Senior Financial Accountant
// Role Summary
Senior Financial Accountant required to drive financial reporting and strengthen controls within a global engineering organisation. This role offers a hybrid working model across multiple UK locations.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead fixed asset and lease accounting, ensuring IFRS 16 compliance.
- Prepare and review balance sheets and financial reports.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes for multiple entities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across finance and business functions.
- Opportunity to influence financial strategy for high-value assets.
- Requires qualified accountant status (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) and SC clearance.
// Role Specification
Senior Financial Accountant
Drive financial excellence in a global engineering organisation. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Financial Accountant at any of our main UK locations, near Bristol, London or Portsmouth.
The Role
As a Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering accurate, high-quality financial reporting and strengthening financial controls across a complex, global organisation. Working within our Central Accounting Team, you’ll take ownership of fixed asset and lease accounting, helping to support business-critical investment decisions while ensuring compliance and consistency across the Group.
This is an opportunity to be part of a transforming finance function where your expertise will directly influence how we manage high-value assets, from aircraft fleets to major infrastructure investments.
Day-to-day, you’ll gain exposure across the business, working with stakeholders at all levels while developing your career in a purpose-driven organisation at the heart of defence, aerospace and engineering.
- Managing fixed asset and lease accounting in line with regulatory standards including IFRS 16
- Preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and financial reports
- Supporting month-end and year-end close activities across multiple entities
- Collaborating with finance teams, auditors, and business stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Driving improvements and standardisation across accounting processes and controls
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential Experience
- Demonstrating strong experience in IFRS 16 within a complex organisation
- Managing balance sheets, reconciliations and financial reporting activities
- Working across multi-entity or international environments
- Using advanced Excel and finance systems such as SAP, Navision or IFS
- Applying an audit mindset or having previous audit experience (advantageous)
Qualifications
- Qualified Accountant (such as ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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.