Finance Business Partner

Job Title:              Finance Business Partner 
Location:              Plymouth, Devon or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Up to £45,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / 52 Week Fixed Term Contract 
Role ID:               SF64753

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 Plymouth or Bristol sites.

The Role
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Managing the financial services to the FMSP Transformation teams, providing a range of services including cost and benefit analysis, accounting, cost management, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.

Day-to-day, you’ll be partnering with the lot transformation team to deliver transformation and business improvement strategies across the business, as well as working within the FMSP transformational team in the reporting of financial benefits to internal and external stakeholders.

• Assist in the building of business cases to support investment expenditure.
• Undertake financial assessments of current and future opportunities such that a full and complete understanding of cost, benefit, risk and opportunity is understood and presented to management.
• Consolidate all financial information from across the business and produce reports for the aggregation of financials for the FMSP reporting requirements.
• Work with the business and finance teams to identify opportunities for potential cost saving or operational improvement.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders for the provision of timely information with a particular focus on cost control and benefit delivery.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and requires regular travel to Plymouth or Bristol, on a monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Finance Business Partner:

• Experience of combining financial and commercial capabilities to maximise value and manage risk across the business.
• Financial reporting and technical accounting experience.
• Experience of commercial and procurement issues and operational awareness in relation to costs, risks and margins, and opportunities.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, reporting and legal standards.
• Experience of working in a finance business partnering role.

Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner:

• You must hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent / similar.

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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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.

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: 25/06/2025

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