Management Accountant

Job Title:              Management Accountant 
Location:              London + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Up to £52,500 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Fixed Term Contract – Six Months
Role ID:                SF56550

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 Management Accountant at our London site.

The Role
As a Management Accountant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Supporting the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) contract Finance Managers. This is a key role within the business with a focus on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

Day-to-day, you’ll be expected to liaise with the Land Sector Shared Service team (SSC), FBS, Operations and Senior Management teams; this role is the link between Finance and the contract. Cost and revenue drivers from the training operations need to be properly understood and communicated in the business:

• Reporting of the contract or site monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.
• Deputising for the Finance Manager when required.
• Key member of contract / site Business Facing Finance team.
• Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function.
• Identifying opportunities to improve the service.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and requires regular travel to London, on a monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. 

Essential Experience of the Management Accountant: 

• Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
• Ability to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved or surpassed.
• Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Outlook.
• Experience with Finance IT applications (e.g. SAP, NAV (Navision, IFS etc.).
• Excellent communication skills particularly communication at senior levels and with the ability to clearly communicate financial information to non-Finance managers and staff.

Qualifications for the Management Accountant: 

• Ideally, you will hold a recognised accounting professional qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) 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
• 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. 
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• 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: 26/06/2024

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