Finance Business Partner

1 month ago

Basingstoke Hampshire, United Kingdom DiverseJobsMatter Full time

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

About Us

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? We connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others.

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer 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.

Brief Description

To work with the supported business leadership team, under the direction of the Financial Controller/Senior Finance Business Partner, to deliver professional finance and accounting advise.

Provides proactive, value add finance support to the business leaders across the function/route.

This is an Opportunity for 18 months

About the role

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Manage the performance of central accounting functions to deliver for the cost centre area to enable an efficiently and effective accounting service.

9. Collate, investigate and make recommendation for investment appraisals and business case analysis to aid business decisions.

10. Model and analyse cost base and identify and drive opportunities and efficiencies to achieve area targets.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • 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
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