Finance Business Partner

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Supporting the tendering and organic growth agenda of the Mission Systems Secure Communications business as well as contributing to the business forecasting.

Day-to-day, you'll be reporting to the Finance Manager and working alongside Finance Business Partners, you will be responsible for providing key financial support to the Finance Manager and Head of Business, as well as working closely with the Operational team to improve processes and provide robust reporting to enable them to make necessary decisions:

• Building strong, supportive relationships with the cost centre managers and bidding teams, providing monthly reporting information with detailed variance analysis.


• Inputting towards the monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and Overhead review packs, reviewing regularly with all key stakeholders, ensuring documentation is delivered on time and to the highest standard.


• Completing forecasting requirements on-time and to the highest standard.


• Constantly reviewing Projects to ensure profit maximisation and trading margins are accurate.


• Holding monthly reviews with the Operational team to provide details of performance and areas questioning / challenging where necessary.


This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Bristol, on a weekly 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 Finance Business Partner

• Demonstratable experience in a similar role.


• Experience with pricing and cost accounting.


• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office - in particular, Excel modelling skills.


• Strong cross-functional networking and collaboration skills.


• Advanced numeric, analytical and technical skills.


Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner

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


Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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 Bristol site.

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.

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


• 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.


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