12 months Senior Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Manager, TV & Sport

12 months maternity cover

Closing Date: 4th July

Bristol, London, Bham - Hybrid

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

This role is critical in delivery of the TV & Sport P&L across the EE & BT brands. Business partnering the TV & Sport marketing & Commercial teams in order to deliver £0.9bn Revenue & £1.2bn Direct Costs per annum

The role provides leadership in value steering, clear optimised business cases, delivery of P&L performance and frequent temperature checks on performance driving corrective actions where needed.

The role is also responsible for a number of confidential projects in the coming 18 months leading on business cases and implementation over FY23/FY24

Responsible for all trading decisions & marketing business cases ,stewardship and delivery of the TV & Sport P&L (Across the BT & EE brands)

What you'll be doing

• Complete finance authority for the the TV & Sport P&L, MTP and plan, including day to day trading decisions & business case preparation.
• Accountable for stewarding, leading and partnering with the TV marketing and Commercial teams.
• Ensuring maximised shareholder value is delivered balancing off short term & long term commitments
• Key Business partner for TV marketing director
• Leading a team of 5 direct reports and leading wider cross-functional teams across consumer and central finance
• Management and delivery of the TV & Sport P&L (£0.9bn Revenue, £1.2bn Cost base)
• Driving commercial decisions by providing commercial steering, robust value add analysis and offering creative solutions
• Leading the delivery of the TV & Sport P&L through the forecasting cycle, clearly identifying gaps and driving profit protection plans.
• Understand the root causes of under/over performance , using financial analysis to diagnose and solve problems
• Finance ownership of significant external relationships with rights holders, platform companies & other content providers
• Own & lead significant confidential projects within Consumer from a Finance perspective
• Deal with Partners including WBD on the Sport JV ensuring the correct information goes through to the JV management and BT Board Members

Skills and Experience

• Story telling with data - translating complex financial outcomes to senior financial and non-financial stakeholders through both oral and written communication.
• Ability to tailor messages to the relevant audience, distilling key messages without losing the appropriate level of detail and driving the case for change
• Fully qualified accountant with 5 Years minimum PQE
• Advanced financial modelling (excel) skills - ability to build/coach others to create/manipulate detailed models to arrive at appropriate outputs/metrics to support decision making
• Proven ability to influence and coach at MD / Director level and below and to build key relationships with appropriate business partners
• Strong inter-personal skills with the ability to establish credibility, trust and respect and strong cross functional working relationships
• Bold, confident and creative thinker, confident challenging the status quo where appropriate
• Able to deal with ambiguity, identify resources to implement and determine pragmatic solutions
• Strong team leadership skills, setting team direction, coaching and developing team members

Our leadership standards and benefits

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.

BENEFITS:

- 25 days annual leave (on top of bank holidays)
- 3 volunteering days per year
- A competitive pension scheme. If you put in 5% of your salary BT will put in an additional 10%
- 15% on target bonus
- Life assurance
- Direct share scheme
- Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
- Discounts off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans
- Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
- BT TV with TNT Sports and NOW Entertainment
- Discounts for friends and family on EE SIM Only plans & airtime element off a Flex Pay plan
- Access to our brand new, innovative office spaces, including our new office in London and Birmingham which opened last year, our Bristol office, and Manchester!
- Access to our bespoke Digital Campus learning platform for tailored learning and skill development

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.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.]]>