Assistant Finance Partner

Post Office; Greater London, Chesterfield; Hybride; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays included

Bonus opportunity up to 10%

Pension with employer contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance and income protection

Résumé du poste

The Post Office is seeking an Assistant Finance Partner – Transformation to support the delivery of functional strategies, provide financial insights, and drive business performance across Pillar 1 of the Transformation Portfolio. The role emphasizes collaboration with senior stakeholders and adherence to Post Office values.

Based in a hybrid setup in London or Chesterfield, the role requires a solid finance foundation and experience in cross-functional partnerships, reporting, and forecasting

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in finance with the ability to provide insight and challenge to operational stakeholders.
• Experience in building and maintaining cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in delivering projects and supporting decision-making with financial analysis.

Responsabilités

• Support delivery of functional strategies and role model Post Office behaviours.
• Provide financial insights and analysis to enable informed decision making across Pillar 1 of the Transformation Portfolio.
• Collaborate with business areas and finance partners to drive business performance and continuous improvement.

Connaissances

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel modelling

Power BI

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Decision support

Formation

Part-qualified CIMA/ACA/ACCA/Equivalent Finance Qualification

Outils

Excel

Power BI

Description du poste

Summary

Salary: Competitive plus comprehensive benefits package
Grade: 3B
Reporting Line: Lead Finance Partner
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Working pattern: Hybrid
Location: London or Chesterfield
Closing Date: 9th November 2026

What to expect

As a Assistant Finance Partner - Transformation you will join us on our journey and undertake a valuable role responsible for supporting the delivery of functional strategies, role modelling Post Office behaviours and demonstrating a Postmaster first mindset.

The Assistant Finance Partner – Transformation will play a critical role in providing financial insights and analysis to support decision making processes across Pillar 1 of the Transformation Portfolio (Strengthening our Commercial & Network Offer). This position involves analysing financial data, preparing reports, and collaborating with various teams (both business areas and finance partners) to drive business performance. The role will support a culture of inclusion, continuous improvement and high performance across financial delivery and decision-making.

How our people behave is as important to Post Office, as what is delivered. The Assistant Finance Partner will role model the Post Office behaviours and demonstrate a Postmaster first mindset.

What we can do for you

Our business is changing and we understand that attracting the right talent is pivotal in driving the positive change needed, to help us achieve our ambitious goals. Beyond a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 2 years), plus bank holidays
• Up to 10% on target bonus opportunity
• Generous pension scheme with minimum 10% employer contribution
• Access to 24/7 digital GP services and our Employee Assistance Programme
• 6 x Life assurance and income protection after 12 months service
• Over 400 online courses, mentoring, apprenticeships, and development programmes
• Access to our benefits platform for exclusive discounts & savings

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What you’ll need to succeed

To be successful in this role you will be bring a solid foundation in finance along with the confidence to provide insight, challenge, and support to operational stakeholders.

Qualifications.

• Part-qualified CIMA/ACA/ACCA/Equivalent Finance Qualification

Experience

• Experienced Finance Business Partner/Analyst with proven experience collaborating with peers and senior managers, to contribute to the development of, and deliver, a functional strategy to achieve business objectives.
• Substantial experience in establishing successful, cross-functional, stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting the delivery of projects to achieve key objectives.
• Experience in working with accounting, reporting and forecasting systems (or equivalent) and in a business model that includes ‘Shared Services’ support.
• Experience in building robust business partnering relationships with key stakeholders.
• Clear experience of owning and managing workload and deadlines, with clear communication skills to manage and prioritise workloads and deadlines.
• Experience of using financial analysis to support decision-making and provide assurance.

Skills and Capabilities

• An enabler who can speak with knowledge and confidence in their subject matter, supporting stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills with the ability to utilise a range of techniques to deliver messages effectively, make an impact, and drive a successful outcome.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders and leaders to build support for functional plans and activity.
• Acts as an expert advisor, applying advanced knowledge of their own specialism as well as broad knowledge of related areas.
• Strong commercial business acumen and ability to support data-driven business decisions.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to upholding the values and principles of Post Office.
• A track record of actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within all areas of responsibility and in particularly in the Finance function.
• Strong Excel modelling skills, ideally with Power BI capability
• Strong sense of urgency to get things done.
• Holding others accountable and challenging with diplomacy.
• High level of ‘can do’ energy, able to manage within an environment of complexity, ambiguity and change.
• Ability to support cross functional working