Finance Director Property

Job reference: 320854

Position: Finance Director Property

Salary: Competitive salary, plus car allowance, healthcare, 35% annual bonus potential, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Type: Permanent, Full time

Location: Royal Mail Farringdon

This is a hybrid working role with a requirement to attend our Farringdon office in London, with flexibility required, in line with business needs.

About the Role

At Royal Mail, we've served our communities for over 500 years. We're currently innovating and transforming our business for the future, and we need exceptionally talented, resilient, and driven people.

Reporting into the Property, Tech and Central Functions Finance Director, you will act as Property Finance Director. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Membership of leadership teams within Property and Finance.
2. Directing and influencing strategic direction of functions.
3. Providing financial oversight and guidance in relation to finance and operational matters.
4. Instilling a performance management culture.
5. Setting of annual budgets ensuring targets are stretching and aligned with Group requirements.
6. Monitoring and reporting on business performance.
7. Driving continuous cost control and accountability.
8. Working with Group Property and Leadership team to implement the future vision/strategy for Property.
9. Membership of all relevant investment boards.
10. Line management of your team, providing direction and guidance.

About You

To excel in this role, you'll need:

1. An excellent ability to communicate financial management concepts.
2. A proven track record of challenging and influencing key stakeholders.
3. Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
4. Experience in supporting development of medium and short-term business plans.
5. Significant experience of budget and target management.
6. A degree and professional financial qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA).

Benefits

We offer various benefits including:

• RMG Share Schemes: partnership and matching share offer.
• Family friendly support: enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers: over 800 offers to help you save on various expenses.
• Sick pay: supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Your Wellbeing: 24/7 access to services to support your physical and mental health.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face-to-face/virtual interview consisting of competency-based and role-specific questions.

Royal Mail is committed to inclusion and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds. We support adjustments during the application and hiring process.

Closing Date: 18th November 2024. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.