Job Title: Assistant Accountant – Rates

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

Salary: £40,478+ depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

Support the timely and accurate submission of statutory supplier reports to the SSRO (Single Source Regulation Office) and assist with rates claims and contract deliverables to CAAS (Cost Assurance and Analysis Service)

Work closely with internal partners in FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) and FBP (Finance Business Partner) to gather and provide high-quality audit query responses

Support the Manager in engagements with CAAS, representing the company professionally and with integrity

Maintain and update models to produce accurate and timely Actual, Forecast, and Estimate Business Rates

Assist in developing presentation materials for engaging internal and external stakeholders (e.g., briefings, awareness training)

Contribute to the Rates Capability Centre’s transformation by sharing knowledge, collaborating, delivering change work packages, and actively engaging with the wider team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Part-qualified or qualified by experience (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA)

Basic understanding of the role of rates in business planning, bids, and cost recovery

Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP and BPC

Awareness of policies, processes, and financial controls within a financial organisation

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Effective stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence engaging senior stakeholders

Desirable:

Experience in financial modelling

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 UK Rates & Government Contracting team:

As the Assistant Accountant – Rates you will support all costing & pricing rates processes, including the submission of statutory reports and audit of rates claims. You will report into the senior Rates analyst and work closely with FP&A analysts and other stakeholders in the business. You will also collaborate with rates teams across the UK as part of the rates capability Centre. You will have regular contact with the MoD cost assurance & analysis service (CAAS) team. In addition, you will work as part of the wider rates capability centre to achieve its transformation objectives and deliver the rates strategy and vision. 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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 13th August 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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