Finance Business Partner

2 weeks ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time

Finance Business Partner x 2 roles - Flexible location Milton Keynes/Birmingham or Manchester

**Location**:
Manchester, GB

**Department Name**:
SC NW&C Finance Director (338287) G4

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Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. We do work that matters to millions. And we do it in millions of different ways.

You will be part of the NW&C Region which consist of three routes - North West, Central and West Coast South - and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.

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**Brief Description**:
**What will you be doing?**
**The roles are advertised as Manchester, but location can be flexible**
**across Manchester, Birmingham or Milton Keynes.**

**Role 1 - Finance Business**
**Partner**
- The purpose of this role is to work with the supported business leadership team, under the direction of the Senior Finance Business Partner, to deliver professional finance and accounting advise. You will also provide proactive, value add finance support to the business leaders across the function/route.

**Role 2 - Finance Business Partner (Analysis)**
- This role drives the consolidated financial reporting and analysis for North West Route, including reporting on the period end financial results, headwinds and efficiencies, route and region analysis and forecasting. The role also includes providing analytical information for Senior Leaders in coordination with other members of the wider finance community as required.

**About the role (External)**:
**Key Accountabilities**

1. Lead and provide financial advice and guidance to senior budget holders in understanding the impact of the period results and forecasts against budgets 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.

11. Consolidate, critically review and provide technical advice and guidance on periodic financial results and forecasts to Identify and monitor risks, opportunities and efficiencies to minimise the financial and legal impact on the business area.

**In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to be/ to have**:
- 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

**We would also like but it isn’t crucial to be/to have**:

- Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects
- Membership of a relevant accounting body
- Extensive experience of Oracle based

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