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Corporate Reporting - Senior Analyst

Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day. We have strong roots dating back to 1938, an ambitious growth agenda, and a continuously developing relationship with our new shareholder I Squared Capital who acquired Arriva in May 2024.

We have three fantastic opportunities to join our Corporate Reporting as Corporate Reporting - Senior Analyst operating within the Arriva Corporate Centre, Bus & Trains.

This role is responsible for the production of all relevant Financial Management Information (MI) as required by shareholder, ExCo and BU management. It works closely with the Senior Finance Business Partner roles and Operating Units (OUs) to provide relevant consolidated/sub-consolidated Financial MI. It supplies the Senior Finance Business Partners with standardised, relevant financial reporting, such that they can ensure stakeholders' reporting requirements are fulfilled, e.g. AIHL Board and BU mthly reporting, etc.

The role has no direct reports but instead works in a team, working with the Corporate Reporting Manager to determine priorities and resourcing plans, to ensure delivery of all required reporting.

Direct responsibilities

Provision and integrity of core cyclical Financial MI relevant to CEO, CFO, Arriva Executive Committee (ExCo), AIHL Board, shareholder, BU management and associated stakeholders, including the following processes and outputs:

• Management accounts, e.g. actuals reporting and associated issue-based reconciliations (IBR), incl. relevant schedules incl. profit and loss (P&L), balance sheet, debt and cashflow (incl. link to Treasury liquidity forecasts), working capital, normalised/ underlying trading, reporting of material provisions, investment (incl. Capital Investment) and associated commercial assumptions, relevant KPI reporting

• Forecast, bi-annually, as above

• Budget, annually, as above

• Business Plan (BP), annually, as above incl. any relevant Group level or BU level • Financial risk and opportunity (R&O) reporting, twice annually incl. once annually R&O for the BP period. This also requires, where relevant alignment and reconciliation to OU Enterprise Risk reporting (occurs in parallel to financial R&O reporting)

• Order Book, twice annually, revenue and pertinent contract level information to support analysis

• Supporting information for STI/ LTI scheme performance • Any other requirements as they occur in relation to cyclical Financial MI requirements of the Group

• Embed a culture of continuous process improvement and critical constructive challenge, within team, utilising new technologies and/or processes to standardise, streamline and automate where possible

Knowledge, skills and experience

Systems Knowledge of Tagetik or similar financial consolidation/ reporting system.

Knowledge of Power BI or similar data visualisation tools.

Excel, Powerpoint, Word or equivalent. Experience Qualified accountant with relevant experience to perform the roles key accountabilities.

Skills

• Ability to connect data and information, integrate and appraise findings to enable quality of Financial MI produced

• Ability to plan (own time) and deliver quality information requirements to relevant timetable • Demonstrate flexibility and resilience to work across the group

• Ability to identify improvements to Financial MI processes and deliver on improvements within scope of role

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, and proven ability to distil complex financial data and techniques into relevant Financial MI

Stakeholder relationships

• Group Finance Director

• Head of Corporate Accounting

• Head of Corporate Reporting

• Corporate Reporting Manager

• Corporate Centre/BU Senior Stakeholders

• Senior Business Partners

This job description sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the job-holder. It does not constitute an exhaustive or comprehensive description of duties and the job holder will be required to carry out any additional tasks as and when requested to do so by their manager. Responsibilities and duties may also change in light of future business needs and personal development

What we can offer you in addition to a competitive base salary:

• True hybrid working – focusing on where you can best deliver for your customers, whilst still allowing for the required work life balance.
• A generous pension plan.
• Life Assurance plus access to one of the UK’s largest networks of medical professionals (UK based colleagues).
• 25 days holidays and statutory bank holidays per year (pro rata for mid-year joiners), and opportunity to purchase additional holiday in eligible windows.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Access to discounts and cash back through ‘The Village’ – our Online Reward Gateway.
• Eyecare vouchers.
• The opportunity to join our Employee Experience Forum – a community of people leading activity and initiatives to enhance Wellbeing, Career Development and Communications within our community in the Corporate Centre.
• The opportunity to join a Global Arriva Inclusion Network (GAIN) group- a community of people who are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Free Arriva bus travel for you and immediate family outside of London – T&C’s apply
• And a truly wonderful team to be joining!

The closing date for applications is Friday 1st August 2025. Arriva Group reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

About Us

Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day. The activities of Arriva are divided into four business units: UK Bus, UK Trains, The Netherlands and Mainland Europe. Arriva has passenger transport operations in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and also operates a rolling stock leasing company in Romania.

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