Senior Finance Business Partner

In this role you will become an integral member of the senior leadership team, supporting the Eastern region Director of Engineering and Asset Management team (DEAM) and regional support functions. You will be a dedicated business partner working closely with teams including Asset Management, Asset Protection and Health, Safety and Environment to positively challenge and influence business activities, budgets and financial forecasts of nearly £200m/annum to improve performance and support the efficient delivery of our CP7 business plan, 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.

· Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant accounting body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) or equivalent experience · Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills all levels. This should include Customers; 3^rd party representatives, other business & functional leaders and key support personnel. · Successful relevant experience working in a complex financial environment including demonstrable experience in managing business risks, professional financial control and forward planning. · Demonstrable record of budget management, governance and ability to understand and interpret commercial and financial landscapes (budgets, forecasts, actual status). · Significant experience in managing ambiguity in a financial environment with strong evaluation and decision-making skills. · Excellent technical Financial and Accounting knowledge and application of that knowledge in a complex and commercial environment. · Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, for example accounting and finance, business management or equivalent demonstrable experience in finance Desirable · Full membership of relevant post graduate professional body (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW) · Experience of Oracle based systems · Substantial experience within multiple finance disciplines · Knowledge and technical expertise of Government accounting and relevant financial governance · Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to successful conclusion., Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness of our safety vision.

Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic – and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it. We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out. We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLZ7OYSoQVU Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us. We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry. In joining Network Rail, you’re not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

• Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets, Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3,333 (to a maximum amount of £2,500). You will also be entitled to 28 days annual leave
Salary: £55,596 to £62,546 per annum.
• Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets