Finance Business Partnering Manager

Babcock International; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Aviva DigiCare+ health and digital GP

Employee shopping portal

Professional Fees covered

Reservists leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock International in the UK is seeking a Finance Business Partnering Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning for the Nuclear sector, providing commercial financial advice to senior leaders.

Based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth, the role offers hybrid working with 2–3 days on site and opportunities to develop a high-performing team while driving governance and reporting improvements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial planning, analysis, budgeting and forecasting within a complex organisation.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders with commercial financial advice.
• Experience leading annual planning cycles, rolling forecasts and scenario modelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range financial planning across the Nuclear sector.
• Provide financial insight, challenge and decision support to senior leaders.
• Manage financial reporting for the Corporate Services contract within Naval Nuclear.

Skills

Financial planning and analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Business partnering

Performance management

Influence senior stakeholders

Scenario modelling

Governance

Reporting

People leadership

Education

ACCA/CA/CIMA/ICAEW

Equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification

Job description

As a Finance Business Partnering Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting some of the UK's most important defence and nuclear programmes. You will play a pivotal role within the The Nuclear Finance FP&A team that provides financial planning, analysis, reporting and governance across the Nuclear sector. The team supports effective financial control and decision-making, ensuring compliance with contractual, business and regulatory requirements Day-to-day, you'll

• Leading budgeting, forecasting and long-range financial planning activities across the Nuclear sector.
• Providing financial insight, challenge and decision support to senior business leaders and stakeholders.
• Managing financial reporting activities for the Corporate Services contract within Naval Nuclear.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reporting, governance, controls and management information.
• Leading and developing a team of finance professionals while promoting high performance and collaboration.

This role is 35 hours per week, based at Devonport Royal Dockyard, Plymouth. Hybrid working patterns are available, with an expectation of approximately 2 to 3 days on site each week.

Essential experience of the Finance Business Partnering Manager

• Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, business partnering and performance management within a complex organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders through commercial insight and strategic financial advice.
• Experience leading annual planning cycles, rolling forecasts, scenario modelling and performance reviews.
• Strong understanding of financial governance, controls and reporting, with experience improving finance processes and systems.
• Proven people leadership, stakeholder management and change management experience.

Qualifications for the Finance Business Partnering Manager Professionally qualified accountant, such as:

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Associate Chartered Accountant
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
• Or an equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a Sole UK National and be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Business Partnering Manager at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon. We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

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

• 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 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