Overview
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The companys core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the worlds premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Role Purpose
To apply a broad range of accounting skills and experience to support both local and Corporate reporting requirements through providing professional financial forecasting, analysis and advice. To provide back-up support to the senior reporting accountant through the forecasting cycle.
Finance Analyst
This opportunity, based at our Prestwick site offers:
- 37 hour working week (half day Friday)
- Shift premiums up to 33, where applicable
- Overtime at time and a half, where applicable
- 33 days holiday per year, rising with service
- Annual Bonus related to company performance
- Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4 employee and 8 employer)
- Virtual GP Service 365 days per year
- Employee Assistance Program
- A wide range of flexible benefits
- Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary)
- Professional development and growth
- Free car parking
- And more!!
Responsibilities
- To prepare complex and detailed financial performance reports for both Spirit Europe and US Corporate audiences.
- To be capable of handling large volumes of data and consolidating and reporting this data effectively through the utilisation of strong IT skills.
- To provide support to Business Functions on all matters having a potential financial impact to the business.
- To effectively utilise the SAP ERP system in the preparation and reporting of financial performance.
- Where relevant to act as a Subject Matter Expert (eg. Material cost performance, SAP ERP) and to advise and assist the Finance Team and wider organisation in this capacity.
- To raise issues of concern/significant importance to Senior Finance staff in order to seek guidance/advice.
- To ensure the overall integrity of financial reporting information for business performance:-
- Labour & overhead performance against budget/forecast.
- Annual budget and quarterly forecasting review and analysis.
- Supply chain performance to budget/forecast.
- Specific Project Issues – make/buy, cost/benefit appraisal.
- To assist with the financial accounting month-end closure process with accruals and prepayments.
- To provide timely and accurate weekly variance analysis for the incurred cost team in the US and local SLC.
- To support decision making processes and to challenge performance of contacts where necessary by analysing key issues and trends, risks and opportunities.
- To support the Estimate at Complete (EAC) process through the development and maintenance of accurate and robust allocation models.
- To develop strong and productive working relationships with the wider organisation to ensure information incorporate into EAC’s is correct, current and has full buy-in from the organisation.
- To have a full understanding of Block Accounting and the impact this process has on profitability reporting and potential cumulative-catches.
- To support the delivery and development of the bid activity for new business opportunities and assist development of a robust bid model.
- To fully understand the classifications of inventory and how long-term/block accounting can impact different inventory classifications.
- To support quarterly stock-count activity by ensuring counts are undertaken diligently and accurately.
- To liaise with all external parties (Auditors, Customers) as required by the role.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Degree qualified with relevant experience
- Accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or studying towards
- Good communication skills
- Excellent IT Skills – particularly Excel
- Using knowledge and experience to promote process improvement
- Effective relationship management skills
Decision Making Authority
- Would be expected to make regular decisions that ensure the role functions efficiently - eg day to day work planning, prioritisation.
- Also would expect some degree of autonomous decision making on appropriate accounting skills/practices to adopt in certain circumstances.
- Would be expected to make own decisions on transaction processing (eg. posting journals/accruals) which would then require more senior approval/signoff.
Closing Date; Monday, 7th July 2025 at 12pm
External applicants should be aware that as part of our pre-employment checks, preferred candidates must complete:
1) Right to Work in the UK check
2) Employment Reference check
3) Disclosure Scotland check
4) Pre employment Medical
Spirit will facilitate these checks via our chosen service provider.
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
