Job Title: Finance Analyst
Location: Bristol, UK - Hybrid - working from home options available
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 48267

Make your skills count

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 Analyst at our Ashton House site.

As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Mission Systems

The Finance Analyst role is based within our Mission Systems business area.

Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers' needs.

The role

The difference our new Finance Analyst will make

As a Finance Analyst you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. As an international defence company, we support and enhance our customers' defence and security capabilities and critical assets, meeting their requirements of value for money, increased availability, modernisation and flexibility.

Day to day you will be collaborating with central finance team members, finance business partners and the wider Group. You'll be engaging effectively with the business you support, providing meaningful and accurate information to the Heads of Finance, Finance Manager and to the business to aid understanding of the underlying issues and ultimately to drive financial performance, enabling better decisions to be made. Improving efficiency; continuously improving processes, reporting and modelling by challenging the status quo. You will become the backbone of support to the business as it progresses through a period of transformation, so you'll be required to learn quickly, be hands on and deliver quality work.

At Babcock, we have a history of helping talent go far. With our track record of innovation, you'll continually develop your knowledge and expertise.

We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role provides hybrid working arrangements with 1-2 days in the office/onsite and 3-4 days working from home.

Essential experience

• We're looking for a dynamic, innovative, team-player eager to make a difference. Engaging with a variety of stakeholders you will build relationships and take responsibility for efficiently delivering quality work while seeking to continuously improve processes, reporting and modelling.
• Degree qualified with a professional finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Has strong excel skills in both reporting and modelling; specifically utilising features which are efficient without sacrificing simplicity or elegance where possible. We are not looking for over-engineering or a 'black-box' approach.
• Has experience or background of operating in an engineering or consultancy environment

What we offer

Generous benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
• Reservist in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Our Big Benefit Platform allows you to make your money go further, with discounts from over 850 retailers.
• Employee Share Plan
• Professional memberships, personal development training an opportunities
• STEM ambassador training and volunteering opportunities
• Working from home and flexible work patterns
• Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts and our Share Ownership Scheme
• Autonomy. Trusted and empowered to be at your best

Babcock International

For over 130 years, we have 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. Change begins with our people and our shared Principles: be curious; be courageous; own and deliver; think: outcomes; collaborate; and be kind. These values not only guide the way we work, but also our efforts to reach net-zero carbon. Yes, our ambitions are big, but together, we can achieve them.

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant . If you are a reservist in the armed forces, we provide up to ten days special paid leave in support of your training commitments.

Application Guidance

All applications should be made online. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 16/12/2022

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