Apprentice Finance Business Partner
East Midlands Railway
Derby (DE24 8PU)
Closes in 9 days (Monday 24 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 November 2025
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Summary
The purpose of this role is to work alongside the Finance Business Partners to ensure East Midlands Railway management have the appropriate level of financial reporting and analysis to effectively manage the financial aspects of the business, whilst working towards your CIMA accreditation with EMA Training.
- Wage
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Competitive wage offered
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Your salary will increase as you progress through the training course.
- Training course
- Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
Will be on day release for your training course.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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2 years 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assist the Finance Business Partners in the production of period end management accounting tasks, including the preparation of accounting adjustments (accruals and prepayments), variance analysis and presentation of accounts to finance leads within defined timescales.
- Provide assistance and support, as required, during the periodic financial review process.
- Assist the Finance Business Partners and Finance Managers in the preparation and compilation of comprehensive budgets and forecasts ready for inclusion in company level financial models.
- Assist with budget and forecast uploads into Open Accounts.
- Assist the Finance Business Partners in the preparation of management reporting of financial information, attend adhoc financial performance review meetings with Finance Leads to discuss business performance, actively taking notes and following up on remedial actions where appropriate.
- Aid the Finance Business Partners in completion of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring supporting documentation is presented each period, taking ownership of specific pre-defined reconciliations for your areas and working with Financial Control team on resolution of queries.
- Document all key assumptions and ensure up to date processes and “How To” guides are updated to ensure consistency is applied across team.
- Support the finance team and business by developing adhoc financial models to aid in decision making.
- Actively take the lead on ensuring all recoverable costs are processed each period, liaising with Finance Business Partners and key project stakeholders, in most efficient and timely way.
- Work with Solvd. Shared Service Centre (SSC) on a regular basis, assisting with any accounts payable / receivable queries, providing financial support to the business through business engagement practices.
- Support the Senior Finance leads in “adhoc” activities, and as when required.
Where you'll work
East Midlands Railway, EMR HQ,
Locomotive House,
Locomotive Way,
Derby
DE24 8PU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EMA TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Build trusted and sustainable relationships with individuals and organisations. Consistently support individuals and collaborate to achieve results as part of a team.
- Influence the impact of business decisions on relevant and affected communities based on an appreciation of different organisations and the environments in which they operate.
- Communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner. Adapt communications to suit different situations, individuals or teams.
- Identify ethical dilemmas, understand the implications and behave appropriately. Understand their legal responsibilities, both within the letter and the spirit of the law, as well as be aware of the procedures for reporting concerns over potentially unethical activities.
- Take ownership of allocated projects and effectively manage their own time and the time of others. Demonstrate good project management skills to deliver high quality work within the appropriate timeline. Act as a role model and motivate others to deliver results.
- Evaluate information quickly and draw accurate conclusions. Assess a problem from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered. Gather the appropriate facts and evidence in order to make decisions effectively.
Training schedule
- This is a Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship qualification (CIMA Route) with a total duration of 30 months.
- The knowledge units will be delivered at the EMA training hub in Derby through day release.
- You will be allocated a Learning & Development Mentor to support you through the duration of your studies.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this employer
We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers and doing the right thing. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and our Finance Team make a crucial contribution to this. Nine times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities. We have an outstanding opportunity at #TeamEMR for a Apprentice Assistant Finance Business Partner.
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After this apprenticeship
Opportunity for a full time position within the team upon completion of the apprenticeship programme.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EMA TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000223.
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Closes in 9 days (Monday 24 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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