Finance Business Partner

Network Rail; Glasgow; Vor Ort; GBP 44.000 - 53.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Network Rail in Glasgow seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide high-quality financial and accounting support, advising on performance, budgets, forecasts, and governance. You will work across leaders to deliver proactive financial insight and drive improvements.

You will collaborate with function/route teams, contribute to planning, and support continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with financial policies. The role requires strong accounting knowledge and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Membership of a relevant accounting body or working towards (CIMA/ACCA).
• Strong knowledge of accounts and annual budget.
• Experience with financial controls and risk management.
• Excellent Excel skills and data manipulation.
• Ability to translate accounting regs into plain language.

Aufgaben

• Lead financial advice to budget holders and explain impact of period results and forecasts.
• Prepare period accruals, transfers and adjustments to reflect accurate accounts.
• Manage corporate governance across cost centres and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Deliver business reviews, performance reporting, and highlight significant issues for decision making.
• Engage with senior leaders to improve business performance using professional expertise.
• Build detailed plans to develop budgets and business plans for governance and value-add analysis.
• Identify and manage commercial risks and assess financial viability of new customers/suppliers.
• Oversee central accounting functions to provide efficient accounting services.
• Collate and evaluate investment appraisals and business cases.
• Model cost base and drive opportunities and efficiencies to meet targets.

Kenntnisse

Accounting standards

CIMA/ACCA

Budgeting

Excel skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Financial control

Ausbildung

Degree in finance and accounting

Tools

Oracle based systems

Jobbeschreibung

At Network Rail, we're the publicly owned operator of Britain's rail infrastructure.

We're trusted custodians of one of our nation's most critical public assets: Scotland's Railway.

We keep Scotland moving - connecting people and places, supporting businesses, public services and communities - driving economic, social and environmental success.

Our work spans almost 20% of the UK network and between 2024 and 2029, we're investing £4.8 billion to enhance our stations and routes, supporting new passenger and freight rolling stock.

Working together with train operators, our investment will mean a more reliable, climate resilient railway; a better customer experience; and greener, more sustainable travel that links cities, towns, urban and rural communities with each other and with the wider UK.

But it's our people who make this progress possible. At Network Rail Scotland, you'll find an inclusive, supportive and flexible working culture where your ideas are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is real. Join us.

This is your railway - and it's moving forward. For more information about Network Rail click here .

About the role

Working closely with the supported business leadership team and under the guidance of the Financial Controller/Senior Finance Business Partner, this role is responsible for delivering high-quality financial and accounting advice that supports informed decision-making and drives business performance. The postholder will build strong relationships with leaders across the function/route, providing proactive, commercially focused financial support, insight, and challenge where appropriate.

As a trusted Finance Business Partner, you will analyse financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and provide clear recommendations to support the achievement of operational and strategic objectives. You will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting, ensuring that financial information is accurate, timely, and meaningful for stakeholders.

The role requires a collaborative and customer-focused approach, working across a range of teams to deliver value-added financial support, improve financial understanding, and help embed strong financial governance and controls. Through proactive engagement with business leaders, you will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support the delivery of business priorities while ensuring compliance with relevant financial policies and standards.

Here are some of the duties your role will include: –

• Lead and provide financial advice and guidance to senior budget holders in understanding the impact of the period results and forecasts against budges so they can understand their business better.
• Be the expert in the function on accounting practices and advise on financial results and forecasts for budget holders, including preparing period accruals, transfers and adjustments to validate accounts are reflective, relevant.
• Manage corporate governance throughout the cost centres they manage, conducting deep dives and reviewing compliance with financial regulations to protect the business from legal or negative consequences.
• Deliver expert and accurate business review information and reporting, and highlight any significant issues with financial and other business results to enable informed decision making by the business area.
• Engage and influence senior members of the team to help them understand their financial position and use professional expertise to guide in initiatives to improve business performance
• Build bottom up, detailed plans to manage and develop the production of business plans and budgets to enable good corporate governance and value add analysis for senior leaders
• Identify and proactively manage commercial risks, including the financial suitability of new customers or suppliers reducing the potential risk impact on the business area and influencing decision makers.
• Manage the performance of central accounting functions to deliver for the cost centre area to enable an efficiently and effective accounting service.
• Collate, investigate and make recommendation for investment appraisals and business case analysis to aid business decisions.
• Model and analyse cost base and identify and drive opportunities and efficiencies to achieve area targets.

Salary: Starting at £43,588 and rising to £53,167 per annum. Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here .

Closing date: Midnight of 24th November 2026. Late applications will not be accepted.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone! Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leade r and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact [e-mail] or add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information.

Your experience and skills

What you will bring to the role: –

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

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

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

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

Glasgow St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Geographical Area:

Scotland

Closing Date:

24-NOV-2026

Job Category:

Finance

Function:

Scotland Region

Asset:

Finance & Business Support

Organisation:

OS Scotland Region Financial Management (114404) G3