Finance Business Partner

Job Title:              Finance Business Partner
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF63006

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 and Corsham, Wiltshire site.

The Role
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll 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.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Provide meaningful and accurate information to the Finance Director, Lead Finance Business Partner and to the Space Business Units to aid understanding of the underlying performance and identifying any issues that ultimately drive financial performance. 
• Build strong, supportive relationships with the business leads, managers and bidding teams providing monthly analysis, reports, schedules and models.
• Produce meaningful and accurate Forecasts, Budgets and supporting analysis/schedules on-time and to the highest standard.
• Provide key financial support to internal and external audits, ensuring accuracy, compliance and quality is always maintained.
• Input towards the monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and Overhead review packs, reviewing regularly with all key stakeholders. As well as contribution to cash management, weekly forecasting and senior commentary.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with up to 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home. You will be required to travel to Ashton Vale, Bristol and Corsham Wiltshire.

Essential Experience of the Finance Business Partner

• Ability to bring big ideas and solves complex problems with simple and elegant solutions. 
• Continuously champion high performance, challenge the status quo, actively seek out different perspectives and speak up. 
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office – in particular, Excel modelling skills, good knowledge of MS Office.  
• Have experience of IFS finance system.
• Have an organised approach to work with experience of working to tight deadlines.
• Be a confident and self-motivated team player.

Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner 

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be able to start on Standard (BPSS) security clearance but will then need to obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.
 

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: 08/04/2025

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