Audit and Financial Reporting Manager

Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ; Leicester, GB, LE3 1UF; Cardiff, GB, CF3 6YA; Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL; Oxford, GB, OX25 2LD; Barrow-in-Furness, Lancaster, GB, LA14 1AF; Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD; Plymouth, GB, PL1 3JB; Westminster, London, GB, W1U 1QX.

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape financial integrity across a major sector and influence decisions at the highest level. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Financial Reporting Manager, supporting our Land Sector across the UK.

The role:

• Act as the central authority for financial governance, audit coordination, technical accounting and controls across a large and diverse sector.
• Lead all governance, audit and control activity, coordinating internal and external audits and owning the sector‑wide controls framework.
• Provide technical accounting leadership, preparing technical papers and supporting the business with complex accounting issues.
• Review statutory accounts and financial outputs to ensure compliance with accounting standards and Group policies.
• Monitor governance compliance, identifying risks, recommending solutions and ensuring senior leaders have clear visibility of control performance.
• Drive 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.

What we offer:

• 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 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.

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

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.