Deputy Financial Controller - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
// Role Summary
Join QinetiQ as a Deputy Financial Controller on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract in Farnborough, playing a key role in financial leadership, control, and business partnering.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead month-end reporting, forecasting, and budgeting activities.
- Ensure strong financial control and accurate management information.
- Provide effective business partnering to operational and functional stakeholders.
- Manage and develop a team of Senior Management Accountants, Management Accountants, and Assistant Management Accountants.
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (or equivalent) required.
- Must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.
// Role Specification
About QinetiQ
At QinetiQ, we are creating the future by developing cutting-edge defence technology and ground-breaking innovations to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Deputy Financial Controller and contribute to our mission.
The Role
This role acts as a finance leader within the team, ensuring accurate and timely management information, maintaining a strong financial control environment, and providing effective business partnering support to operational and functional stakeholders. You will lead the month-end reporting process, support forecasting and budgeting, drive continuous improvement, and develop the finance team.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Financial Controller in providing financial leadership and ensuring compliance with Group Finance strategy, policy, and procedures.
- Lead, manage, and develop Senior Management Accountants, Management Accountants, and Assistant Management Accountants to foster 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
- 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, build trusted relationships, influence outcomes, and challenge stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a keen attention to detail.
- Proven experience in direct line management of finance teams, with the ability to coach, develop, and motivate individuals.
- Proven experience in finance business partnering, working closely with non-finance stakeholders to support decision-making.
Essential Qualifications
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (or equivalent).
About Farnborough Site
Our Farnborough site is a hub of creativity, research, and innovation, featuring a state-of-the-art facility with high-energy laser technologies, a unique 5m pressurised wind tunnel, and significant research and development projects.
Additional Information
This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract for 37 hours per week, based at our Farnborough site, requiring a minimum average site attendance of three days per week.
All applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.