Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Manager, New Markets

Closing Date: 27th June
London, Bristol, Birmingham - hybrid 3 days office/ 2 days remote

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

We've always been an organisation with purpose; we connect for good. You can trace this back to our beginning as pioneers of the world's first telecommunications company. At our heart, we're a technology company with research and innovation in our bones, and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - the values we live by. Creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.

Our pursuit of progress over the past 180 years has established BT as a strong, successful brand, with huge scale, capable of achieving great things. From supporting emergency services, hospitals, banks and keeping economies around the world online, safe, and secure, to delivering large scale innovative technology infrastructure like the creation of BT Sport.

Today, in this fast changing, always on, digital world, our purpose remains true. Yet the market conditions, regulation and competition we face are tougher than ever before. So if you have the drive, optimism, and resilience to help propel us forward, we'll offer unrivalled personal development, a wealth of opportunities to learn, experience new things, and pursue new careers. If that's you, and what you're looking for.

We'd love you to be part of our future

This is a key role within the Commercial Finance team for EE . You will be expected to take the lead from a finance perspective on driving growth as EE enter's into New markets , articulating drivers in an insight-driven manner to guide decision-making. You will be influencing and shaping commercial outcomes to ensure the business hits its financial performance targets. New Markets provide huge opportunity for growth for EE and it's critical that this person can build the Finance process and steer the ship from the bottom up.

What you'll be doing

• Finance interface into the Commercial New markets team , influencing the trading direction on performance

• Main point of contact on articulating commercial performance through drivers, along owner of "one source" on new markets performance

• Provide robust decision-support to the team, ensuring pricing and proposition proposals deliver value objectives

• Introduction and cross functional alignment on pricing framework and Investment frameworks on pricing.

• Identification, quantification and mitigation of risks that may arise as a result of both internal and external factors

• Ad hoc commercial analysis / impact assessment of price changes, market impacts and new propositions

• Ownership for development of robust performance tracking on new markets , Ensuring performance can be correctly measured and alignment into the P&L outcome.

• Ability to think "outside of the box" considering a wide angles of perspectives to identify clear commercial , cashflow and cost opportunities.

Skills and Experience

Skills

• Exceptional business partnering skills, ability to quickly establish credibility and respect and build strong working relationships, with a proven ability to influence and coach and be prepared to challenge

• High level of commercial acumen, having the ability to quickly understand new ideas and how they impact the business financially, as well provider suggestions on how they might be improved

• Advanced data skills - ability partner cross functionally to automate value reporting and manage complex large data sets.

• Communication skills - translating complex financial outcomes to senior financial and nonfinancial stakeholders through both oral and written communication. Ability to tailor message to the relevant audience, distilling key messages without losing the appropriate level of detail

• Excellent knowledge of finance, covering a breadth of activities and best in class practices

Experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

• Experience required of business casing, planning & forecasting and financial business partnering

• Knowledge of Fast moving goods industry is preferable but not essential

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.

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.]]>