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I work on ... building submarines for the UK Royal Navy.

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Start date 2008 End date Ongoing

I'm finance manager for "Astute batch one" - a project that covers the first three of seven new nuclear-powered Astute-class submarines that BAE Systems is building for the Royal Navy. I joined BAE Systems from university as part of the company's five-year finance leaders development programme. The first three years was all about getting experience and becoming CIMA qualified - a process I completed in 2006. The final two years involved taking on a more challenging finance role within the company.

I then came to the company's Submarine Solutions division in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and have been working on the Astute Programme since 2008.

The first of the new submarines has already been handed over to the navy, while the second is nearing completion. The third, fourth and fifth are under construction. In the past couple of years, I have been working with the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help to ensure that we can deliver the seven submarines within budget.

I also spend time working with the various project teams and individual cost account managers within the division to understand how they are performing against their budgets. And we work closely with our supply chain...

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