Finance Business Partnering Manager

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

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world. As a Finance Business Partnering Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site you will support operational and programme teams with high‑quality financial insight and control. You will drive performance, support decision‑making and ensure projects remain financially robust and aligned to strategic objectives. The role offers strong development potential and exposure to senior stakeholders across the organisation.

• 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

• 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

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

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of professional fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑day special paid leave
• Holiday Trading – allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave
• Be Kind Day – one working day paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work

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 car with the subject header “Reasonable adjustments requirement”. We are happy to discuss flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 24/06/2026