Commercial Finance Analyst

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. 

Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄 

Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, and affordable as it should be. 

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh, Berlin, Madrid, and Brussels. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.

As part of the FP&A team within Commercial Finance you will gain unique end-to-end visibility of Trainline’s group financial picture. You will support the team to deepen understanding of finance performance, helping to drive the next stage of Trainline’s growth across the UK & Continental Europe. Working closely with the Senior FP&A Manager, you’ll play key role in supporting the business through the annual budget and in-year forecasts, consolidating inputs and delivering insights that bring the numbers to life for stakeholders across finance.

We’re looking for creative big thinkers with small egos and a proactive, can-do attitude. You’ll be a part-qualified accountant and have a strong academic track record. You may have previous experience within a digital, e-commerce or technology environment or be looking for your first role into this industry – we care less about the background and more about your ability to work with pace and energy within a fast moving, growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Support the team in delivering the annual budget & and in-year forecasts, ensuring accurate group consolidation and insightful summaries to help tell the story
• Reporting
  • Assist with reporting on delivery of performance against the plan, working with the team to understand key variances to inform forecast updates
  • Support the preparation and timely delivery of the monthly Board performance deck
  • Maintain reporting workbooks, proactively identifying process improvements and automation opportunities
• Anaplan
  • Supported by training, become an Anaplan champion within Commercial Finance (like the rest of the FP&A team)
  • Support the team in building bespoke, automated reports to enhance forecasting capabilities.
• Ad hoc project
  • Support in ad-hoc projects; showing a willingness to support the wider Commercial Finance team

This is a truly career defining role for someone passionate about the commercial side of Finance looking for an opportunity to play an important part in a highly rated team. In return for your hard work, we’ll provide you with lots of opportunity for progression and support you to study towards your accounting qualification as you play your part in disrupting and defining a product that is changing the way we travel and inspiring millions people all over the world to make more environmentally sustainable travel choices every day

• A team player who will work for the success for Trainline. Willingness to get stuck in with a “roll your sleeves up” attitude
• Part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent)
• Strong degree or equivalent
• Analytical, inquisitive mindset with strong commercial acumen
• Highly organised, with an ability to manage multiple tasks and collaborate with stakeholders
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly and effectively to senior team
• Good Excel skills; and knowledge of the Office suite
• Experience in Anaplan, or a similar tool, is a bonus but not essential
• Modelling/analytical techniques
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Why should you jump on board? 

We pay special attention to learning and development and organise quarterly company learning days as well as offering a learning budget that can be put towards resources of your choice. We will cover the costs of your professional subscriptions and give you access to our very own learning platform. 

At Trainline, we care about the wellness of our employees. We host puppy therapy sessions, in-office yoga and run Mental Health First Aider training courses as well as having an Employee Assistance Program as one of our many company benefits.  

We regularly throw fun social events such as pub quizzes, karaoke nights and our large-scale Summer and Winter Festivals every year. Additionally, we love hosting meetups in our amazing event spaces and having the opportunity to support internal and external community groups.  

We also hold companywide hackathons and our annual Trainline Tech Summit, which provides Trainliners with an opportunity to stand up and share their story, learnings, or new skills with their colleagues in a safe environment. 

Our flexi-first approach

We believe in the importance of a healthy work-life balance and the value of a flexible workforce. Our flexi-first approach outlines our commitment to a hybrid way of working and our expectations of Trainliners. A key part of what makes Trainline special is our people and the value we get from the buzz and energy of our workplaces, and that’s why we’re proud to offer the best of both worlds. In practice this means in–office attendance at least 40% of the time over a 12-week period for all Trainliners. These in-office days are typically team led to help us connect, collaborate and create together.  

Our Values 

• Think Big - We're building the future of rail 

• Own It - We care about every customer, partner and journey 

• Do Good - We make a positive impact 

• Travel Together - We're one team 

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check out what our employees say about us on Glassdoor? You can also find out more information by following us on LinkedIn or our 'Life at Trainline' Instagram account.  

We value open expression at Trainline, we believe it’s the diversity of experience, backgrounds and perspectives of our employees that makes us who we are. We encourage everybody to play a part in changing the way people travel across the world.