Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Manager

Job Description

Location - London, Bristol or Birmingham

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home

About the role

What you’ll be doing

• Cost per transaction reporting: develop, maintain and report against targets for each channel / sub channel.
• Work with the wider finance teams for channel cost inputs, track actuals vs targets, perform variance analysis and look to optimize / provide the narrative behind the numbers.
• Provide powerpoint outputs for channel director reviews with further analysis and deep dives as required.
• Actively use the data to find opportunities / areas for optimization.
• Draw in the value reporting information to provide a rounded view of channel performance.
• Commissions business partner: Be the finance business partner for the frontline commissions, working closely with the commercial commissions team. Budgeting, month end, flash processes. Understanding of the scheme, variance analysis and challenge where necessary to optimize budgeted spend.
• Participate within the monthly Commission board, attended by channel directors and commercial teams.
• Provide inputs into the Group transformation tracking documents on a monthly basis, with relevant commentary.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Attention to Detail with experience of financial analysis/modelling - Critical for financial analysis and reporting, as small deviations in numbers can significantly impact business decisions and strategy.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders and work across multiple teams to gather information and inputs for CPT modeling.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Strong excel and Powerpoint skills with the ability to analyse data to conclude on next steps / recommendations
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate clear key messages, often to senior management
• Ability to identify the root causes through financial analysis. Logical thought process to decipher information.
• Proven ability to create strong links with business partners and other areas of Finance. Ability to quickly gain respect and credibility amongst peers and stakeholders
• Ability to change direction quickly to new requests, delivering high quality of outputs

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle.

Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

At EE, we’re harnessing the power of technology to bring people together and make life better.

You’ll use your energy and ambition from similar roles where you’ve thrived, met goals, achieved targets, influenced others, or provided great service and you’ll already have the transferrable skills to shine here. You’ll take responsibility for delivering results and collaborate with your team to share ideas and celebrate success. We’ll give you all the training, tools, and support you need to build your confidence and achieve your targets.

We understand that life doesn’t always follow a set schedule, so we help our people work flexibly – for example, allowing you to plan your own breaks or bank time off to make sure you don’t miss the moments that matter most.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. Bring your energy, curiosity, and ambition – and we’ll match it with opportunity. Join us at EE and turn your potential into performance.

[For corporate TA within Consumer]

EE is the UK’s largest mobile network and a core brand within BT Group’s Consumer unit. Many of our roles are employed by EE but work across a growing, multi‑brand Consumer environment – supporting customers across our family of brands, BT, EE and Plusnet.

You’ll benefit from EE’s strong people proposition, development opportunities and culture, while helping shape the future of consumer connectivity at scale.