About the role
Job Title: Lead Finance Business Partner
Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Role ID: SF75283
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 Lead Finance Business Partner at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Lead Finance Business Partner within our Transformation team, you’ll play a pivotal role in evaluating investments, building robust business cases and ensuring major programmes deliver sustainable value. Working closely with senior leaders and stakeholders, you'll influence decision-making, support business improvement initiatives and help drive operational excellence across a complex engineering and defence environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll provide financial leadership and strategic insight to support business transformation and performance improvement. You'll help shape investment decisions, evaluate financial opportunities and risks, and ensure financial plans align with business objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your leadership profile while contributing to projects and programmes that support national security and critical infrastructure.
Driving transformation and business improvement initiatives across the organisation.
Developing business cases, financial appraisals and investment evaluations to support strategic decision-making.
Partnering with finance and operational teams to deliver accurate budgeting, forecasting, reporting and cost control.
Identifying financial risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
Supporting the delivery of finance transformation plans and ensuring benefits are realised.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Lead Finance Business Partner
Experience working in a senior finance leadership or business partnering role.
Experience maximising financial performance and supporting business growth.
Strong investment appraisal and business case development experience.
Demonstrable experience supporting or leading business transformation, finance transform…