Finance Professional, TV Sport

Job Req ID: 33319

Posting Date: 14 May 2024

Function: Finance

Unit: Consumer

Location:

Assembly, Bristol, United Kingdom

Salary: competitive

Closing Date: 23rd May

Hybrid, London/ Birmingham/ Bristol

Package: up to £43000 + bonus and benefits

About EE

We’re EE. We are the biggest mobile and broadband operator in the UK and we have a relationship in every second household in the country. But we’re for everyone, on any network – serving up new tech, new services, and heaps of inspiration for every aspect of your connected life.

We’ve been awarded the UK’s best network for the last 10 years. It’s central to our vision – to be the most personal customer-focused technology company in the UK.

That means earning a place on customers’ home screens by offering them more than ever before, whether that’s helping their home run smarter with EE Home, levelling up their play with EE Game, helping them work on their terms with EE Work, or even unleashing their kids’ learning with EE Learn.

We’re also part of BT Group, which we’re even bigger than you might think. Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We think we’ve got something special here. We want everyone to feel proud about working at EE – and feel excited about where we’re going and what we’re going to do. Want to join in?

Why this job matters

The Consumer Customer Facing Unit (CFU) delivers over £10bn of revenue and £2.4bn of EBITDA for BT Group. The CFU has three consumer brands; EE, BT and Plusnet – and numerous product lines including Landline, Broadband, Mobile, TV and Sport. This provides employees fantastic opportunities to grow their knowledge of the industry and develop a long-lasting career within the unit. Consumer finance plays a key role in driving top and bottom line growth. The function provides insightful reporting, analysis and business partnering that is integral to optimising decision making and delivering value for shareholders.

The TV Commercial Finance team has three key functions:

· Provide Finance Business Partnering support to the TV Strategy, Commercial, Marketing, Trading and Operational teams

· Stewardship of the Revenue and Direct Margin including business cases, actuals, commercial analysis, forecasting and ensuring key KPIs and lead indicators are understood throughout the business.

· Responsible for delivering long term (> 12 months) financial value and supporting key strategic initiatives that underpin Consumer’s Connected Strategy.

This role helps in defining BT TV in the premium Paid-TV market. The role holder will support the TV marketing team with ad hoc business casing and regular reporting, whilst supporting the Finance team and liaising with FP&A. They will focus on supporting the Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Manager with effective financial planning of all TV costs by working alongside key business decision makers. They will help to deliver effective commercial management to the TV P&L.

This opportunity is very important both financially and strategically to Consumer in helping underpin the TV strategy to compete effectively with Sky and Virgin who have strong TV offerings. They will have key involvement in annual budget cycles as well as being a key stakeholder for the TV Marketing & Trading teams for the formulation of business ideas. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for an individual to get wide exposure to Commercial Finance, as well as financial reporting, all whilst being part of a team that plays a crucial role influencing the business to protect and grow the P&L.

What you’ll be doing

Business partnering for multiple TV Marketing stakeholders (Roadmap, Props & Projects)

· Month end & reporting – ensure timely production of reporting files monthly & quarterly and send to relevant stakeholders. Ownership and development of TV content dashboard and KPI reporting to propositions team.

· Ad hoc business casing – Business casing for P&L initiatives and offers for customers coming to the end of contract life cycle, providing recommendation and ensuring any new initiatives drive P&L value.

· Ownership of TV set top box forecasting and base management, effective stock management (worth multiple £m) to enable trade and facilitate offer periods. Work closely with multiple business areas to ensure refurbishment is maximised to reduce overall spend.

· Forecasting – support budgeting process for TV & Sport, working on the MTP and interim updates.

· Cost control - collaborate with TV Product team and FP&A to manage fixed cost lines in the TV P&L. Working with Product team to discuss the outlook into the Cost areas for TV.

· Relationship building & stakeholder management – work collaboratively with members of the TV community to present & promote ideas and follow though to delivery.

Skills

· Able to develop and maintain strong relationships with wider Finance and TV Business Partners

· Able to manage a demanding workload using strong organisation and time management skills, with experience in managing processes efficiently in order to meet tight deadlines.

· Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Relevant Finance & Accounting experience in Budgeting and Gross Margin aspects of TV

· Must be a self-starter and self-motivated

· Excel (data manipulation and dashboard production) and PPT skills (including ability to present confidently)

· Takes decisions and exercises own judgement well, takes personal ownership & accountability for work undertaken.

· Works with high level of authority on fairly complex issues, can work independently whilst seeking appropriate support where necessary. Responds quickly and adapts to changing circumstances & requirements.

· CIMA (or similar) qualified.

· Previous Finance Experience.

Our leadership standards

Looking in:

Leading inclusively and Safely

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.

Owning outcomes

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:

Delivering for the customer

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.

Commercially savvy

I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:

Growth mindset

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.

Building for the future

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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