Finance Business Partnering Manager - Corporate Services

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Finance Business Partnering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role:

• As a Finance Business Partnering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role within our Nuclear Finance Planning and Analysis team, supporting critical programmes that underpin the UK's defence infrastructure.
• This is an exciting opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, strengthen financial governance, and drive performance across complex, long-term programmes.
• Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with senior leaders, functional cost owners, Group finance teams and business stakeholders, helping deliver robust financial planning, reporting and control.
• You will also lead and develop a team of finance professionals, ensuring accurate financial insight supports key business decisions while contributing to the success of major Ministry of Defence contracts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading financial management, forecasting and reporting for the Naval Nuclear Corporate Services contract.
• Driving strong financial governance, compliance and control across business activities.
• Managing financial oversight of Group recharges and associated reporting processes.
• Coaching and developing a team of functional cost accountants to deliver high-quality financial support.
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities for performance improvement and implement effective action plans.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and operates on a hybrid working basis, requiring attendance at the office/on-site for a minimum of 1 to 2 days per quarter, as required. Employees are responsible for the cost of travel to and from HMNB Devonport, irrespective of where they are based.

Essential experience:

• Extensive senior finance leadership experience across business operations, corporate finance and complex contract environments.
• Strong expertise in financial accounting, governance, statutory reporting and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrable success improving finance processes, reporting quality, financial controls and business performance.
• Experience leading and developing geographically dispersed teams through change and transformation initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and analytical skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.

Qualifications:

• Professionally qualified accountant such as:
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Associate Chartered Accountant
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
• Or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and 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 share scheme.
• 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 to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

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.