Finance Business Partner

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Employer: Network Rail
Location: Glasgow, GB
Salary: £43,588.00 per year; £49,037.00 per year
Closing date: 30 Apr 2025

About Network Rail
At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. Scotland's Railway is part of this large family, covering a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso, accounting for almost 20 percent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross-border services and rural services. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues, and protecting safety and wellbeing. We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and will adapt the process to support people with disabilities in accessing, applying, and interviewing for roles.

Brief Description
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of Scotland's Railway as we move into a new business funding cycle. As part of Network Rail's regional finance function, you will be part of a driven team at the very heart of the business. We have several fantastic opportunities to join our team as a finance business partner, with roles available in support of several different arms of our organisation. Your experience in delivering business partnering services will mean you can support business decisions regarding the costing and execution of projects as well as day-to-day operational running costs, delivering excellent value for money for the taxpayer. You will interrogate costs, integrate efficiency targets into planning and spending decisions, and identify opportunities to maximise revenue. You will support our business leadership team to deliver professional finance and accounting advice.

About the role (External)
Here are some of the duties your role will include:

1. Lead and provide financial advice and guidance to senior budget holders in understanding the impact of the period results and forecasts.
2. Be the expert in the function on accounting practices and advise on financial results and forecasts for budget holders.
3. Manage corporate governance throughout the cost centres they manage, reviewing compliance with financial regulations.
4. Deliver accurate business review information and reporting.
5. Engage and influence senior members of the team to help them understand their financial position.
6. Build detailed plans to manage and develop the production of business plans and budgets.
7. Identify and proactively manage commercial risks.
8. Manage the performance of central accounting functions.
9. Collate, investigate and make recommendations for investment appraisals and business case analysis.
10. Model and analyse cost base and identify opportunities and efficiencies.

What you will bring to the role:

1. Demonstrate strong understanding of business needs and relevant application of accounting standards.
2. Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant accounting body (CIMA/ACCA).
3. Expert knowledge and experience of creating and maintaining accounts and annual budget.
4. Significant experience within relevant finance disciplines.
5. Strong Excel skills and use of data manipulation.
6. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
7. Ability to interpret technical accounting regulations into everyday language.
8. Demonstrable effective influencing skills at a senior level.
9. Significant understanding of financial control and risk.
10. Excellent technical finance and accounting knowledge.

It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role:

1. Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects.
2. Membership of a relevant accounting body.
3. Extensive experience of Oracle based systems.
4. Degree or equivalent qualification in finance and accounting or business management.

How to apply (External)
Salary: Starting at £43,588 and rising to £49,037 per annum.
Network Rail Benefits: To find out about what benefits we offer, click here.
Closing date: 30.04.2025.
Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone! All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.