Senior Finance Business Partner

1 month ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time

Senior Finance Business Partner (Property) - Milton Keynes/London/Birmingham/Manchester - 12 months secondment (with an expected extension)

**Location**:
Milton Keynes, GB

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

**About Network Rail**:
Join Our Team at Network Rail

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

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

To find out more about us - **Take a look here**

**Brief Description**:

- **
12 months secondment or an FTC, with the potential to be extended**:

- ** Starting Salary £55,596 raising to £62,546 per annum, pro rata.**:

- ** Location - preferably Milton Keynes, London, Birmingham or Manchester but other locations within the North West & Central Region would also be considered.**

**What will you be doing?**

This role is the face of Finance and advisor to the NW&C Regional Property team, responsible for Opex (£12m), Income & Sales (£72m) and Capex (£34m) annually. It’s on of the few NR Business areas with full P&L responsibility (Income & Opex).

Unique opportunity to have such a Commercial role within Network Rail and contribute to shaping the Property Capex & Strategy development opportunities including; Manchester 6 stations, Camden Vaults, Manchester Vision, Crewe Masterplan and supporting the HS2 related schemes and associated compensation payments etc. Prioritising competing Capex schemes ROI (Return on Investment) and support stakeholders with understanding alternative funding opportunities given the scarce NR resources.

Strong Business Partnering is key to this role due to the number of senior stakeholders, the breadth of the Property function, being a member of the Property Leadership team and therefore a trusted partner to the Regional Property Director and her team (10 direct and 45 indirect reports) and provide valuable decision-making support.

Accurate budgeting and forecasting required to ensure reliable and well explained finance variances on Opex obligations and Capex scheme progress reviews and holding the Property stakeholders to account and improve the overall understanding of their current financial position.

You will be collaborating with Group Property and other Regional Property Finance colleagues, such as best practice, knowledge sharing and integration of Group Property financials within the Regional P&L.

You will also have line management responsibility for a Finance business Partner, directing work to ensure Property is receiving a quality service from Finance.

**About the role (External)**:
**Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities**:
1. 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.

2. Provide robust professional recommendations and financial guidance on accounting guidelines and standards to enable the business to be financially and legally compliant.

3. Provide technical and professional oversight of the periodic accounts, relevant analysis and preparation of business plans and budgets to enable the business to make effective decisions.

4. Develop, understand and influence the cost and income drivers relevant to the business area to deliver the yearly business plan and manage to the overall settlement by effective decision making.

5. Influence, coach and challenge senior budget holders in understanding the impact of their period results and forecasts against budgets in order to manage their business more effectively and manage within budgeting limits.

6. Proactively challenge budget holders plans and budget submissions to understand the overall plan, providing advice and new initiatives to save costs and be more efficient as an organisation.

7. Drive, adapt and deliver key KPI’S and deliverables for the function, highlighting any significant issues and trends with financial and other business results to aid decision makers to make efficiencies.

8. Lead in budget holder key meetings on financial performance to provide professional financial advice and guidance to drive business decisions, minimise risk and deliver good corporate governance.

9. Develop, drive and implement investment decisions and new business activities, working collaboratively with senior leaders to explore new opportunities and drive business performance.

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

- Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant accounting body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) or equivalent experience
- Excellen

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