costs under appropriate control and that financial opportunities & vulnerabilities are managed and reported on monthly
• Oversee the governance of the processes and training of Cost Account Managers within the department
• Lead monthly Business Reviews as well as the annual cost benchmarking activity
• Work with colleagues in the BAE Systems Group, maritime and land Sector and Shared Services to shape future needs and align processes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Good experience of senior stakeholder management influencing and networking will be required
• A good ability to understand, breakdown and communicate complex issues to a variety of stakeholders
• You will need to hold a recognised accounting qualification and a proven history of operating within a complex organisation
• Strong planning, communication and analytical skills
• Leadership / People development experience will be required in the role

Desirable

• Experience of working in a cost estimating and / or finance role
• Experience of working in IT department would be an advantage

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 Operations, Technology and Enablement team:

By joining us in the team, you will be responsible for ensuring that we have appropriate financial controls and processes in place. These are to be aligned to our wider business processes to manage and challenge our departments costbase, ensuring that we deliver the IT services and capabilities that our wider Submarine business requires. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 12th February 2025

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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