Finance Analyst

Hours: Full-time 37 hours | Permanent

Location: Hurn, Dorset

Draken believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, an electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes, and more.

We are recruiting for a Finance Analyst to join our growing Finance team. This key role owns fixed asset accounting and lease reporting across the UK business, supports monthly reporting, capital expenditure forecasting, year‑end audit activity, and acts as a deputy to the Group Accounting Manager when required.

• Own the end‑to‑end accounting of fixed and intangible assets across the Group.
• Manage and maintain the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Lead on the UK capital expenditure budget and forecasts, working with stakeholders to track changes and keep forecasts up to date.
• Run monthly depreciation, including any adjustments, and ensure correct allocation to contracts where required.
• Review assets under construction and support accurate capitalisation decisions.
• Manage lease accounting across the business, including aircraft, buildings and vehicles.
• Maintain lease schedules and ensure all lease changes are appropriately reflected.
• Work with teams across the business to identify new leases and ensure correct accounting treatment.
• Support month‑end close, including management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with group reporting requirements and reconciliations between reporting frameworks.
• Support external audit processes, including responding to queries and preparing documentation.
• Work closely with Finance and operational teams to improve processes and financial insight.
• Challenge existing approaches and look for ways to improve efficiency and accuracy.

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified or part‑qualified.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards (particularly IFRS 16, IAS 16 and IAS 38).
• Confident working with complex data and strong Excel skills.
• Commercially minded with a proactive and curious approach.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.
• Strong communicator, comfortable working with both finance and non‑finance stakeholders.

Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and celebrates diversity. A diverse workforce supports our values and drives our success through better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and welcome applications from veterans, services spouses and partners who meet the criteria in our job specifications. We provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process under our Disability Confident commitments.