Finance Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Forest Worker Holdings; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Finance Manager for a hybrid role focused on financial management, reporting, and budgeting. The successful candidate will support the Business Facing Finance Director and play a key role in financial operations. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of up to £68,000 based on experience, along with various benefits including a matched pension scheme and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Microsoft Office 2010 suite.
• Experience in Finance IT applications.
• Exposure to the defence industry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial management of the PEQF contract finances.
• Reporting of monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts.
• Key member of contract senior management team.

Skills

Data manipulation

Deadline management

Microsoft Office Suite

Finance IT applications

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Finance Manager

Location:

Remote Worker, GB

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Remote
Compensation: Up to £68,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 18 Week Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF63976

At Babcock 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 Southwark, London site.

The Role
As a Finance Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Supporting the Business Facing Finance Director and Business Facing team; you’ll play a key role within the business with a focus on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

Day-to-day, you’ll liaise with the Land Sector Finance Business Service (FBS) team, SAP FBS, Operations and Senior Management teams.; this role is the link between Finance and our Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) contract. Cost drivers from the production operations need to be properly understood and communicated in the business:

• Responsible for the financial management of the PEQF contract finances.
• Reporting of the contract or site monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.
• Key member of contract senior management team.
• Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function.
• Identifying opportunities to improve the service.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is fully remote.

Essential Experience of the Finance Manager:

• Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
• Able to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved or surpassed.
• Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio and Outlook.
• Experience of Finance IT applications (e.g. SAP).
• Exposure to the defence industry or similar, is highly desirable but, not essential.

Qualifications for the Finance Manager:

• You must hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent / similar.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) 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: 04/06/2025

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