Job Title: Senior Project Accountant
Location: Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £42,245.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57241
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 Royal Dockyard site.
The role
As a Senior Project Accountant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to assist the finance and senior management team to implement changes within the business unit to improve effectiveness and efficiency, with a focus on continual improvement of processes. A key element of this will be a focus on increased cost controls and management reporting.
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.
- 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.
- Support development and enhancement of internal reporting
- Support cost saving financial analysis and assist with monthly forecasts and budget preparation
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Project Accountant:
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel.
- Good interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Sound technical knowledge.
- Experience of IFS and / or Business Analytics, is an advantage but, not essential.
Qualifications for the Senior Project Accountant:
- Qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA.
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 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
- 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.
- Growth opportunities.
- Potential to develop skills.
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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.
Closing date: 09/05/2024
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