Job Title: Senior Project Accountant Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Up to £50,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits Role Type: Full time / Permanent Role ID: SF60493 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 Senior Project Accountant at our Devonport site in Plymouth. The Role As a Senior Project Accountant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary; supporting the delivery of current and future projects, within our Warships support business unit. Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for the preparation of monthly financial reporting routines and providing financial expertise and cost control guidance to the project teams, as well as playing a supporting role in the production of new contractual reports required by our customer: Assisting the finance and senior management team to implement changes within the Business Unit to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Focus on continual improvement of processes, a key element of this will be a focus on increased cost controls and management reporting. Prepare Project status reports, support project teams to maximise profitability and control expenditure. Prepare contractually required reports and maintain reporting systems. Support the production of monthly financial reports. This role is full time, 35 hours per week and requires regular travel to our Devonport site, in Plymouth, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements. Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. Essential Experience of the Senior Project Accountant: Experience in a similar project accountancy / finance role. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. Experience with Finance IT applications (IFS etc). High quality communication ability, both written and orally. Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at a senior level. Qualifications for the Senior Project Accountant: Ideally, you will fully hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent / similar but, you must be part qualified as a minimum. Security Clearance 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. What we Offer: 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 Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing. Babcock International For over a century Babcock has 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. 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 with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. 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. #BABDESTNUC JBRP1_UKTJ
