Management Accountant

Location and Company Overview

Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short‑range systems to extended protection across the entire battle‑space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems, Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

We provide fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact millions of lives each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across Aerospace, Defence, Security, and Space.

Your health and well‑being matters to us. We offer flexible working patterns including part‑time hours, job sharing, home working, and flexible start and finish times to suit your lifestyle and ambitions.

Are you a finance project professional with high levels of accuracy and diligence? Are you inquisitive and enjoy a challenge? Do you enjoy working on projects and helping the business achieve desired results? Look no further!

• Great opportunity to gain experience and further your career in Finance
• Work in a team supporting a broad project portfolio across the Land Sector with growth and robust order backlog
• Support the development of marketing‑led products and capabilities underpinned by investment plans and a shift to a product approach where appropriate
• Engage with multiple stakeholders across projects, functions, other parts of Thales UK, business lines and GBU
• Work in a fast‑paced, exciting, and dynamic environment
• Make enhancements to the control environment to ensure the sector is well positioned to execute its growth plan in a controlled fashion
• Drive continuous improvement

Thales UK has an exciting opportunity for a Management Reporting Accountant to join the OME UK Finance team. You will join OME during a record order book and a revenue growth trajectory of approximately 10% across our 5‑year strategic planning window. The OME business has a varied portfolio across Sea, Air, and Land sectors, including complex product development, systems integration, product manufacturing, and service support projects.

The role will support the objectives of the overall Optronics & Missile Electronics business (OME UK) while working closely with the Operations functions and Business sector teams.

• Assist in managing the Company’s reporting, forecasting, budgeting and project accounting control processes to meet agreed financial objectives
• Ensure adequate financial control through compliance with Group and Statutory requirements
• Collaborate closely with Operations functions and Business sectors to facilitate effective financial management
• Work with the Senior Finance Manager to adhere to the month‑end reporting timetable and timely submissions into the consolidated reporting tool (Magnitude)
• Provide accurate and insightful analysis on project‑related Balance Sheet items in support of the Business Controller team, focusing on Unbilled/WIP/Inventory
• Support Operations functions by reporting actual performance versus budget for all functions, re‑forecasting, variance analysis, utilisation and labour recovery reporting
• Lead the annual rates process for the OME business for both Internal and MoD External rates
• Support Multi‑Year Budgeting activities, determining recoverable hours (MYB) and utilisation analysis, providing meaningful business insight for decision‑making
• Work with Operations and Head of Operations on monthly financial performance requirements, issue identification, and improvement implementation
• Finance Lead for Operations/Supply and Resource Planning (S & OP) meetings per the OME monthly timetable
• Provide accurate and timely OME central/reporting items to external auditors…