Finance Business Partnering Manager

Nuclear Inst; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP and health checks

Employee shopping portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists leave

Holiday Trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock, at Devonport Royal Dockyard near Plymouth, seeks a Finance Business Partnering Manager to drive financial planning, analysis and governance across the Nuclear sector. You will partner with senior leaders to deliver commercial insight and robust financial advice.

Leading budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, you will manage reporting for Corporate Services and guide a team of finance professionals while promoting high performance. Hybrid on-site work applies.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial planning and analysis within a complex organisation.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders with commercial financial insights.
• 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 and challenge to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Manage financial reporting for Corporate Services contract within Naval Nuclear.
• Drive improvements in reporting, governance, controls and management information.
• Lead and develop a team of finance professionals.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Education

ACCA/ACCA equivalent

Tools

ERP/Finance systems

Job description

Job Title: Finance Business Partnering Manager

Location: Plymouth, Devon

+ Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £57,300 - £71,600 DOE + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74057

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.

The role

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.

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

Babcock

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.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, 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 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: 14/10/2026

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