Finance Manager, Strategic Planning & Analysis
Finance
Permanent - Full Time
Location: London, GB, W12 7FA / Cardiff, GB, CF10 4GA
Job Closing Date: 6/1/25
THE ROLE
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, Eastenders, Prehistoric Planet and Planet Earth III.
This role oversees all BBC Studios financial forecasts and will support executive decision making through high quality, strategic planning, underpinned by astute business insights and an informed view of the market. This role will report into Head of FP&A within the BBC Studios Finance team.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning & Forecasting
* Support & help drive accurate forecasting at the BBC Commercial Group level for our long-range-plan.
* Support an efficient rolling forecast process both in-year and spanning multiple years to allow for dynamic risk and opportunity management.
* Serve as a high-performing finance individual who is able to synthesise and advise on trends and insights from a Group position to aid business decision making, particularly across longer-term planning cycles.
* Provide detailed analysis of the LRP forecast ensuring key assumptions and changes to the Head of FP&A.
* Stress test business assumptions and challenge and collaborate with key stakeholders.
* Support on monitoring of cash and debt levels particularly with respect to headroom and ability to operate within our debt and banking covenants.
* Work closely with Reporting teams to ensure all forecasts are informed by historical performance and variances to prior forecasts.
Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration
* Regularly engage with senior stakeholders across BBC Studios to cultivate rapport.
* Work collaboratively with other members of the Group FP&A team.
* Perform detailed analysis and clearly communicate key messages to various stakeholders on future performance outlooks.
* Synthesize key trends, risks, and opportunities to help build and deliver a clear finance story.
* Collaborate with finance leads across multiple divisions to build robust and informed consolidated views.
* Summarise information for external reporting where required.
* Encourage innovative thinking and a proactive approach to strategic planning.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* Hands-on experience in a strategic planning and/or Group environment.
* Prior experience in a matrix managed production or media business.
* Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative, judgement, and communication from a business perspective.
* Track record of success with synthesising key trends, insights, and strategic narratives from data.
* A professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent experience.
* Adept at managing numerous stakeholders and telling an insightful financial story.
* Experience with improving reporting and processes for clearer actions and insights.
* A convincing and accountable communicator with a track record for successful relationship building.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA:
* Knowledge of/ability to build and improve forecasting models and scenario analysis.
* Success with process and reporting improvements.
* Strong systems skills including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SAP S4 and BPC.
LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS
We care about how we do things as much as what we do. Please read about our values and behaviours. The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, representing the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially those from diverse communities.
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
Job Reference: 20177
Band: E
Salary: up to £75,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience, plus 15% bonus and London Weighting of £5319 where applicable.
Location: Office Base is London Television Centre or Cardiff. This is a hybrid role.
NEXT STEPS
Thank you for your interest in this position. Due to the high volume of interest, we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated.
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 satisfactory performance.
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