Finance Business Partner

**Finance Business Partner**:

- Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ- Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite**Job Title: Finance Business Partner**
**Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements**
**Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits**
**Role Type: Full time / Permanent**
**Role ID: SF60446**

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 Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

**The Role**
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role supports the customers mission which fully supports Babcock’s mission to create a safer world together.

Day-to-day, you’ll report to the Lead Finance Business Partner you will be responsible for providing key financial support to the Space Business Unit as well as working closely with the Operational team to improve processes and provide robust, accurate analysis through meaningful reporting to enable informed decisions. The role will support the operating business and our tendering and organic growth. This role will be a key contributor to the business and the accuracy of its forecasting.
- Provide meaningful and accurate information to the Finance Director, Lead Finance Business Partner and to the Space Business Unit.
- Build strong, supportive relationships with the business leads, managers and bidding teams with the ability to hold reviews with the Operational teams and act as a critical friend.
- Provide key financial support to internal and external audits, ensuring accuracy, compliance and quality is maintained at all times.
- Projects to be constantly reviewed to ensure trading margins are accurate and compliant with IFRS15 revenue recognition standards.
- Input towards the monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, Overhead review packs and Cash Management, reviewing regularly with all key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the wider finance teams, other finance business partners and the wider Group to ensure compliance and consistency across the group.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Ashton Vale, Oakhanger, Colerne and Hawthorn alongside home working arrangements.

**Essential Experience of the Finance Business Partner**
- Be proficient with Microsoft Office - in particular, Excel modelling skills, good knowledge of MS Office.
- Advanced numeric, analytical and technical skills.
- Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
- Proactive planner and project manager.
- Strong cross-functional networking and collaboration skills.

**Qualifications for the Finance Business Partner**
- Ideally would hold a recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, ACMA, ICAS, ICAEW) or equivalent / similar.
- Clean Full UK Driving Licence

**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
- Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
- Flexible locations

**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: 29/11/2024**

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