Finance Business Partner

Royalmailgroup; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Royal Mail as a Finance Business Partner, playing a vital role in financial performance and strategic insight. With a focus on collaboration and accountability, you'll navigate financial challenges while supporting operations across the UK regions. Enjoy a competitive salary with benefits including private healthcare and an annual bonus.

Benefits

Full Family Private Healthcare

Generous annual leave of 27.5 days

Car allowance of £5,500

Annual bonus potential of 18%

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with full accountancy qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong business partnering skills and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Collaborative and resilient approach in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver performance management and control frameworks.
• Influence operational teams through financial insights.
• Monitor and evaluate performance initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Commercial Acumen

Performance Monitoring

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

Job description

Job reference 325090

Car allowance £5,500 or £5,000 cash equivalent

Full Family Private Healthcare and annual bonus potential of 18%
Generous annual leave offering of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing with years served

Permanent, Full time

This role will cover Manchester, Liverpool and Preston. It supports hybrid working, with a requirement to attend operations sites on an ad-hoc basis

For a full job description, please click on the following link:Job Descriptions

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 excellent stakeholder management skills? Are you passionate about driving financial improvement and enhancing performance? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Operations Finance Team.

About the Role
Reporting into the Head of Field Ops Finance North you will deliver a highly professional and thorough framework of performance management, control, and productivity optimisation your area.

You will:
• Influence and challenge operational teams through robust financial insight and commercial acumen.
• Monitor and evaluate performance to ensure initiatives deliver their intended value.
• Promote a culture of accountability and high performance, leveraging productivity and benchmarking analysis.
• Provide clear, independent assessments of risks and opportunities, with sound escalation where needed.
• Maintain and improve internal control frameworks across your remit.
• Play an active role in leadership meetings and national finance forums, contributing strategic and operational insight.

About You
You are a confident and proactive finance professional who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. You will bring:
• Full accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or equivalent experience.
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and challenge constructively.
• A solutions-focused mindset, capable of navigating complexity and driving change.
• Sound judgement and the ability to provide reliable, data-driven advice.
• A collaborative and resilient approach, able to both lead and support in a matrixed environment.
• A strong understanding of internal and external drivers that impact operational and financial performance.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face or virtual 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.

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

Closing Date: Thursday 5th June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Job Enquiries: John Tizard, [e-mail]
Recruitment Enquiries: Fred Findlay [e-mail]

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As part of the online application process you will be asked to confirm that you meet the minimum eligibility criteria. Before completing your application, you should read the criteria below in order to check that it is appropriate for you to apply. You will also need to seek approval from your line manager and may need additional HR approval in place before progressing.

Details of the internal application eligibility criteria can be foundhere

Terms of appointment are detailed within the advert and voluntary transfer terms will apply (unless stated otherwise).