Defence Accounting & Reporting Manager

Location: Greater London

# Defence Accounting & Reporting Manager Job Req  Date: 19 Jan 2026

Function:
Finance Unit: UK Business

Location:

Assembly, Bristol, United Kingdom Salary:
Competitive
** Locations - Bristol, London, Birmingham and Belfast
**** Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home**##
** Why this job matters
** The Defence Accounting & Reporting Manager supports the Sceure Accounting and Reporting team, reviewing and implementing financial judgements, processes and systems in accordance with best practice corporate governance, and ensuring effective accounting treatment.

You will support and be accountable for the accounting and reporting operation for BT Business covering Defence customers, brinigng Technical Accounting expertise.

This role will be working as part of a team of subject matter experts driving compliance, standardisation and consistency of Financial Accounting practices, and assuring adherence to BT policies and processes.##
** What you’ll be doing
*** Delivers and supports the Defence Contract Accounting operation financial results into the GL with integrity, accuracy and compliance to policies and regulations
* Accountable for Defence Business Accounting judgments and accounting papers
* Supports standardisation of accounting and reporting function for secure Business
* Supports Defence Business for Technical Accounting by example:  + Accounting, Deferred Cost and Discount Papers  + Complex Contract Judgements  + Accounting Policies adherence & advice  + Goodwill Impairments  + Financing Arrangements  + Specifics P&L Classifications  + Performance Obligations & Judgements  + Leasing / IFRS
16  + IAS
37 Annual Re-assessment##
** The skills you'll need
*** Qualified accountant
* SC Clearance or eligibility for SC clearance
* Accounting principles knowledge and application
* Financial & data analysis and insight
* Process mapping/documentation
* Financial controls, compliance and risk
* Statutory and external financial reporting
* Auditing/audit management
* Financial accounting & reporting##
** Benefits
* ** 10% on target bonus
* BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
* From January 2025, equal family leave:  receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
* Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
* 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
* 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
* 2 weeks carer’s leave
* World-class training and development opportunities
* Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.##
** Our leadership standards
**** Looking in:*
* ** Leading inclusively and Safely
** I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.  
** Owning outcomes
** I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
** Looking out:*
* ** Delivering for the customer
** I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.  
** Commercially savvy
** I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
** Looking to the future:*
* ** Growth mindset
** I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.  
** Building for the future
** I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled.  As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.
Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband.  Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.
While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can…