Finance Manager - Contract Reporting

Job Title: Finance Manager-Contract Reporting
Location: Warminster or Andover or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £60,000-£65,000 DOE + Benefits
Role Type: Full time and Permanent
Role ID: SF61307

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 at our sites in Warminster or Andover. We will consider candidates from Bristol and surrounding areas, but you will need to be willing to travel to either Warminster or Andover on a bi-monthly basis.

The role

As a Finance Manager-Contract Reporting, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a reporting position, and due to us winning a contract extension of 5 years, we are looking to develop new models and ways of working. Reporting to the group and being solely in charge of the P&L, you'll work with the site finance managers to pull together forecasting packs, put month-end results together, and work methodically and logically. You'll need to have great attention to detail in this diverse and ever-changing role.

Day-to-day, you'll:

• Work on the consolidation of reporting on behalf of the DSG Contract including EAC, monthly accounts, Quarterly Contract packs, budgets, forecasts, and strategic plans.
• Support identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of the services provided, ensuring engagement with individuals who can validate and progress those opportunities.
• Contract month-end, budgets, forecasts, and strategic plan BPC template for submission to the centralised FP&A team.
• Produce timely and technically accurate contract-based budget, forecast, and strategic plan reports and presentations for the Business Facing Finance Director, including liaison with Business Unit finance stakeholders.

This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, and provides hybrid working arrangements. You'll have the ability to work from home most of your week but will be required to travel to site bi-monthly.

Experience of the Finance Manager-Contract Reporting

• 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.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of industry and regulatory standards in respect to Financial Reporting.
• Experience of Finance IT ERP applications e.g. (SAP, NAV (Navision, IFS etc.).
• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Outlook.
• Experience with VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and Power BI - Advantageous.

Qualifications for the Finance Manager-Contract Reporting

• Recognised professional qualification - (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, or other).

Security Clearance

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

Many 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.

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 allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• '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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.

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