Finance Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - BBC

BBC

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Finance- Fixed Term - Full Time- London, GB, W1A 1AA Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 15/05/24
THE ROLE:
Job Introduction:

Media Operations is one of two main departments within the Technology & Media Operations Group. Media Operations is at the heart of teams delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences.

Comprising around nine hundred people, it manages the craft and production operations for the BBC's news, radio, and sport services across London, Salford, and Birmingham - capturing, editing, and producing output 24x7 for TV, radio, and online.

The team are experts in their field with exceptional technical, operational and production creativity at their heart.

Working closely together with news, sport and content colleagues, they co-create all content reaching millions of people across the UK and the World daily.

Additionally, the team is responsible for the management of production services, stores, some audio, fleet and OB bases in England

We are seeking a
Finance Business Partner (FBP) to join the
Media Operations team, initially for a 22 month attachment role.

The role can be based in London or Cardiff.

Main Responsibilities:

Partner with the business to identify and lead complex financial analysis to better understand key business challenges and potential solutions.
Design and develop the recovery model to ensure programme costs are correctly recharged to divisions.
Work closely with our central finance team to manage budget, forecast, recovery and EFT models.
Develop concise reporting for the business to help drive decisions
Work with the business to develop and implement savings plans to meet divisional objectives
Exert strong financial management of our resources.
Provide key business insights, analysis and drive cost effectiveness
Support our strategic projects, including investment appraisal, working with a wide range of stakeholders to implement transformational change
A background in financial analysis, modelling and assessment that incorporates an ability to interpret and draw meaning from complex financial data (e.g. a professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
Strong communication skills both spoken and in writing.
Previous experience in the broadcast industry and an understanding of the process of commissioning and producing content.
Welldeveloped interpersonal skills with a proven ability to influence others to bring about beneficial change.
The curiosity and drive to get to the heart of the business and understand the story told by financial and other quantitative data.
Commercial acumen, including an ability to support and evaluate the financial viability of key decisions.
A demonstrable passion for and knowledge of the BBC, including an understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by our organisation.

Package Description:

Band:
E

Contract type:
Twenty two month attachment opportunity

Location:
Can be based in London or Cardiff with some flexibility - i.e. hybrid working

Salary:

anticipated salary up to £80,000pa (plus London Weighting £5,164
if London based), depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
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Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

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Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

About the BBC
We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC.

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that's to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles.

The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click

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 lev