Finance Business Analyst FTC

ABOUT BBC STUDIOS
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.
The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.
From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.
THE ROLE
As part of the Commercial Planning & Analysis team, this role is key to supporting Global Markets, more specifically Global Channels in the EMEA Finance team with the project management of forecasting / budgeting cycles for Channels (revenues and costs) across the region, and to provide decision support and create value for BBC Studios by using your exceptional relationship management, financial modelling, analytical and business case development skills, so bring commercial insights and business partnering support to the EMEA markets.

• Along with the EMEA CP&A Lead, become a regional point of contact for various group finance teams regarding forecasting, planning, reporting of Global Channels, as well as financial system communications for dissemination across the EMEA region.
• Along with the EMEA CP&A Lead become a Global Channels expert that the Head of Commercial Finance, Senior Finance Business Partner and Commercial Analyst colleagues can rely on during forecasting and budgeting cycles, ensuring the team meets all deliverables for submissions and reporting.
• Become a SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) superuser for the region, contributing to group projects focussed on continually improving financial reporting systems globally.
• Work with Regional Sales Teams and SVPs in the consolidation of rolling forecasts and risks/opportunities as and when required; alongside the EMEA CP&A Lead. Lead in the preparation of review meeting packs with regional SVP's, the EMEA and Group Leadership Teams.
• Work with the heads of numerous lines of business and leverage your understanding of commercial drivers to support the development & submission of budgets and forecasts into finance systems
• Work closely with the Finance Business Partner to gain an understanding of the Global Channels revenues and cost drivers specific to the EMEA sub-regions, to provide maximum value via analytical modelling, insights, recommendations and commercial deal support, across a variety of lines of business
• Provide advice and guidance to the business on any ad hoc commercial and contractual matters, to ensure optimum long-term value for BBC Studios
• Produce & present financial and operational analytics & KPIs, providing forward thinking insights to enable strategic decision support
• Continually challenge current thinking and make recommendations on how to optimise business opportunities and minimise risk/cost to the business.
• Continually use your understanding of business systems and processes to develop models, systems and business processes to meet divisional business and CP&A team needs
• Accurately interpret commercial contracts so that financial models reflect underlying commercial terms
• Collaborate with external partners to gather data that will inform financial and operational analytics
• Provide support to the Actuals and Reporting team at Year End to ensure a smooth and accurate close

Who you'll be working closely with

• Daily: Heads of numerous lines of business and their operational teams across BBCS; Senior Finance Business Partner and Finance Business Partner; Commercial Analysts, Actuals and Reporting Team
• Weekly: EMEA Head of Commercial Finance, EMEA CP&A Lead, Finance Business Partner, EMEA Business & Legal Affairs
• Monthly/ As needed: Presenting to General Manager and the local Management Team, EMEA
• Quarterly / As needed: BBC Studios group functions (London) - FP&A, Group Reporting, Customer Management Group, Content Partnerships, Tax, functional business partners etc

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

• Accounting experience with ACCA or CPA qualification desirable
• Exceptional collaborative, interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Self-motivated, proactive and outcome focused
• Customer service focussed
• Drive, enthusiasm, and a desire to assist BBCS in achieving an ambitious growth strategy
• Budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning in fast paced commercial organisations
• Strong experience in building and maintaining complex forecasting models.
• Experience working closely with non-finance functions such as general managers, regional leadership teams, shared service function leaders
• Strong communication skills and can clearly communicate ideas and insights to non-finance
• Ability to balance project work with BAU requirements
• Experience working in multi market / regional FP&A focussed roles is preferred
• Ability to apply accounting knowledge to a commercial environment
• Ability to collaboratively design, build and review financial models for significant business initiatives.
• Experience using accounting software packages; SAP/S4 desirable.

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS
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 here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?

• We offer a competitive salary package
• Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
• 26 days holiday (plus an additional day 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
• Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
Job Reference: 18430
Band: D
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience, including London Weighting. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until April 2025
Location: Office Base is London Television Centre. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working
NEXT STEPS
We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
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About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.