Job Title: Management Accountant
Location: Hybrid Working + Portsmouth, Hampshire
Compensation: £47,500 - £52,500 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55310
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 Manager based at our Lakeside offices in Portsmouth
The role
As a Management Accountant you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for the financial management of the Military Flying Training System (MFTS) contract, with a particular focus on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
Day to day, you'll be responsible for the reporting of monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans for your contract areas, and act as a key member of the Business Facing Finance team. Key duties will include:
- Production of timely and technically accurate contract/site accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans including variance analysis
- Production of timely and technically accurate budget, forecast and strategic plan reports and presentations for the BU Finance Director
- Business partner with the operations teams supporting them with meeting their forecasts and budgets, and providing analysis and insight
- Assist in the preparation of contract review presentations identifying future opportunities and risks
- Establish, create and maintain appropriate processes to ensure effective financial and business controls
- Assist in providing financial support to achieve key performance measurement and efficiency targets
This role is a full-time position and will be hybrid role with regular attendance at our Lakeside offices in Portsmouth, with occasional travel required to other offices/operational sites as required.
Essential experience of the Management Accountant:
- Demonstrable experience in a similar Management Accounting role
- Ability to understand and manipulate data to present clear and concise financial messages for review
- Strong IT skills, in particular Excel to intermediate / advanced level
- Experienced in the use of Finance systems (e.g. SAP, Navision, IFS or similar)
- Long-term contract accounting experience (highly desirable
Qualifications for the Management Accountant:
- Recognised Accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
- Degree level education (desirable)
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC level security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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 most 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
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have 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.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.
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