Job Description

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Location

Blackfriars, GB#

Department Name

CLSouthern Route Finance (338278) G4#

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Brief Description

To work with the supported business leadership team, under the direction of the Financial Controller/Senior Finance Business Partner, to deliver professional finance and accounting advise.


Provides proactive, value add finance support to the business leaders across the function/route.


This is a 12-month opportunity.

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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 budges 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.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential


Demonstrate strong understanding of business needs and relevant application of accounting standards

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

Desirable


Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects

Membership of a relevant accounting body

Extensive experience of Oracle based systems

Degree or equivalent qualification in finance and accounting or business management or experience #

How to apply (External)

Salary: 43.588 - 51,719 per annum, pro/rata and many more benefits.


Location: Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, London


This is a 12-month fixed term opportunity with the potential to go permanent in the future.


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Closing date: 26 November 2025, late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

Depending on the role, candidates that are made a conditional offer, may be a required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your offer will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results will be securely held on Sentinel database and a five year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

Network Rail adheres to pre-employment Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS), this is government standard for pre -employment vetting. BPSS government standard pre-employment vetting requires Network Rail to screen a potential employee's unspent criminal convictions and undertake 3 year career checks. Employment at Network Rail is subject to employees meeting the BPSS government standard pre-employment vetting.


Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.


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. Applicants should demonstrate their personal commitment to safety in their application.


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 3000 (to a maximum amount of 2,250).


Network Rail positively embraces flexible working recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life.