Finance Manager

Babcock International; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Finance Manager to shape financial strategy, lead analysis for growth projects, and ensure financial integrity. Candidates should possess strong financial leadership and project experience, along with a recognized qualification. The role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

Volunteering day off

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience in a project-based environment.
• Proven ability to partner with external stakeholders and clients.
• Skilled in data analysis and presenting clear financial insights.
• Experience in financial leadership within bids or strategic projects.
• Advanced Excel modelling skills and proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Leading financial modelling and analysis for bids and strategic growth projects.
• Acting as the key finance contact within bid teams.
• Developing bespoke models for workforce planning and pricing strategies.
• Supporting mergers, acquisitions, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies throughout the bid lifecycle.

Skills

Commercial experience in a project-based environment

Ability to partner with external stakeholders

Data analysis skills

Financial leadership experience

Excel modelling skills

Education

Recognised professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Excellent Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69402

Drive Strategic Growth Through Financial Leadership

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 Manager.

The role

As a Finance Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy behind our most exciting bids and growth projects across the Land and UK Aviation sectors. This is a dynamic opportunity to lead financial modelling and analysis that directly influences our ability to win new business and deliver innovative solutions in defence, aerospace and engineering.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Leading financial modelling and analysis for bids and strategic growth projects.
• Acting as the key finance contact within bid teams, ensuring financial integrity throughout.
• Developing bespoke models for workforce planning, pricing strategies and investment decisions.
• Supporting mergers, acquisitions, budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and governance throughout the bid lifecycle.

The role is remote, and the set working times are 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Travel to customer and Babcock sites across the South will be expected.

Essential experience of the Finance Manager

• Strong commercial experience in a project-based environment.
• Proven ability to partner with external stakeholders and clients.
• Skilled in data analysis and presenting clear financial insights.
• Experience in financial leadership within bids or strategic projects.
• Advanced Excel modelling skills and proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications for the Finance Manager

• Recognised professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with strong post-qualified experience.

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 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 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: 17/11/2025