Finance business partnering manager

Job Title

Finance Business Partnering Manager

Location

Plymouth, Devon

Compensation

£57,300 - £71,600 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent or Fixed Term Contract

Role ID

SF74308

Position Overview

Shape financial performance at the heart of critical programmes. 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.

Role Description

As a Finance Business Partnering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting operational and programme teams with high‑quality financial insight and control. Acting as a trusted partner to the business, you will help drive performance, support decision‑making and ensure projects remain financially robust and aligned to strategic objectives.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to influence complex programmes within a defence and engineering environment, where your expertise will directly contribute to national infrastructure and security. The role offers strong development potential and exposure to senior stakeholders across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing financial insight and analysis to support business and programme decision‑making
• Managing forecasting, budgeting and financial reporting activities
• Partnering with operational teams to monitor performance and identify risks and opportunities
• Supporting cost control, variance analysis and financial governance processes
• Driving continuous improvement in financial processes and reporting standards

Essential Experience

• Demonstrable experience in finance business partnering within a complex organisation
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting
• Ability to interpret financial data and communicate insights to non‑finance stakeholders
• Proven stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Experience working in a regulated, engineering or project‑based environment

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience
• Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline – Desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

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.