Company Overview
Draken works with leading technologies and a specialised and varied fleet of crewed and uncrewed aircraft to complete highly regulated adversary training and complex data-gathering missions effectively and safely. With bases in the UK and the US, our company’s primary role is to train military personnel to defend themselves in multi-domain theatres of war. Draken’s Next Generation Electronic Warfare training services and Red Air adversary training marry the Live and Synthetic domains, delivering a highly realistic blended training effect that is a true test of frontline capability. As a specialist operator, Draken regularly tests and evaluates the potential of cutting-edge aviation solutions for our customers — including the expansion of UAV systems into roles such as contracted ISR delivery and adjacent markets such as adversary training, close air support training, counter-UAV operations, search and rescue and infrastructure monitoring.
The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Finance Analyst/Cost Accountant. This is a key role for the Finance Team and it has responsibility for the consolidated overhead model for all UK companies, ensuring the accurate budgeting and reporting of overheads across operational areas and all support functions, as well as providing input to cashflow forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
- Primary owner of overheads for all UK companies, combining results from multiple legal entities into a consistent consolidated view
- Preparation of monthly overhead report for review with VP Finance, including reconciliation to final consolidated group reporting, with meaningful commentary summarising key movements
- Preparation of department reports for senior leadership team owner, including meaningful analysis vs budget/forecast, providing information on a timely basis to facilitate decision making
- Primary owner of accruals and prepayments on the balance sheet, including preparing/supporting monthly balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring all accruals are accurate and supportable
- Owner of insurance and travel allocations across departments and contracts
- Maintain overhead allocation model to ensure appropriate level of overheads are recovered across the contracts, including support with annual budgeting for overhead allocation and providing information to contract accountants on the recharges
- Preparation of cashflow budget/forecast for capital expenditure
- Regular check ins and updates to capital forecast capturing changes in events across the group to ensure that cash flow forecasting remains accurate
- Ensure correct accounting treatment of capital assets, including assignment of appropriate useful life
Experience / Skills / Qualifications
- ACCA / CIMA / ACA qualified or part-qualified with demonstrable accounting experience and strong intellectual curiosity
- Commercially-minded with excellent Microsoft Excel/financial modelling and analytical skills
- Ability to work unsupervised, with the drive to understand complex, multi-faceted scenarios from a financial perspective
- Prepared to work flexibly to achieve deadlines and multi-task, re-adjusting priorities and delivering accordingly, demonstrating a strong teamwork ethic
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with and provide support to the senior leadership team, applying healthy and vigorous challenge where appropriate
- Able to build excellent working relationships with customers and colleagues alike
- Able to present and communicate financial information to both Finance and non-Finance colleagues
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