Finance Business Analyst - Brand Reporting (Bluey) - FTC

at  BBC

Finance
Fixed Term - Full Time
London, GB, W12 7FA
BBC Studios Distribution
Job Closing Date: 4/2/25

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 21067
Band: D
Contract type: 12 month FTC
Salary: £51,000-£58,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience, plus London Weighting of £5,319. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Location: Office Base is London Television Centre. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

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 level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting, forecasting and budgeting

• Prepare the global Bluey P&L and cash flow as part of monthly, quarterly forecast and budget / long-range planning cycles. Collaboration with divisional, regional and central finance teams to understand the Bluey elements of their reporting submissions, developing a strong understanding of key contract terms, revenue models, terms related third party payaways as well as understanding overheads such as marketing and staff costs.
• Design a suite of new monthly reporting including both standard financial reporting, as well as collate the right KPIs to support the business in assessing the health of the brand
• Update the monthly BBCS Commercial Board pack with monthly Bluey results.
• Own the preparation of Bluey specific slides and narrative included in forecast, budget / long range plan packs that are presented to the Studios Executive Committee on a quarterly basis.
• Track and report a global view of the Central Marketing Fund available to spend on Bluey marketing campaigns.
• Track the global marketing recoupment position versus recommended budgets, and work with the Bluey marketing team to develop marketing spend scenarios to pre-empt whether there is a need to scale up or scale down marketing campaign activity depending on revenue forecasts.
• Maintain an up-to-date view on resourcing that supports Bluey across the business to inform staff cost overheads estimates for the brand.
• Collaborate with the content partnerships and talent accounting teams to align on consistency of assumptions within forward looking models.
• On a fortnightly basis, track investment spends related to the Bluey movie versus the business case and contract, reporting to the key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with internal production accounting in the review of how the movie production company is tracking versus the investment budget.