Finance Business Partner
Finance Business Partner - Global Partnerships
Studios Finance
Permanent
Office location: White City, London / Hybrid and flexible working options
Hiring range: £70,000 - £85,000 + annual bonus
For more information, please email TalkingCareers@itv.com
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it's not surprising that you'll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we're at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact's felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don't just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
The team..
It's all lights, camera, action here at ITV Studios. As a world class creator, producer and distributor we put on quite a show. Our content offering is award winning, it's record-breaking and it's vast with big name brands like The Voice, Love Island, Line of Duty, Queer Eye, Schitt's Creek and many more.
We're global and local, producing in 13 countries including the UK, US, France, Israel and Australia and we aren't standing still. We are operating in a growth market and have ambitious plans to grow and diversify. In ITV Studios Finance we are passionate and proud of the role we play in the creative and financial success of the business. Here we are small enough that your impact's felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
The role..
A Finance Business Partner for Global Partnerships is responsible for providing strategic commercial support to the corresponding business teams.
The Business Partner drives performance of their respective business areas through strong commercial relationships with their key stakeholders, delivering clear, actionable insight and guidance underpinned by a clear understanding of the key drivers of their business area.
Some of your key day to day responsibilities will include:
• Key member of the Global Partnerships finance leadership team
• Supporting the development and implementation of Global Partnership's strategy.
• Demonstrate and promote strong collaboration across the GP finance team to ensure knowledge sharing, process improvement and best practice, alignment and delivery of team strategy
• Enable strategic priorities and deliver profitable and sustainable growth.
• Develop deep and trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders, embedding as a key member of the management team.
• Monitor and provide insight into macroeconomic and industry trends, considering potential short, medium and long term impacts on business plans.
• Review, challenge and prioritise investment cases and strategic initiative, ensuring benefits commitments are delivered.
• Drive performance through high quality analysis and decision support, seeking new opportunities to unlock and deliver value.
• Strategic cost management, understanding and influencing key cost drivers, optimising value from the cost base.
• Develop function plans, budgets and forecasts, exploring scenarios and options for driving improved outcomes / performance.
• Predict future outcomes and identify opportunities and threats.
• Support the Finance Director of Global Partnerships to deliver the business area's financial outcomes and performance KPIs.
• Support delivery and development of systems projects, both finance and business facing.
Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)
• Strong commercial Finance Business Partnering experience in dynamic global organisations.
• Experience of operating in a matrix structure
• Ideally a qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA), but would consider applications from an individual qualified by relevant industry experience to deliver the responsibilities outlined above
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
• Experience partnering a function focused on growth driving as well as cost management.
• Experience working in the Media industry preferred.
• Ability to influence decision-making among senior stakeholders, providing appropriate challenges.
• A confident team player who is able to build relationships with differing levels of seniority
• Well organised and proactive with strong attention to detail
• Embraces ambiguity and proactively works with others harnessing diversity of thought to quickly determine how to deliver desirable outcomes.
• Have a digital focus and results driven approach
• The ability to translate strategic priorities to the team in a clear and concise way
• Have a keenness and active approach to understand what the other business area's do within ITV and their priorities, creating more cohesive thinking across the business
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we'll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
Find out more about applying with a disability.
*There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:
• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
Closing date: Midnight 8th July 2024
Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.]]>