Finance Business Partner

Job Title:              Finance Business Partner
Location:              Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    £42,245.00 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF56740

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 Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be required to learn quickly and take on a role that will be a mixture of “hands on” work whilst also enabling better understanding of the finances within your project team.  

Day-to-day, you’ll take responsibility for all aspects of accounting within your projects which will also include partnering with Programme Managers and reporting to the Lead Finance Business Partner.

• Produce financial information for 12 month rolling forecast, budget and performance information for the contracts in your portfolio.
• Produce meaningful and accurate financial reports for the Head of Finance that shows contract performance with variances from budget, previous forecasts and estimates to complete clearly explained. 
• Collaborate with Project Managers, assisting them with their understanding of financial issues so they are equipped to foresee financial risks before they arise and take pre-emptive mitigating action. 
• Be the key financial contributor at the monthly contract review for your portfolio and be able to talk through the changes in the contract position. Submitting/producing contract invoices, in line with current procedures and compile cash forecasts in line with the company requirements.
• Responsibility for the delivery of appropriate revenue, profit, cash-flow and orders reconciliation for your portfolio of contracts at month end.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 4 days in the office/onsite and 1 day working from home. Occasional travel to Bristol required.

Essential experience of the Finance Business Partner:

• An independent worker who can bring their own solutions and ideas to the role.
• Good Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrates commercial awareness having spent time in a business facing role – desirable.
• Has experience of project accounting/working in project environment – desirable.
• Has worked in a large organisation which operates on an ERP – desirable.

Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent. 
• Qualified accountant (either ACCA, ACA or CIMA) or part-qualified working towards full qualification.  

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and 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 
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Growth opportunities.
• Potential to develop skills.

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: 07/05/2024