Finance Business Partner Trent Fleet

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Finance Business Partner-Trent Fleet

Derby/Hybrid

Full time-12 Month Maternity Cover

Why join Rolls-Royce

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce youll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength and all perspectives experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to take financial responsibility for some of the Trent Fleet programmes (Trent 700 / Trent 800 / Trent 900) joining a small team that partner across these programmes. (The exact split of programmes will be dependent on business demand and is likely to be dynamic over time.)

The Finance Business Partner will provide financial leadership and control as well as coaching and support to all areas of value stream team whilst contributing to wider business decisions to achieve the goal of maximising business plan returns.

What you will be doing:

Financial Management

• Own the accurate and timely production of monthly financial results delivering effective insight on performance to commitment identifying and driving key actions to optimise outcomes co-ordinating opportunities and threats to provide forward guidance and completing performance review packs.

• Lead the accurate and timely production of major financial forecasts using standard processes and tools embodying all business and financial commitments and producing effective analysis and insight to communicate and buy-off with key stakeholders.

• Deliver internal and external control and audit activities including writing audit papers on key accounting issues or judgements leading internal balance sheet and controls framework activities and liaising with Civil Technical team on accounting issues that emerge as new aftermarket service contracts are delivered and contracts are renegotiated or restructured.

• Work collaboratively with finance peers to prepare the annual update of the programme business plan and in the Services organisation to ensure consistency of approach and share best practice.

Business Partnering

• Effectively business partner with cross-functional business peers ensuring financial outcomes are at the heart of business decisions connecting business action to financial outcomes and influencing decision making across the leadership team.

• Provide financial guidance insight and approval to the business for example on new commercial/services strategies or to resolve issues arising from existing contractual arrangements to deliver incremental value for the addition Partner with the project services team to prepare a total view of the financial performance of individual contracts and the programme as whole and drive key profit margin improvement activities to enhance programme profitability.

Position Qualifications:

• Qualified Finance Professional (CIMA ACCA ACA)
• Proactive accountable good attention to detail and able to work using own initiative.
• Strong organisation and planning skills with ability to self-generate solutions to problems.
• Good at developing relationships with the ability to communicate concisely and with impact to both internal and external audiences.
• Holistic business mind-set with the ability to formulate strategies and/or influence them to solve major business challenges.

Regional Benefits:

• Work in a safety-first environment were doing the right thing and keeping it simple are core principles.
• Join a culture that values making a real difference through your work.
• Develop your career as a mid-career professional blending technical expertise with strong personal qualities.
• Thrive in a role that encourages integrity accountability resilience and curiosity.
• Collaborate and build relationships in a team-focused environment while also working independently.
• Take initiative lead and make smart decisions with confidence and support.
• Grow through continuous learning openness to improvement and exposure to challenging opportunities.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing competitive resilient and growing company. Join us and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful inclusive and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued diverse perspectives fuel innovation and everyone can thrive.

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: 03/03/2026

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