Finance Business Analyst - Product Group

at  BBC

Finance
Fixed Term - Full Time
Salford, GB, M50 2QH Cardiff, GB, CF10 1FT London, GB, W1A 1AA Glasgow, GB, G511DA

JOB INTRODUCTION

This is an exciting opportunity to join Product Group Finance and be a part of the BBC’s digital future. The BBC vision is to be the world’s first global digital, public service media organisation. The finance team will play a pivotal role in delivering this vision.
We are seeking a Finance Business Analyst to join our team on a twelve month fixed-term contract.
The ideal candidate is a talented individual with strong analytical experience who is able to work at a fast pace and demonstrates exceptional interpersonal skills. The individual needs to be adaptable to change and comfortable working in an environment of uncertainty.
We are a small team so you’ll get lots of opportunities to learn new skills and gain relevant experience in a broad range of areas. Experience of using a data visualisation and analytics tool (eg. Power BI, Tableau) and working in a digital environment would be beneficial.
Finance Business Analysts (FBAs) support the BBC in driving best value from the licence fee within each business area. FBAs will focus on forward-looking, large scale and/or high-impact commercial and investment decisions and support effective financial planning within their area. They will work alongside Finance Business Partners delivering financial and business analysis to help solve key business problems, progress local projects and initiatives and influence business decisions.
The nature of the team means the role will regularly be dealing with senior stakeholders and cut across different parts of the organisation. There is a strong focus on the development of team members, ensuring people work on a diverse range of projects, gain excellent senior exposure and take advantage of opportunities for both on- and off-the-job development.

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

Band: D
Contract type: Twelve month fixed term staff contract
Location: can be based role in any of the following main hubs (London, Salford, Cardiff, Glasgow), with some flexibility - i.e. hybrid working
Job Title: In house title is Finance Business Analyst
Salary: anticipated range is £50,000 to £55,000pa (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.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life 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.

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.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Finance Business Analyst, you will:

• Own and deliver high quality financial and business analysis with options and recommendations to solve business problems and to influence and challenge business decisions
• Analyse financial and non-financial data, performance, risks and issues to identify underlying business trends or themes that need to be addressed, sharing external and BBC wide knowledge and good practice
• Deliver high quality supporting papers, reports, briefing notes (as required) across all work areas, for sharing and discussion with the Finance Business Partner / Finance Director / Senior Management or Divisional and Departmental Boards
• Promote and deliver improvements through identifying and recommending opportunities for efficiencies and value generation
• Build and develop strong relationships with key business and finance stakeholders and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships across the Finance community
• Maintain up to date knowledge and understanding of the different business areas, including their underlying cost drivers and key strategic challenges and opportunities
• Referencing and championing external and BBC-wide knowledge of best practice in financial analysis, ways of working and commercial performance