Deputy Financial Controller - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

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Location:

Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

Role Type:
Fixed Term – Full Time

Package: £66,600 – £74,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits

Role : SF20420

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground‑breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Deputy Financial Controller on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

The role acts as a finance leader within the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely management information, maintaining a strong financial control environment and providing effective business partnering support to operational and functional stakeholders.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead the month end reporting process, supports forecasting and budgeting activities, drives continuous improvement initiatives and develops the capability of the wider finance team. The role ensures accurate accounting treatment and acts as the primary escalation point for Senior Management Accountants, Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support the Financial Controller in providing financial leadership to the business area and ensuring compliance with Group Finance strategy, policy and procedures
• Lead, manage and develop Senior Management Accountants, Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants to create a high-performing finance team
• Own the month end close process, ensuring the timely and accurate production of management accounts and supporting commentary
• Lead monthly forecasting, Latest Best Estimate (LBE), annual budgeting and strategic planning activities
• Ensure all key balance sheet accounts are reconciled, understood, appropriately documented and actioned
• Support cashflow forecasting, working capital optimisation and balance sheet management

Essential experience of the Deputy Financial Controller:

• Strong financial and commercial acumen with the ability to interpret complex financial information and provide meaningful business insight
• Excellent business partnering skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear, meaningful insight to support decision making. Able to build trusted relationships, influence outcomes and challenge stakeholders at all levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with attention to detail
• Proven experience in direct line management of finance teams with the ability to coach, develop and motivate individuals to achieve high performance
• Proven experience in finance business partnering, working closely with non-finance stakeholders to support decision making. Strong ability to communicate complex financial data to non-financial audiences and build strong cross-functional relationships that drive performance and accountability

Essential qualifications for the Deputy Financial Controller:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent)

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site with a minimum average site attendance of three days per week

Farnborough

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.