Finance Analyst- Civil Reporting

Job Description

Civil Reporting Finance Analyst

Full-Time

Derby/Hybrid (3 days a week on-site)

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified accountant to join our Civil Reporting Team within the Civil Aerospace Financial Control function.

In this role, you will help to ensure the quality and timely delivery of Civil UK HQ financial reporting and forecasting operations. You will be engaging with key contacts across the Civil Aerospace business, Group and GBS, as well as getting involved in value adding projects to drive improvements in Civil processes. Based in Derby, you will report to the Civil Reporting Finance Manager.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

The Reporting Team is accountable for the delivery of period end Civil UK HQ financials throughout the year.  This involves liaising with all businesses and legal entities that make up Civil UK HQ to ensure that period end management reporting, quarterly statutory reporting and any ad-hoc financial reporting is complete, accurate and on time. The Team is also responsible for leading and managing Civil reporting processes. 

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This global role will allow you to gain excellent insight into the breadth of Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace business and see how it all works together, to gain direct exposure to the requirements of financial reporting across Civil.  You will also have exposure to senior management and the external auditors and support value adding financial projects.  These projects will vary in size from major change programmes such as Civil-wide restructuring to smaller investigations and process improvements.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

You will be responsible for preparation of quarterly FX revaluation, preparation of reporting deliverable for External Auditor, Group and Civil stakeholders, and being the key point of contact for queries from these stakeholders. You will also:

• Be responsible for Reporting Team period end journals relating to operating costs, recharges and central accruals.
• Prepare actuals vs forecast variance analysis each period-end, investigate variances and present the results to the Reporting Finance Manager and Head of Civil Reporting. 
• Prepare the five-year forecast for Civil UK HQ and present this to key stakeholders.
• Perform Civil HQ Balance Sheet Review and present to key stakeholders (including Deputy Financial Controller and Head of Civil Reporting). 

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. And for this role, we are looking for someone who is/has:

• A fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
• A self-motivated individual with strong analytical skills and a track record of consistently delivering quality results to challenging timelines. 
• Resilience, problem solving and good judgment.
• Experience of SAP and Oracle HFM preferable.
• Very good MS Excel skills.

Join us & Make an impact

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives.