Job Title:              Financial Accountant 
Location:              Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:    Up to £40,000 + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                SF62160

 

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 Financial Accountant.

 

The Role
As a Financial Accountant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Finance Manager (Fixed and Lease Assets), you’ll focus on Fixed and Lease Assets, ensuring the application of best practice, standardisation and effective controls.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll be generating significant value by collaborating with the wider Babcock Finance team to support the standardisation of central finance processes in all aspects of Fixed and Lease Assets across the business:

 

Taking the lead on an assigned Sector for all Fixed and Lease Asset accounting to ensure compliance with company, statutory and audit requirements. Supporting the development of consistent policies for accounting for Fixed and Lease Assets across Babcock Group, implementing best practice and standardisation. Business partnering with lease asset stakeholders both internally and externally regarding the management and maintenance of ongoing leases. Management of fixed and leased asset registers to ensure correct accounting treatment of additions, disposal and depreciation policy, completeness, valuation and impairment. Preparation of Fixed and Lease Asset balance sheet reconciliations.

 

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and requires regular travel on a monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

 

Essential Experience of the Financial Accountant: 

Hands-on experience of working within a Finance function, ideally in a complex international business environment. Experience of reviewing and improving finance processes with a fresh perspective beneficial. Sound working knowledge of Fixed and Lease accounting is a benefit. Demonstrates commercial awareness with a good understanding of the business environment including customers, competitors, etc. Extensive experience in the use of Microsoft Office 2010 suite of applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Outlook.

 

Qualifications for the Financial Accountant: 

Ideally, you will hold or be working towards a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent / similar.

 

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 United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

 

What we Offer: 

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 the majority of 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 (or equivalent hours) 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. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

 

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.

 

Closing Date: 05/01/2025

 

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