Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter. We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people. Draken also believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more. The Role We are currently recruiting for a Contract Accountant which is a key role within the Draken Europe Finance team. It has responsibility for providing decision support and financial analysis to contract managers for specific contracts, ensuring the accurate reporting of financial performance for these (including meaningful variance analysis for actual, budgeted and forecast performance). Key Responsibilities Primary owner of relevant contract financial models within Draken Europe, ensuring fidelity of structure and reporting, preparation of monthly variance analysis, liaison with the contract managers to ensure their inputs into the cost to complete estimates are timely, thorough and considered Prepare inputs into finance reports submitted to the Senior Leadership Team and shareholder, and where required present such results Provide insight into cost trends and ratios, enabling the contract management and leadership teams to address areas of concern as early as possible Prepare annual budget for contracts and re-forecasting where required Provide updated cashflow information to support short term weekly cash forecast for business Reconcile contract balances held on the balance sheet and provide information to financial accounts team as required Support with external audit queries in relation to contract balances Where applicable, manage the MOD reporting timetable for key contracts under the Single Source Contract Regulations, and prepare all relevant cost certificates on timely basis to ensure these are reviewed and approved ahead of submission to the UK MOD in accordance with contract deadlines Provide support to the Senior Finance Business Partner where necessary with regard to other cost models Other ad hoc financial analysis and support to the wider Finance team as required People Collaborate and work with the wider Finance team as well as other functions and operational colleagues, to support continuous improvement processes across the business (with a particular focus on Finance) and challenge the status quo, seeking efficiencies as part of a team effort at both functional and operational levels Experience / skills / qualifications CIMA / ACCA / 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 in cross-functional teams and to influence others at all levels of the organisation, 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 Our employee values Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all. At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken Europe team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect. We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications. In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required. About You About Us Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off. Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.