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The role will provide financial guidance and advice to programme leadership, ensuring robust financial controls and accurate budgeting, forecasting and reporting, in line with IFRS requirements and contractual obligations.\nIn this role you will\nSupport the financial management of major, long-term contracts, including monthly financial reporting, forecasting and annual budgeting.\nRepresent Finance within allocated Programme Integrated Project Teams (IPT), providing financial insight, constructive challenge and robust financial control. Undertake contract analysis and reporting to support the Senior Project Accountant, Programme Manager and wider business reviews and decision-making. Work collaboratively with other functional leads to drive effective programme performance and financial governance.\nReview and manage the timely delivery of contract forecasts under your responsibility, ensuring accuracy and robust forecasts to complete and outturn profitability, with clear understanding of risk register, opportunities and dependencies alongside senior project accountant and PM. To include:\no Contract costs to complete along with associated schedules\no Cash forecasting and support to treasury management for the\nprogramme, income and expenditures\no All Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet items pertinent to the\ncontract\no Milestone reporting\no Order Intake & Order Book forecasting\nProvide timely and accurate month-end financial reporting as appropriate, ensuring correct use of SAP in terms of contract structure and maintenance, and compliance with IFRS applications to enable performance reporting.\nPosting monthly cost and revenue journals in SAP as required.\nWorking with colleagues in Italy to ensure financial consistency with reporting and forecasts, ensuring the consolidated programme position is correct.\nWorking with business as necessary to support ad hoc requests from the Finance Management team\nEnsure compliance with SSRO and other contractual legal requirements, and support the delivery of cost certificates to the customer as required for these contracts.\nSupport external and internal audit requirements\nUndertake additional duties that will arise from time to time and are consistent with the nature of this role.\nProvide support and input to annual budget process as part of the team\nMaintain and ensure accurate data is presented in the power BI database that provides timely reporting for the programmes.\nProvide financial awareness training to the IPT when required to held aid wider knowledge of requirements.\nProvide cover for the senior project accountant when necessary.\nWhat you’ll bring\nExperience gained through qualification (relevant degree or studies) or qualified by experience would be preferred but not essential\nGood business acumen with the willingness and drive to see through change\nInterpersonal and team skills (ability to support in effectively communicating and interacting at all levels within the Company). Support in representing the company through engagement with customers and partners.\nGood critical thinker; analytical skills; strong attention to detail\nAbility to work on own initiative across cross functional teams\nDemonstrable IT knowledge - Microsoft (Excel, Word etc.); ERP (preferably SAP) and associated reporting tools preferred but not essential.\nFlexible approach to work and ability to work to tight deadlines\nThis is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.\nSecurity Clearance\nThis role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting\nWhy join us\nAt Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.\nTime to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.\nSecure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.\n Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).\nRewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.\nNever Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.\nRefer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.\nTailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.\nFlexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.\nFor a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.\nLeonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.\nLeonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team-they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.\nAt Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. 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