Secretary – Financial Controller
Job title: Secretary – Finance Controller
Location: Warton – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: £30,571+ (Depending on skills and experience)
What you’ll be doing:
- Manage diaries, travel arrangements, invoicing, reconciliations, and general administrative tasks
- Provide secretarial support to designated executives and teams to help achieve strategic goals
- Assist with team communications to ensure smooth and reliable service delivery
- Support team or customer meetings to enable effective reviews and discussions
- Offer ad-hoc support to the Secretarial function, ensuring consistent and valuable business support across the company
- Apply knowledge of the organisation and company systems to assist stakeholders effectively
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Proven secretarial experience in a similar role
- Strong skills in managing diaries, travel arrangements, invoicing, and reconciliation, along with general administrative tasks
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience handling and managing travel VISAs on an ad-hoc basis
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships
- Ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently while maintaining attention to detail
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Air Operations Finance Team:
The Air Operations Finance Team supports the Air Operations FP&A function and senior directors within the finance community. The team is part of a broader network of finance managers and accountants, working collaboratively to provide financial planning, analysis, and strategic insights. Their focus is on driving financial performance, supporting decision-making, and ensuring robust financial management across Air Operations.
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: 26th 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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