Lead Business Partner

**Lead Business Partner**:

- Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ- Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid**Job Title**: Lead Finance Business Partner
**Location**: Bristol, UK - Hybrid - working from home options available
**Compensation**: Competitive salary + benefits
**Role Type**: Full time / Permanent
**Role ID**: SF 48836

**Build the future**

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 Lead Finance Business Partner at our Ashton Vale site.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers’ defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

**Mission Systems**

The Lead Finance Business Partner role is based within our Mission Systems business area.

Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers’ needs.

**The role**

**The difference our new Lead Finance Business Partner will make**

As a Lead Finance Business Partner, partnering with the Head of Business and reporting to the Head of Finance, you will head up a small team and take responsibility for all aspects of the contract accounting as well as being a key driver of the growth agenda in our markets. Within the bounds of governance controls, delegated authorities and oversight that form company policy across contracts you will be given autonomy to lead the area in the way you see fit.

Day to day you will be producing financial information for forecasting, budget and contract performance. You’ll be providing the Head of Business with meaningful and accurate information that empowers them to drive financial performance of the area and be producing meaningful and accurate financial reports for the Head of Business and Head of Finance that show contract performance with variances from budget, previous forecasts & estimates to complete clearly explained. Collaborating with project managers, you will assist them with their understanding of financial issues so they are equipped to foresee financial risks before they arise and take pre-emptive mitigating action. You’ll also support Business Winning activities as required by the business to ensure that risks are identified, quantified, and mitigated against during the bid submission process.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you’ll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 1 day in the office/onsite and 4 days working from home however, this is completely flexible.

**Essential experience**
- Has strong excel skills in both reporting and modelling; specifically utilising features which are efficient without sacrificing simplicity or elegance where possible.
- You will be commercially minded, dynamic, ambitious, and eager to take on a business facing finance role in Babcock Mission Systems
- You must have the ability to achieve SC clearance

**What we offer**

Generous benefits including:

- Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
- Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
- Our Big Benefit Platform allows you to make your money go further, with discounts from over 850 retailers.
- Employee Share Plan
- Professional memberships, personal development training an opportunities
- STEM ambassador training and volunteering opportunities
- Working from home and flexible work patterns
- Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
- Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

**Babcock International**

For over 130 years, we have 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. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles**:be curious**; **be courageous**; **own **and **deliver**; **think**:outcomes**; **collaborate**; and **be kind**. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

**Armed Forces Covenant**

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your trai