Finance Business Partner 9m FTC

Closing Date: 30th July 2025

Salary Scale: £36,769 - £48,704 per annum

What is the purpose of this job?

Rail plays an ever more crucial role in Britain, with long term growth in customer and freight. The Rail Delivery Group brings together all passenger and freight operators with Network Rail and HS2, providing services and support to enable them to succeed by delivering better services for customers. RDG exists to unify, challenge and change.

RDG’s values, known as ASPIRE, are Accountability, Support, Partnership, Inclusive, Respect and Excellence. Our values form an integral part of our recruitment, performance and recognition processes.

The Finance Business Partner will be an integral member of the wider Core Services team to provide financial, business partnering and management accounting services to the RDG Group of businesses and to Members. The role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of management accounts, budgeting and business forecasting reports.

Requirements

What experience, skills and knowledge do I need?

Professionally part qualified with an accounting body with relevant accounting experience and proven success in financial and management accounting roles.

It is essential you are able to demonstrate experience or competence in:

• Supporting the production of management accounts, budget and business forecasting reports as well as preparation of related monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Using a finance system to post journals (accruals, prepayments, etc) and interrogate the P&L and Balance Sheets of different legal entities
• Using a cost centre structure within a management accounting environment to report on different business activities
• Project Accounting and in particular - timesheet recording and allocation of costs to projects
• Monthly billings/raising Sales Orders
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, ability to manipulate data and produce reports
• Ability to communicate articulately and efficiently with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to contribute effectively as a team player, work in cross functional and organisational wide teams
• Ability to work independently when required
• Ability to effectively manage deadlines
• Proactive attitude and willingness to get involved in business initiatives, representing the wider finance team
• Contributing to the successful completion of the annual statutory audit by responding to audit queries in a timely and thorough manner and assisting the wider finance team in the production of the accounts where necessary
• Providing ad hoc financial analysis in a timely manner as and when required

What can I expect to do in this job?

This isn’t an exhaustive list, but things you can expect to lead and be involved with include:

• Month end journal entry
• Completion of month end reports including variance commentaries
• Providing sound financial information to Budget Holders
• Working with Budget Holders to build robust forecasts and budgets
• Adhoc financial analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Reviewing actual vs budgeted costs and identifying the differences
• Finance review and approval of costs to agreed budget

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave
• 75% reduction on UK rail travel (for work and leisure) - more below
• Reduced international rail travel
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Contributory defined benefit pension scheme
• Give As You Earn scheme
• Subsidised private medical care
• Healthcare cash plan scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme scheme
• Flexible working
• 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (subject to eligibility)
• Personal Development Days
• Employees may sell up to a maximum of five days’ leave. Employees can buy up to a maximum of five days’ leave. These figures will be pro rata for part-time employees