Finance Business Partner

Job Title – Finance Business Partner

Job Location – Bristol, UK

Job ID – 35978

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris’ Bristol location is the Headquarters for our Maritime UK business – a leading global supplier of integrated marine control systems and simulation products for warships, submarines and high-end commercial marine vessels worldwide. Since its inception, L3Harris has continuously iterated upon our Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) technology and successfully exported and delivered the system to over 300 vessels across 27 navies worldwide. We have additional Maritime UK sites in Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours and offshore energy service providers.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week


• 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 8% 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, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme


• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support


• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Tasks are performed in conjunction with program managers and functional managers


• 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 requires the following experience and skills:

• Preference for a minimum of 2 years’ prior related experience


• Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant with recognised accountancy qualification


• Excellent interpersonal skills to achieve effective partnerships and relationships in a multi-discipline environment


• Displays a high level of respect, diplomacy and tact when dealing with stakeholders


• Resilient, highly flexible and a naturally inquisitive individual


• Advanced user of MS Office Suite including Excel modelling


• Experience with Earned Value Management – preferred but not essential


• Experience with PowerBI - preferred but not essential

Important to know

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.

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