Job Title – Finance Business Partner

Job Location – Bristol, UK

We can offer hybrid working pattern, with time in our offices and your home, to enable a good work-life balance. We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (3 days per week on average).

Job ID – 17697

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris MAPPS (Bristol, Burgess Hill and Barrow-in-Furness) provides an Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. This software provides integrated monitoring and control of ship propulsion, electrical functions, auxiliaries and damage control machinery and systems.

A few of our employee benefits

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Generate financial reporting packages and provide counsel to program managers on variances
• Baseline development and maintenance, performance management and estimate at complete development and analysis
• Implement, monitor, report and analyse program budget and/or schedule
• Perform earned value management including implementation, maintenance, reporting and analysis
• Organise cost and/or schedule date for monthly program reviews
• Prepare and monitor funding plans labour and subcontract/material/ODC forecast plans
• Complete analyse date for monthly forecast review including orders, sales, operating income and cash
• Prepare ETC/EAC estimates from program staff input
• Participate in presentations and group discussions at internal and external financial / schedule meetings
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the organisation to maintain a positive and productive work environment
• Perform other duties as required

What you’ll bring

The role of Finance Business Partner requires the following experience and skills:

• Be minimum part-qualified
• Have previous experience in programme finance
• Hold previous Finance Business Partnering experience
• Be comfortable presenting to all levels within the business
• Have advanced MS Office Suite skills including Excel Modelling
• Have a proactive approach to problem solving

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.