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Executive Assistant
Executive Assistant to the CFO
About the Role
As Executive Assistant to the CFO, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-level, proactive support, ensuring the smooth and effective running of the Finance and Strategy function. You will operate at the heart of key financial and strategic decision-making, partnering directly with the CFO across Executive Committee and Board activity.
This is a role for an Executive Assistant who wants genuine visibility of – and contribution to – enterprise-level priorities, including:
- Shaping agendas
- Influencing outcomes
- Enabling the leadership team to operate at pace
Beyond traditional executive support, you will work closely with a highly engaged, fast-paced CFO who values clarity, discretion, and proactive thinking to:
- Anticipate priorities
- Support decision-making
- Drive key initiatives forward
Core Responsibilities
- Handle sensitive information with the utmost discretion
- Identify opportunities to improve processes
- Act as a central point of coordination across internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure structured, frictionless execution of CFO priorities
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Success Criteria:
- Anticipating needs before they arise
- Bringing strategic clarity to complexity
- Acting as a trusted extension of the CFO, ensuring priorities advance smoothly
Requirements (The Person)
Essential Skills & Experience
You must demonstrate: ✔ Significant experience supporting senior executives at C-suite level in a fast-paced corporate environment ✔ Strong commercial awareness with the ability to operate as a strategic partner ✔ Proactive mindset, anticipating priorities and shaping decision-making
Key Attributes
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Hong chesdth with senior stakeholders while maintaining discretion
- Analytical approach paired with creative problem-solving
- Resilience, agility and adaptability to change priorities
- NetwL tracks—collaborative yet independently capable
- Process optimisation mindset with a bias toward efficiency
Benefits
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Rewarding You
- Competitive salary (scales with experience)
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Generous annual bonus scheme
- Railways Pension Scheme (lifetime pension with lump-sum benefits)
- 4× life assurance cover
- Colleague referral scheme
Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health cash plan
- Eye care vouchers
- Flu vaccination programme
Work-Life Flexibility
- Hybrid/remote working options
- 12 months full-pay maternity leave
- 6 months full-pay paternity leave
- Buy/Sell holidays scheme
- Give as you earn program
- Paid volunteering days
- Flexible half-day leave
- Electric vehicle leasing
- Cycle-to-work scheme
Application Deadline
Please apply by Friday, 10th July 2026 via:
- [Apply button]
- Career Page
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Railpen is dedicated to an inclusive environment and values diversity at all levels. Applications from every background are warmly encouraged.
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