Audit and Financial Reporting Manager

Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF71929

Shape financial integrity across a major sector and influence decisions at the highest level.

The Role

As a Financial Reporting Manager, you’ll act as the central authority for financial governance, audit coordination, technical accounting and controls across a large and diverse sector. Your work will directly influence senior leaders, strengthen our control environment and safeguard the accuracy and integrity of sector wide financial reporting.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Leading all governance, audit and control activity, coordinating internal and external audits and owning the sector wide controls framework.
• Providing technical accounting leadership, preparing technical papers and supporting the business with complex accounting issues.
• Reviewing statutory accounts and financial outputs to ensure compliance with accounting standards and Group policies.
• Monitoring governance compliance, identifying risks, recommending solutions and ensuring senior leaders have clear visibility of control performance.
• Driving improvements in financial processes, embedding strong financial control behaviours, and supporting efficiency and consistency across business units.

This is a full time, permanent role with remote working and the requirement to attend meetings at Babcock Offices (such as Bristol or London) as needed.

Essential Experience

• Strong technical financial accounting background, ideally with exposure to long term commercial contracts.
• Significant post qualification experience in financial reporting, governance, audit or internal controls within a complex organisation.
• Ability to analyse and present financial data clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders.
• Proven success influencing senior leaders and constructively challenging decisions.

Qualifications

• A recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g., Chartered Accountant or Chartered Certified Accountant).
• Substantial post qualification experience relevant to financial reporting, governance and controls.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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.

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.

Disability Statement

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.

Closing Date: 12/05/2026