Head of Finance - Dunfermline, United Kingdom - Babcock International

Babcock International
Babcock International
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Dunfermline, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Head of Finance:


  • Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD
  • Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title:
Head of Finance

Location:
Rosyth, UK

Compensation:
Attractive plus Additional Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role ID:
SF52981


At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and now the fantastic career opportunity has arisen for Head of Finance position at our LGE site in Rosyth.


The role


As a Head of Finance, you'll be responsible for all aspects of business partnering, commercial finance, financial control, transformation and business improvement within this part of the business, ensuring that all internal and external reporting requirements are satisfied.

Day to day, you'll be will supporting performance improvements, business analysis & insight, strategic business planning, and budgeting & forecasting activities and provide support to the Finance Director, UK Shipbuilding and LGE in leading the wider Finance team.


You will also:


  • Deputise for the Finance Director UK Shipbuilding and LGE as and when required and will drive improvements to finance processes, controls and reporting.
  • Play a key role in developing succession planning and staff development across the Finance team
  • Provide a final review of the LGE statutory accounts ahead of approval by the Finance Director
  • Provide proactive challenge to the business on financial performance to drive improvements

Essential experience of the Head of Finance:

  • Developing, motivating and leading a diverse, and potentially multi-locational team
  • Interpreting and assimilating multiple data sources, including external market data, and rendering into meaningful insight and appropriate recommendations and clear actions
  • Effectively communicating financial performance to operational colleagues to embed financial understanding within the business
  • Influence strategy and translate this into actionable programmes, opportunities or activities that result in improved profitability or risk mitigation
  • Excellent knowledge of current regulations including IFRS / new UK GAAP, Companies Acts, Regulatory Licences etc.
  • Able to manage multiple complex projects/processes simultaneously
  • Operationally and commercially focused with experience of M&A, financial modelling and financing


We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.

This role provides hybrid working scheme, with 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home.


Qualifications for the Head of Finance:

  • Fully qualified accountant with 5+ years Post Qualified Experience in a Business Partner / Finance Manager business-interfacing role with experience of solving business issues of similar scale and complexity

Our Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10days 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


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.


Closing date: 01/09/2023

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