BUSINESS FUNCTION: Finance
GRADE: ML1/SB1
SALARY: Circa £38,000 per annum
ROLE TYPE: Hybrid
HOURS: 37 per week
Are you a proactive finance professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for understanding key parts of a business?
As an Assistant Finance Manager, you'll work closely with the rest of the Financial Planning team to provide essential financial support across business functions. Your role will focus on budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cost control, while also helping to streamline processes and improve financial performance.
You'll play a key role in financial decision-making, identifying opportunities for efficiency, and driving financial awareness across the business. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and make a direct impact on the company's financial success.
What you'll be doing:
* Assist with Financial Reporting: Provide accurate and timely financial information, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow reports, ensuring clarity and consistency across functions.
* Budgeting & Forecasting: Collaborate on annual budget preparation and ongoing quarterly forecasts, offering valuable insights into financial trends.
* Drive Efficiency: Use your financial expertise to identify cost-saving opportunities and help implement more efficient processes that enable quicker and more accurate reporting.
* Support Key Business Decisions: Provide ad-hoc financial analysis, including business cases, modelling, and tracking, to support decision-making across departments.
* Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with finance and business teams, including People, IT, Procurement, and more, ensuring clear communication and smooth information flow.
* Ensure Compliance & Accuracy: Ensure all financial practices meet internal controls, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
About You:
* You'll be working towards a full professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA) and ideally be educated at degree level.
* Proven experience in providing financial analysis, reporting, and support in a business environment.
* Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. Familiarity with finance systems and an interest in process improvements or automation will be highly advantageous.
* A curious and proactive mindset with the ability to analyse data and translate it into meaningful insights. You should be comfortable working independently while also contributing to a collaborative team.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders and mentor junior team members.
What's in it for you?
At Northern, we don't just value our people - we go the extra mile to support them. Here's a taste of what you can look forward to:
* Free Travel: Unlimited free travel for you, your partner, and your dependents on Northern services. Plus 75% discount on other networks in the UK and Europe.
* Generous Pension Scheme: We top up your contributions by 1.5 times.
* Enhanced Family Benefits: We offer 9 months of full pay for maternity leave and 2 weeks for paternity leave.
* Cycle to Work Scheme: Save up to 42% on a bike and spread the cost.
* Exclusive Discounts: From shopping to wellbeing, Northern Perks has you covered.
* Holiday Purchase Scheme: Buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave.
* Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 support for family, lifestyle, and more.
You can find out more here.
Why Northern?
We're more than just a train operator. We're the heartbeat of the North - connecting communities, creating opportunities, and driving sustainable growth. With 2,500 trains running daily, we're on a mission to improve rail travel and enhance the customer experience while protecting the environment.
Back in 1825, the first passenger train set off in the North of England, after which rail quickly spread across the globe - and this year, we're celebrating 200 years of the modern railway. As we look back on the historic events that led us here, we also look towards the future as we move into the era of Great British Rail. Join us at this pivotal moment in rail history and play your part in our journey.
Building an inclusive work environment
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if you meet the minimum criteria for a job.
Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received. #J-18808-Ljbffr