Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Andover, Hampshire & Wareham, Dorset & Warminster, Wiltshire & Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £65,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56343

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 Manager at our Andover, Bovington, Warminster or Bristol sites.

The Role
As a Finance Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Reporting directly into the Head of Finance and managing all aspects of the business unit's financial planning and analysis.

Day-to-day, you'll be liaising with the Finance Managers, the centralised FP&A team and Finance Business Services (FBS) to complete all management / customer reporting (EAC, management accounts, forecasts, budgets, strategic plans), financial analysis and manage any ad hoc reporting requests.

• Managing the requests from the centralised FP&A team.
• Consolidation of reporting on behalf of the DSG Contract including EAC, monthly accounts, Quarterly Contract packs, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.
• Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function.
• Provision of financial data to Deloitte to support half and full year audits.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the services provided ensuring engagement with individuals who can validate and progress those opportunities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Andover, Bovington, Warminster or Bristol.

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 Manager:

• 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.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of industry and regulatory standards in respect to Financial Reporting.
• Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Outlook.
• Experience of Finance IT applications (e.g. SAP, NAV (Navision, IFS etc.).

Qualifications for the Finance Manager:

• You must hold a recognised 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

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, 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.
• Autonomy to perform the role.

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 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.