Head of Finance

**Head of Finance**:

- Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX
- Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

**Job Title: Head of Finance**
**Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon or Westminster, London+ Hybrid Working Arrangements**
**Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits**
**Role Type: Full time / Permanent**
**Role ID: SF61704**

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as Head of Finance.

**The role**
As Head of Finance, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be a key member of the Resilience Senior Management Team in supporting the Training Finance Director and the Resilience Director in providing financial leadership to several different training businesses.

Day-to-day, you’ll liaise with the Finance Business Services, Operations and Senior Management teams, lead and ensure accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans are accurate as well as manage the production of monthly management accounts, be responsible for the management of the customer facing balance sheet control account reconciliations and rectification actions required to resolve and be the link between Finance and each of the contracts.
- Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function
- Identifying opportunities to improve the service.
- Providing underlying finance and wider business support to the Metropolitan Police Service, London Fire Brigade, Fire Colleges and MOD Apprenticeship senior management teams
- Manage the production of monthly management accounts including site commentaries
- Provide support to the monthly reviews of new business/projects/pricing and the tracking of

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home. This role can be based from Bristol, London or our Plymouth sites but travel between sites is required.

**Essential experience of the Head of Finance**:

- 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.
- Comfortable and confident presenting at board level.
- Ability to work cross functional and collaboratively with senior non finance people.

**Qualifications for the Head of Finance**:

- Fully Qualified with professional finance qualification

**Security Clearance**

**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
- 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.

**Closing date: 14/01/2025**

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