Finance Business Partner

The role supports hybrid working, with a requirement to attend operations sites on an ad-hoc basis

About the Role

Reporting into the Head of Central Operations Finance you will deliver a highly professional and thorough framework of performance management, control, and productivity optimisation for the South Midlands area.

You will also

• Use financial and business insights to influence and challenge the operations teams to deliver the required in year performance.


• Evaluate whether agreed activities have delivered the expected outputs and provide transparency on the outcomes.


• Drive a performance management culture, undertaking productivity and benchmarking analysis.


• Provide technical guidance and appropriate consideration of risks and opportunities, taking an independent view of the need to escalate issues.


• Ensure there are robust control procedures in place.


• Actively participate in leadership meetings and national forums., 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.

To truly excel in this role, you will possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below :

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA)


• A strong team focus, able to contribute effectively to a collaborative working environment.


• Ability to actively listen, analyse and advise in a challenging and supportive way that elicits buy-in.


• Resilient in challenging up and down in a supportive and collaborative manner.


• Able to move at pace, to identify and drive creative solutions and remove barriers where necessary.


• Impartial judgement and relevant information to give advice that can be relied upon


• Fully understand the external and internal business drivers to deliver value.
  
  Competitive salary


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,
• 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.

Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products.

You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax
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• Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans


• Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans;


Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner

• Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts


• Free stamps at Christmas


• Available only to perm employees


Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year.

We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.

An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities.

This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.