Finance Business Partner

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence and engineering services provider is seeking a Finance Business Partner in Bristol. This role is crucial for supporting key financial operations within the Mission Systems team. Responsibilities include providing financial advice, improving processes, and reporting. Candidates should be qualified accountants or working towards their qualification, with excellent communication and analytical skills. This full-time position offers a hybrid work arrangement.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to digital health services

Employee share scheme

Holiday trading options

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Ability to work across functions and articulate financial concepts.
• Experience in a fast-moving contract accounting environment.
• Confidence and self-motivation to be a team player.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial support for a portfolio of contracts.
• Improve processes and provide reporting for key decisions.
• Support internal and external audits and financial modelling.

Skills

Qualified accountant or working towards qualification

Advanced numeric, analytical and technical skills

Excellent communication skills

Confidence in a business facing role

Experience in a large organisation with ERP systems

Education

Accounting qualification

Job description

Finance Business Partner

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Onsite or Hybrid:

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF67511

At Babcock, we’re creating a safe and secure world, together – and you can play your part. As a Finance Business Partner, within our Mission Systems team you’ll be part of an international company that’s continually innovating. Our aspirations are big – and you’ll help make them possible.

The Role

Reporting to the Lead Finance Business Partner and working alongside other Finance Business Partners, you will be responsible for a portfolio of contracts providing key financial support, as well as working closely with the Operational team to improve processes and provide robust reporting to enable them to make key decisions.

As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll have an important role that’s supports critical programmes within the Mission Systems Effectors business unit. You’ll be working on a wide range of finance activities from ensuring robust financial controls to delivering project forecasts as well as reviewing projects to ensure strong trading margins and accurate profit opportunities.

Day to day, you’ll be the subject matter expert providing financial support to both programme and finance colleagues including cash management reporting and commentary, maintaining financial models to support analysis on current projects and new business, supporting internal and external audits and deputising for the Lead Finance Business Partner when needed.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Finance Business Partner

Ideally you will be a qualified accountant or working towards your qualification. However, just as important is the ability to work across functions and articulate financial concepts within a fast-moving contract accounting environment.

Be a confident and self-motivated team player.

Ideally having spent time in a business facing role.

Advanced numeric, analytical and technical skills.

Have excellent communication skills.

Experience within a large organisation which operates an ERP system.

What else do I need to know?

• We operate a flexible working policy and currently work 1-2 days per week in the office (this may change in future).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a UK or US national who is 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 (www.gov.uk)

What We Offer

• 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 Babcock 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

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 [e-mail] 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.

Closing Date: 23/09/2025

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