Job Description

Job Title:
Project Accountant - Naval

Working Pattern:
Full time – Hybrid

Working Location:
Bristol

When you join Rolls-Royce as a Project Accountant, you’ll play a vital role supporting the UK & International Naval programmes by providing insightful financial analysis, management and statutory reporting that drives strategic decision-making and programme performance. You’ll work closely with key stakeholders to turn financial data into meaningful operational stories, enabling better forecasting and risk management.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

You will join a skilled team of 10 project accountants supporting diverse business areas within a broader function of around 40 people, working in a collaborative environment that offers excellent opportunities to learn and grow your career.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This role offers a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive finance team where your work directly influences critical naval programmes. With access to tailored development and a clear progression paths you’ll be empowered to grow your skills and advance within Rolls-Royce. Alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits, this role provides a rewarding career journey in a globally respected organisation.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you’ll be doing
As a Project Accountant supporting the UK & International Naval programmes, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering accurate financial insights, management and statutory reporting that drives informed decision-making. Your work will directly influence programme performance by connecting financial data with operational realities, helping to forecast risks and opportunities effectively. Collaborating closely with key stakeholders, you’ll translate complex numbers into clear, actionable stories that support business goals.

In this role you’ll be:

Preparing and posting management journals to ensure accurate reflection of financial performance
Maintaining a strong financial controls environment, which includes reconciling balance sheet accounts and ensuring compliance with Group policies
Analysing financial data to identify trends, variances, and operational drivers
Partnering with the programme management team to provide timely financial insights and support forecasting
Delivering end to end statutory reporting, including taking ownership of external audit queries

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Experience in project accounting and financial analysis, ideally within a large or complex organisation
Strong ERP skills (ideally in SAP) and advanced Excel capabilities, with the ability to build insightful workbooks that go beyond basic formulas
Ability to explain numbers through operational context and partner effectively with stakeholders
Experience in statutory reporting and supporting external audit queries
Proactive mindset with excellent prioritisation and self-management skills to meet deadlines

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence business an individual has to hold a BPSS clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for BPSS if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing date: 11/08/2025

Job Category

Finance