Job Title: Financial Planning Analyst
Location: UK, Hybrid
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF
Shape the future of critical national infrastructure
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 Planning Analyst at any of our main UK locations, near a commutable town or city.
The role
As a Financial Planning Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting informed decision-making across our Corporate Services, partnering closely with leaders in IT, Cyber and Engineering to deliver accurate budgeting and forecasting. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the financial insights that underpin essential operations across defence, aerospace and engineering sectors that keep the nation protected and moving.
You’ll build strong relationships, influence cost owners, and bring clarity to complex financial information. This role offers excellent exposure across the organisation and a platform to grow your career in a dynamic, purpose-led environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll:
1. Prepare budgets and forecasts while engaging with key stakeholders across the business.
2. Maintain a rolling forecast that supports forward planning and strategic insight.
3. Review monthly actuals with cost centre owners to ensure accuracy and challenge variances.
4. Build trusted working relationships through effective business partnering.
5. Manage intercompany assignee charges to ensure financial control.
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and
Essential experience of the Financial Planning Analyst
6. Qualified or part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA.
7. Strong financial analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
8. Ability to prepare and present complex financial information clearly.
9. Confident working with stakeholders at all levels.
10. Excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
Qualifications for the Financial Planning Analyst
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) 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. Further details are available at
11. Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. Holiday Trading – buy or sell up to one working week of leave
19. ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid volunteering day each year
20. Flexible working options to support work-life balance
21. A dynamic working environment with opportunities for growth and development
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.