Management Accountant

Babcock International; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Management Accountant
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire or London + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £53,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63737

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 Management Accountant at our Portsmouth or London sites.

The Role
As a Management Accountant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Fire Training Finance Manager, playing a pivotal role in support of three Fire Training contracts within the Land Training area; whilst being responsible for the day-to-day management of the financial operation and ensuring financial integrity of the contract accounting.

Day-to-day, you'll be supporting the financial requirements of the contract and the day-to-day operations team whilst also playing a key role in driving efficiencies. You'll also be providing all aspects of the Business Facing Finance activities within the Fire Training Contracts and this is a major role within the contract performance with a focus on increased fidelity and financial performance and controls in relation to cash generation, budgeting, forecasting and reporting:

• Liaise with the Shared Service team (SSC) Operations and Senior Management teams.
• Role is link between Finance and the Contract Operational Team.
• Cost drivers from the operations need to be properly understood and communicated in the business.
• Financial management across all aspects of the contract and its operational sites.
• Reporting of the contract monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and requires regular travel to Portsmouth or London, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience of the Management Accountant:

• Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review.
• Ability 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, NAV (Navision, IFS etc.).
• Excellent communication skills particularly communication at senior levels and with the ability to clearly communicate financial information to non-Finance managers and staff.

Qualifications for the Management Accountant:

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

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Basic Disclosure & Barring Service (Basic DBS) 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit.
• '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: 01/05/2025