Financial Accountant

Location:

Crawley, United Kingdom

Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world’s largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.

Together we offer 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 the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well‑being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you;

whether that’s part‑time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Crawley

Are you finance professional or looking for a role to kick start your career in Finance? Interested in a team that will fully support your training and development? Apply now!

• High‑profile role that involves collaboration with key stakeholders across both business lines
• This role offers a broad and dynamic career path with lots of opportunities for growth and development

This particular opportunity will be working within a well‑established financial team that support both business lines. Between the team, there is a wealth of knowledge and experience. In addition to this, you will be working with Project accountants and Controllers as well as external stakeholders such as auditors.

We have an exciting opportunity for a finance professional to support our Training and Simulation (TTS) domain as well as our Thales Flight Avionics (FLX) domain. You will play a pivotal role within the finance community across all sectors within both domains, responsible for a variety of activities, which will include profit & loss, balance sheets, general ledgers, month‑end reporting and financial statements.

You will consolidate and provide regular reporting updates and financial reports to management across Group, UK and Domains reporting and support with the evolution of the reporting across the domains.

• Studying towards or considering a Financial qualification would be advantageous but not necessary
• Strong MS Excel skills & use of IT tools
• Evidence of having identified changes & improvements to processes and / or tasks and seen those through to implementation.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload as well as contribute to deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to build internal relationships. Confident enough to challenge
• Values being part of a team whilst also taking personal responsibility for their part within it, and their impact on the teams overall effectiveness.
• Uses Internal & External networks to assist in their own knowledge & personal development whilst seeking opportunities to learn and take on board improvement opportunities.

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market‑leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Your health and well‑being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part‑time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

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