Finance Business Partner
// Role Summary
As a Finance Business Partner at HMNB Clyde Faslane, you will provide expert financial insight and support to key defence contracts, influencing decision-making and enhancing financial performance. This is a full-time, permanent role offering hybrid working arrangements.
// Key Responsibilities
- Provide expert financial insight and support across key defence contracts.
- Deliver accurate financial forecasting, budgeting, and KPI reporting.
- Partner with operational teams to influence decisions and enhance financial performance.
- Analyse complex financial data and translate it into actionable recommendations.
- Full-time, permanent role with hybrid working arrangements.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
Finance Business Partner
At Babcock, we are dedicated to creating a safe and secure world. As a Finance Business Partner at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site, you will play a crucial role in this mission. This position offers a unique opportunity to apply your financial expertise within the defence sector.
The Role:
This is a role that is out of the ordinary, providing expert financial insight and support across key defence contracts. You will have the exciting opportunity to influence decision-making, enhance financial performance, and contribute to shaping the future of a complex and dynamic programme.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Delivering accurate financial forecasting, budgeting, and KPI reporting.
- Partnering with operational teams to provide clear financial insight and influence decisions.
- Analysing complex financial data and translating it into actionable recommendations.
- Supporting contract performance through robust financial control and reporting.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and value.
This role is full-time, 36 hours per week (Monday to Thursday), and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential Experience:
- Experience in financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting within a commercial or contract environment.
- Proven ability to business partner with non-finance stakeholders and influence outcomes.
- Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting complex financial data.
- Advanced Excel and financial systems experience.
- Experience in a large, complex, or regulated environment such as defence, engineering, or infrastructure is desirable.
Qualifications:
- Part-qualified or fully qualified CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. 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 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.
- ‘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.
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