Finance Business Partner - EE

Job Description

Finance Business Partner - EE (London or Birmingham)

• Are you a certified accountant with experience in navigating matrixed environments?
• Do you excel at problem-solving?
• Do you possess substantial commercial stakeholder management experience?

If these attributes describe you, then we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Finance Business Partner. This position can be based in either London or Birmingham.

Inclusion, Equity & Diversity (IE&D) is not just a 'nice thing to do', it's also critical to our growth - we encourage discussions about job sharing and welcome career returners.

As our Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for the consolidation, control, challenge, and communication of accurate financial results across all Business Retail products for our SMB and CPS business units.

Your role will involve providing financial insight and guidance to support effective business strategy development, judgement making, and performance management. You will leverage financial data and insights to drive action and optimise product productivity and performance, both tactically and strategically.

You will also have the opportunity to provide insight into monthly results and outlook, as well as contribute to the annual budget.

If you’re ready to take on this rewarding role, we’d love to hear from you - reach out for a confidential discussion. We look forward to hearing from you!

You'll have the following responsibilities

• Collaborate with both Commercial and Finance channels as a Business Partner.
• Oversee the month-end reporting for Networking, which includes P&L flash and Outlook.
• Manage the Annual Budgeting process for Networking within SMB and CPS channels.
• Direct the monthly outlook for Networking for SMB and CPS channels.
• Contribute to the Product Cost Transformation reporting for Networking.
• Utilise accounting expertise to forecast trends and guide commercial judgements.
• Support and closely work with our team in India, offering guidance as necessary.

You'll have the following skills & experience

• Certified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Experience in commercial stakeholder management.
• Background in Commercial Finance.
• Experience with working within matrixed environments.
• Ability to translate financial data into meaningful insights that inform decision-making and presentations.
• Experience in Budgeting/Forecasting.
• Demonstrated high level of analytical capability.
• Proficiency in SAP and advanced Excel skills

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 10% on target bonus
• Pension scheme, if you contribute 5%, BT contribute 10%
• Flexible benefits: cycle to work, healthcare, etc.
• Discounted BT products, retail vouchers and other great benefits

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.