Job Title: Accountant
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Accountant at our Devonport, Plymouth site.
The Role
As an Accountant, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our Mission Systems business. You’ll partner with cost centre owners, track budgets, forecast spend and deliver accurate month-end results. This is an opportunity to make a real impact - your insights will help shape decisions that support national security and critical infrastructure. You’ll gain exposure to complex financial processes and develop your career in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
1. Managing intercompany recharge codes and processes, ensuring timely invoicing and coding.
2. Supporting quarterly rates calculations and monitoring recovery positions.
3. Delivering month-end results, posting accruals and prepayments, reconciling accounts, and preparing reports.
4. Assisting with annual budgets, cost analysis, and year-end audit processes.
5. Building strong relationships across Mission Systems and the wider finance community.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Accountant
6. Strong communication skills to influence and collaborate effectively.
7. Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
8. Skilled in presenting financial information clearly to finance and non-finance audiences.
9. Excellent time management and stakeholder engagement skills.
10. Proficiency in Excel and a critical thinking approach to problem-solving.
Qualifications for the Accountant
11. Ideally working towards or holding a recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAEW) or equivalent.
12. Candidates with AAT Level 2/3/4 or those starting chartered qualifications will be considered.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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. Further details are available at
What We Offer
13. Generous holiday allowance
14. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
15. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
16. Employee share scheme
17. Employee shopping savings portal
18. Payment of Professional Fees
19. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
20. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
21. ‘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
22. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing