Finance Business Partner

Royal Mail; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their Property Finance team, located in London. The role involves engaging with key stakeholders to drive performance, deliver insights, and influence financial strategies. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with significant analytical skills, ready to thrive in a high-performing environment. Royal Mail offers a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Car allowance of £5,500

18% annual bonus potential

Full family healthcare

27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates

Family friendly support

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with solid post-qualification experience.
• Sharp technical and analytical skills (IFRS 16 experience a plus).
• Proven experience partnering across organisations.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Finance Business Partner for the Estates division.
• Lead financial forecasting and planning for major lease events.
• Provide insight and help hit key financial targets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic influence

Communication

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

IFRS 16

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Finance Business Partner

Competitive salary, Car allowance of £5,500, full family healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with serve and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

Permanent, full time

Royal Mail Farringdon, London, EC1A 1AA

You will be expected to attend the office 3 days per week.

Explore finance at Royal Mail, where tradition meets innovation. We are a £7.8 billion turnover company with a global reach, where finance professionals can explore unparalleled opportunities. This is a team driving financial growth and shaping the future of a UK icon. Whether it be budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, controls, or company-wide transactions this is an exceptional environment where you can make your mark.

Are you a qualified accountant with a talent for building strong stakeholder relationships? Do you thrive on driving financial performance and delivering meaningful business impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We're looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Property Finance team.

About The Role

Reporting to the Finance Director for Property, you will Act as a Finance Business Partner for the Estates division. This role partners with the Estates Director to drive performance, deliver insight, and influence strategy to create lasting value across Property.

You will also:

• Be a trusted partner to the Estates Director, influencing decisions and driving value.
• Lead financial forecasting and planning for major lease events.
• Provide insight, manage risk, and help hit key financial targets.
• Present sharp actionable reporting to senior stakeholders
• Step in for the Property Finance Director when needed.
• Support a high-performing, collaborative finance culture.
  
  

About You

• Qualified accountant with solid post-qualification experience
• Sharp technical and analytical skills (IFRS 16 experience a plus)
• Proven experience partnering across organisations.
• A confident communicator with the ability to simplify the complex.
• A positive, team player with a solutions-focused mindset who can challenge and improve those around them.
  
  

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
• Available only to perm employees
  
  

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Sunday 8th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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