Finance Business Partnering Manager

Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ (Ashton, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements)

Lead financial insight that protects what matters most. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Business Partnering Manager at Ashton House, near Bristol, South Gloucestershire. We support some of the most complex and critical defence, aerospace and engineering programmes in the United Kingdom. That means real responsibility, real impact and a career where your expertise genuinely matters.

The role

As a Finance Business Partnering Manager, you’ll take on a senior, influential position within our Mission Systems business. Reporting to the Finance Director, you’ll own financial performance across a complex portfolio of programmes, providing insight that shapes strategic, commercial and operational decisions. This is a role for a commercially minded finance leader who enjoys partnering the business, developing people and driving high standards of governance. You’ll be trusted, visible and empowered to make a difference – strengthening outcomes for national security while accelerating your own leadership and career progression.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead end‑to‑end financial performance across your business area and act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders
• Drive high‑quality forecasting, budgeting and management reporting to support effective decision‑making
• Manage financial risks, opportunities and contingencies in line with governance and audit expectations
• Support contract reviews, programme reviews and senior governance forums
• Develop and inspire a high‑performing finance team, including deputising for the Finance Director when required

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Finance Business Partnering Manager

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager or senior finance business partnering role
• Strong background in forecasting, budgeting, contract accounting and financial control
• Experience influencing and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• People leadership experience with a collaborative, inclusive approach
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail within a regulated environment

Qualifications for the Finance Business Partnering Manager

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong experience in management accounting, project or contract‑based environments

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) 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

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave
• Flexible working to support work–life balance
• Dynamic, inclusive working environment where you can thrive

Babcock

We’re Babcock — 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 call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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.