Finance Manager

Babcock; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the nuclear sector seeks a Finance Manager for its Bristol office, offering a hybrid working arrangement. The role involves overseeing financial reporting and supporting large projects, requiring strong qualifications in finance and project management. Join a team committed to creating a safe and secure world.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health check

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• CIMA qualified with demonstrable post-qualified experience.
• Experience in large complex programmes, preferably in nuclear or related sectors.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accurate financial position reporting including forecasting and reconciliations.
• Support governance processes and provide financial insights.
• Manage risk allocation for fixed-price contracts.

Skills

Project controls understanding

Team collaboration

Numerate communication

Computer literacy

Education

CIMA Qualified Accountant

ACA or ACCA considered

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Warrington or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64073

At Cavendish Nuclear 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 Warrington or Bristol sites.

The role
As a Finance Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You be supporting a programme within our Nuclear Defence Support business stream.

Day-to-day, you’ll be an integral point of contact responsible for the provision and verification of an accurate financial position of the programme, inclusive of forecasting, rates production and supporting actual cost reconciliations, journal month end entries, supporting internal/external audit and monthly reporting supporting the commercial and Project Director in discussion with the client.

• Support to governance process (head contract and supply chain and self-delivery work packages)
• EAC review & consolidation for whole programme view (ROM) – including down to net profit
• Monthly Rolling forecast and annual budget production with link into resource demand management tool and RDEC tracker
• Attendance at monthly accountability to highlight any issues the project team need to be aware of and provide financial support as required
• Monthly reporting for whole programme (P&L, cashflow, orderbook, pipeline, KPI schedule (recognition), Debt, Sales accruals/billing in advance, other working capital)
• Oversight of monthly supply chain cost accruals/VOWD and revenue recognition process
• Management of Risk - allocation to projects for fixed price contracts

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and is based at either our Warrington or Bristol office and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home.

Essential experience of the Finance Manager

• Good understanding of project controls function and ability to interact well with cost engineers, planners, Quantity Surveyor, Project Controls Manager
• Experience of working in a team delivering large complex programmes, preferably nuclear and other sectors such as Oil and Gas, Construction.
• Experience NEC contracts is advantageous
• Excellent numerate and written communication and strong computer literacy within standard tools (e.g. MS Office Suite)

Qualifications for the Finance Manager

• CIMA Qualified Accountant with demonstrable post qualified experience
• ACA, ACCA considered

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 atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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 UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] 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.

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