Finance Business Analyst - Digital News and Streaming

at  BBC

Finance
Permanent - Full Time
London, GB, W12 7FA Cardiff, GB, CF10 4GA
BBC Studios Distribution
Job Closing Date: 22/11/24

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Job Reference: 19613
Band: D
Salary: £45,000 - £52,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience, plus £5319 London Weighting where applicable. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office Base is London Television Centre or Cardiff. 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.

THE ROLE

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the Digital News and Streaming Finance team within BBC Studios. The team supports our global direct to consumer news and factual businesses including BBC.com and our syndicated streaming services.
The Finance Business Analyst will support the Finance Business Partner responsible for strategic financial planning and analysis activities. They will deliver routine and ad hoc analysis and insight, and model future financial scenarios to support key decisions and ensure robust financial forecasting. They will assist in setting financial KPIs, and in identifying opportunities to improve revenue performance and maximise profit margins.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assist in shaping long-term financial strategy through establishing a data-led approach and engaging with finance counterparts and the business to align key assumptions
• Contribute to the preparation of business cases, investment proposals and key projects, providing relevant analysis and insight to assess financial impact
• Support the finance team and wider business (including audio, sales, marketing, content and product divisions) in building annual business plans to inform the financial budget and forecasts
• Assist in identifying business drivers and developing a dashboard of key financial metrics to monitor and drive business performance
• Provide regular and ad hoc reporting and analysis to the wider business to inform key decisions and activities, include ongoing monitoring of initiative performance against financial and non-financial KPIs and project cost tracking
• Work with counterparts across the business to build robust and efficient data processes to improve business decisions and performance