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JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: FP&A Finance
LOCATION: Cardiff or London
PROPOSED SALARY: Up to £85,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We are recruiting an FP&A Manager for the provision of high-quality financial planning and analysis (FP&A) within the FP&A function in BBC Finance. This role is critical to ensuring the delivery of robust short and medium term Divisional financial plans, as well overseeing the provision of insightful analysis which supports business decisions.

Headlines

• Significant experience of preparing robust short to medium term financial budgets and forecasts
• Innovative mindset and willingness to adopt new technologies
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills
• Service delivery focused with ability to lead and co-ordinate a team

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You’ll be joining a collaborative and forward-thinking finance team that plays a vital role in shaping the BBC’s financial strategy. This is a great opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, influence decision-making, and help evolve our approach to financial planning through innovation and technology. You’ll also have the chance to lead and develop a talented FP&A team, making a real impact on the organisation’s future.

YOUR Main RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with Senior stakeholders and the Finance teams to understand the end-to-end divisional performance.
• Delivery of Divisional budgets/forecasts in line with Group reporting requirements.
• Oversee the delivery of insightful management reports to both Business and Finance stakeholders by FP&A team.
• Drive forward and evolve Divisional/business management information and reporting based on evolving reporting requirements
• Oversee the delivery of any central Finance reporting requirements
• Be a central point of contact for the Divisional Finance Director, supporting the delivery of the Divisional Finance support model alongside the Senior Finance Business Partner
• Undertake direct line management duties alongside talent development of the FP&A team

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Strong FP&A technical knowledge, coupled with excellent analytical skills and commercial acumen
• Significant experience of end to end financial budgeting and forecasting
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify key trends, generate insight and deliver strategic narrative from data and numbers to inform and drive decision making
• Willingness to embrace and support the adoption of new technologies to evolve our approach to budgeting/forecasting and management information
• Proven experience of working with senior stakeholders across both Finance and non-Finance teams to influence decision making.
• Ability to manage numerous stakeholders and ability to explain complex financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Have excellent planning and coordination skills to ensure that results are delivered and deadlines met.
• Experience of leading and coordinating finance teams to deliver a high-quality FP&A service, coupled with the ability to work and collaborate across multi-disciplined finance teams
• Hold a professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.