Accountant
Full Time
Job Description
- Providing specialized financial and commercial advice and support to UK public and private sector transport clients.
- Providing financial and commercial challenge to help clients develop robust and competitive bids and credible financial forecasts.
- Serving as a member of the team on rail franchise/concession bids, supporting the finance work stream lead and leading sub-work streams.
- Serving as a member of the team on other engagements focused on financial planning and commercial advice to transport operators and infrastructure providers.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with both clients and individuals.
- Contributing to practice management, including thought leadership, business development activities and general practice development.
- Candidates are expected to become active members of company’s wider transport network, developing sector knowledge to help grow the wider global transport practice.
- People management and development, for example by acting as a Performance Manager for more junior staff.
- Engagement management.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified accountant (or highly financially literate).
- Significant experience in a finance role in either professional practice focusing on the transport industry or in a public or private sector transport business.
- Examples of experience required includes one or more of UK rail, UK bus, or UK rail infrastructure. Including for example understanding of the wider UK rail and/or bus sector, the key stakeholders, and their strategic and commercial priorities. Understanding of key risks facing transport operators, and how to mitigate them.
- Other desirable experience would include working within UK rail supply chain, rolling stock manufacturers, ROSCOs or international transport.
- Experience of rail franchise bidding highly desirable, but not mandatory for exceptional candidates.
- Proven ability to motivate people and work in a team.
- Proven track record of being able to act on own initiative and be able to develop innovative solutions.
- Experience of working as an external advisor in a consultancy capacity desirable, particularly in multi-disciplinary teams including specialists such as modelers and technical advisors.
- Experience and knowledge of the risk and engagement management processes within regulated professional services firms.
- Analytical ability and attention to detail.
- Network of existing clients in the rail and/or bus industry.
Reference no: 80757