Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF60446
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Business Partner at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The Role
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role supports the customers mission which fully supports Babcock’s mission to create a safer world together.
Day-to-day, you’ll report to the Lead Finance Business Partner you will be responsible for providing key financial support to the Space Business Unit as well as working closely with the Operational team to improve processes and provide robust, accurate analysis through meaningful reporting to enable informed decisions. The role will support the operating business and our tendering and organic growth. This role will be a key contributor to the business and the accuracy of its forecasting.
- Provide meaningful and accurate information to the Finance Director, Lead Finance Business Partner and to the Space Business Unit.
- Build strong, supportive relationships with the business leads, managers and bidding teams with the ability to hold reviews with the Operational teams and act as a critical friend.
- Provide key financial support to internal and external audits, ensuring accuracy, compliance and quality is maintained at all times.
- Projects to be constantly reviewed to ensure trading margins are accurate and compliant with IFRS15 revenue recognition standards.
- Input towards the monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, Overhead review packs and Cash Management, reviewing regularly with all key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the wider finance teams, other finance business partners and the wider Group to ensure compliance and consistency across the group.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Ashton Vale, Oakhanger, Colerne and Hawthorn alongside home working arrangements.
Essential Experience of the Finance Business Partner
- Be proficient with Microsoft Office – in particular, Excel modelling skills, good knowledge of MS Office.
- Advanced numeric, analytical and technical skills.
- Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
- Proactive planner and project manager.
- Strong cross-functional networking and collaboration skills.
Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner
- Ideally would hold a recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, ACMA, ICAS, ICAEW) or equivalent / similar.
- Clean Full UK Driving Licence
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What We Offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
- Flexible locations
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing Date: 29/11/2024
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