Head of Finance
// Role Summary
Lead financial strategy and governance for major UK naval programmes and Babcock's expansion into the Indo-Pacific region. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape critical defence and engineering project financing, with international travel required.
// Key Responsibilities
- Establish Indonesian subsidiary financial structures.
- Oversee financial control for multi-year defence programmes.
- Develop commercial pricing and bid support for international tenders.
- Manage treasury, banking, and foreign exchange in multiple currencies.
- Partner with senior stakeholders for commercial robustness.
- Requires ability to achieve and maintain SC security clearance.
// Role Specification
About Babcock International
Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 employees dedicated to creating a safe and secure world. We work on essential products and services for national security and public infrastructure, from initial design to final decommissioning. We are committed to building a future that lasts, offering meaningful careers and respecting work-life balance, a philosophy we call 'lifetime engineering'.
The Role: Head of Finance
This is an out-of-the-ordinary role where you will play a pivotal leadership position at the heart of Babcock’s expansion into the Indo-Pacific region. You will also maintain strong financial governance across key UK naval programmes. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with international reach, shaping how critical defence and engineering programmes are financed, governed, and delivered.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the end-to-end financial setup of Babcock’s Indonesian subsidiary, ensuring compliant legal, tax, and governance structures.
- Overseeing financial control, reporting, and risk management across multi-year defence programmes.
- Developing commercial pricing models and bid support for complex international tenders.
- Managing treasury, banking, and foreign exchange activities across multiple currencies.
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to ensure programmes are commercially robust, compliant, and sustainable.
Location and Working Arrangements:
This role is based at our sites in Rosyth, Fife, Devonport, Plymouth, or Bristol, with hybrid working arrangements. The role is full-time, 36 hours per week, with three days onsite. Travel to Indonesia on a quarterly basis is a requirement of the role.
Essential Experience:
- Proven experience establishing or supporting international entities, including legal and tax structuring.
- Strong background in project accounting and long-term contract management.
- Experience operating within regulated environments such as defence, aerospace, engineering, or infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to lead financial governance, risk, and controls at a senior level.
- Commercial acumen supporting bids, pricing models, and strategic decision-making.
Qualifications:
- Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA, or equivalent).
- Additional exposure to international tax, treasury, or joint ventures would be advantageous.
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:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance.
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
- Employee shopping savings portal.
- Payment of Professional Fees.
- Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces.
- Holiday Trading benefit.
- 'Be Kind Day' for volunteering.
Diversity and Inclusion:
Babcock is a disability confident committed employer. We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please email [email protected].