Senior Finance Business Partner

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At GBRX, we are at the forefront of transforming the railway industry, driving innovation, and delivering complex projects that push the boundaries of transportation. We are seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to work alongside our delivery and strategy teams to support business case development and benefit realisation.

At GBRX, we foster a values-driven culture rooted in curiosity, pioneering spirit, and tenacity. By applying a first principles approach, we tackle the most complex challenges in railway modernisation, pushing the boundaries of what's possible and driving transformative change. Our mission is to reshape the future of the railway and improve customer experiences within the railway industry.

You'll work on groundbreaking projects that make a real-world impact. This hybrid role offers a balance of regular in-office collaboration with remote work, encouraging flexibility while enabling you to work closely with our diverse team of experts.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to proactively identify, plan and meet the finance needs of GBRX to improve business performance. We're looking for someone that is willing to positively challenge senior leaders and business activities to ensure best business outcomes are achieved.

You'll work at the centre of a fast?moving transformation environment, partnering with regions, functions, programmes and senior stakeholders to identify, assure and deliver efficiencies, improve productivity, and support the transition to a simpler, more commercially minded organisation.

This is a high?profile role, requiring strong analytical capability, clear thinking in ambiguity, and the confidence to challenge constructively. You'll help turn complex data into insight, develop credible efficiency and value narratives, and support decision?making at the highest levels of the business. We're looking for someone curious, pragmatic and outcome?focused who wants exposure to strategic change, real influence, and the opportunity to help design how GBRX delivers value in practice. The role will also focus on improving our governance and assurance activity, you will play a critical role in this to help understand the moving parts of GBRX including changes of cost, benefits, time and scope and appropriately manage these.

This role can be based in Milton Keynes, London or York and requires working 3 days a week in the office.

What's in it for you

Here are a few of the benefits we offer

• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
• Choice of pension schemes
• 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
• 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
• Gym Pass -access to gyms across UK
• My Benefits platform- giving national and local retail discount

Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.

Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of our formal offer.

• 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; 3rd 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
• Experience supporting business change or operating?model transformation
• Understanding of efficiency, productivity or value?for?money concepts including the application to the fishbone framework
• Management of a large efficiency or fund portfolio with numerous business partners
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn complex data into clear insight
• Demonstrable experience of driving change

Ready to drive the future of railway systems? Bring your expertise to GBRX and make a lasting impact.

Key Information

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full Time

Location:

The Quadrant:MK, Milton Keynes

Geographical Area:

Multiple Locations

Closing Date:

06-NOV-2026

Job Category:

Finance

Function:

GBRX

Organisation:

GC GBRX (Finance and Commercial) ) G4