Job Title: Technical Accounting and Governance Manager
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF73444
The role
As a Technical Accounting and Governance Manager, you’ll sit at the centre of financial reporting and control within our Marine sector. This high‑impact role shapes technical accounting decisions across a complex long‑term contracting environment, strengthens governance frameworks and influences senior stakeholders.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities include:
- Leading on technical accounting positions, including long‑term commercial contracts, and preparing high‑quality accounting papers
- Driving the sector financial controls framework, embedding best practice across a large and complex business
- Managing internal and external audits, acting as a key liaison point and ensuring timely, robust outcomes
- Influencing senior finance and operational stakeholders, providing clear guidance and constructive challenge
- Ensuring reporting deadlines and governance requirements are consistently achieved or exceeded
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based at the Rosyth site with hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience
- Proven background in practice, such as audit or an equivalent technical accounting environment
- Strong technical accounting expertise, including experience with long‑term commercial contracts
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change
- Track record of designing or implementing effective financial controls in complex organisations
- Experience working to demanding deadlines within a regulated or governed environment
Qualifications
- ACA or ACCA qualification (or equivalent)
- Experience within large, complex or regulated organisations is advantageous
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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 shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading allows buying additional leave or selling up to one working week of annual leave; opens February through to March annually
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with a chosen organisation or registered charity
Reasonable adjustments and diversity
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 and are happy to discuss flexible working options.
Closing date: 19/05/2026
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