Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner

at  Liberty Global

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner to join us in London on a 12 month secondment.
The Senior Manager, Finance Business Partner will partner the Divisional MD and leadership team responsible for ensuring financial discipline and transparency and assessments on Capital Allocation is rigorously applied.

What will you be doing?

• Providing finance business partnership to the MD and supporting the MD in realising their (financial) objectives
• Supporting the MD in improving efficiency of the function as well as ensuring all services are correctly priced and charged to customers; act as financial interface with customers together with the leadership team
• Ensuring the production of monthly financial information to enable the MD monitor the performance of the business/Service Company; and benchmark with other similar businesses
• Enable an efficient process and tooling to facilitate financial reviews for monthly actual and forecast as well as budget cycle
• Responsible for forecast accuracy and overview of risks and opportunities
• Lead the process in collaboration with the Capital Strategy Team to set LRP strategy and pro-actively analyse results to redirect where required
• Challenge group performance and initiate improvement /close the gap initiatives
• Review business cases from a financial perspective on rationale and perform post mortem analysis
• Drive the planning and control framework into the capital governance process via the Capital Investment Committee (CIC) and Portfolio Investment Board (PIB) where applicable
• Continuously seek to strengthen and optimise the wider Group Control teams way of working through initiatives such as further P2P optimisation as well as standardised working practices.
• Responsible for the financial translation of business issues and developments
• Create and foster a proactive approach to smarter, cost effective support and implementation models that challenge status quo

We tend to look for people with:

• Accounting qualification, i.e. CIMA, ACCA, ACA
• Strong record of performance working in a similar role, in a complex environment
• Analytically strong and pragmatic with a long term vision
• Ability to apply sound business practices and work with senior management
• Results driven, output focused team player
• Experience of translating budgets in business cases into operational impact assessments
• Knowledge of USGAAP, Accounting principles & SOX guidelines

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary + bonus
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team

Who we are:
We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.
Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.
With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.
We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.
Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.
Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.
And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.
Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.

• Providing finance business partnership to the MD and supporting the MD in realising their (financial) objectives
• Supporting the MD in improving efficiency of the function as well as ensuring all services are correctly priced and charged to customers; act as financial interface with customers together with the leadership team
• Ensuring the production of monthly financial information to enable the MD monitor the performance of the business/Service Company; and benchmark with other similar businesses
• Enable an efficient process and tooling to facilitate financial reviews for monthly actual and forecast as well as budget cycle
• Responsible for forecast accuracy and overview of risks and opportunities
• Lead the process in collaboration with the Capital Strategy Team to set LRP strategy and pro-actively analyse results to redirect where required
• Challenge group performance and initiate improvement /close the gap initiatives
• Review business cases from a financial perspective on rationale and perform post mortem analysis
• Drive the planning and control framework into the capital governance process via the Capital Investment Committee (CIC) and Portfolio Investment Board (PIB) where applicable
• Continuously seek to strengthen and optimise the wider Group Control teams way of working through initiatives such as further P2P optimisation as well as standardised working practices.
• Responsible for the financial translation of business issues and developments
• Create and foster a proactive approach to smarter, cost effective support and implementation models that challenge status qu