Head of Finance

Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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 Head of Finance at our Rosyth site.

The Role:

• Provide financial partnering at the highest level, working with varied stakeholders across the breadth of the Marine business.
• Lead a team that will deliver the highest level of Finance support to our Operational leadership community.
• Work closely with the Finance Director for Marine Operations & Engineering, supporting quality delivery.
• Oversee our Indirect cost base, including budgeting, reporting, influencing and controlling.
• Deliver a high quality and robust rates process and model, including monthly reporting and performance analysis, along with a quarterly rates revision process.
• Deliver cost savings across the business, ensuring we remain price competitive within the industry.
• Support the Organisation in achieving successful outcomes of our Internal and External audits.
• Responsible for governance concerning our fixed asset portfolio, inventory controls and capital investment programme.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Rosyth on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience:

• Experience in an operational environment.
• A ‘can do’ attitude; driven, passionate and motivated, with a thirst for progression.
• Strong leadership skills and working in a collaborative environment.
• High degree of commercial acumen.

Qualifications:

• You must hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CIMA, FCA, FCCA, FCMA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA) or equivalent / similar.

Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 International: For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. 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 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: 23/04/2025