Senior Financial Accountant at Babcock International Group in Portsmouth, GB, PO6 3EN +2 more…

Job description

• Drive financial excellence in a global engineering organisation
• At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Financial Accountant at any of our main UK locations, near Bristol, London or Portsmouth.
• As a Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering accurate, high-quality financial reporting and strengthening financial controls across a complex, global organisation. Working within our Central Accounting Team, you’ll take ownership of fixed asset and lease accounting, helping to support business-critical investment decisions while ensuring compliance and consistency across the Group.
• This is an opportunity to be part of a transforming finance function where your expertise will directly influence how we manage high-value assets, from aircraft fleets to major infrastructure investments.
• Day-to-day, you’ll gain exposure across the business, working with stakeholders at all levels while developing your career in a purpose-driven organisation at the heart of defence, aerospace and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Managing fixed asset and lease accounting in line with regulatory standards including IFRS 16
• Preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and financial reports
• Supporting month-end and year-end close activities across multiple entities
• Collaborating with finance teams, auditors, and business stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Driving improvements and standardisation across accounting processes and controls
• This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is remote, but will require occasional travel to Babcock sites in the South of the UK.

Requirements

• Demonstrating strong experience in IFRS 16 within a complex organisation
• Managing balance sheets, reconciliations and financial reporting activities
• Working across multi-entity or international environments
• Using advanced Excel and finance systems such as SAP, Navision or IFS
• Applying an audit mindset or having previous audit experience (advantageous)
• Qualified Accountant (such as ACA, ACCA, or equivalent)
• 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).

Skills

Required

• IFRS 16
• Balance sheet management
• Financial reporting
• Advanced Excel
• SAP, Navision or IFS
• Audit mindset

Preferred

• Previous audit experience

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 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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment