Finance Business Analyst

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.

DEPARTMENT: Nations Finance team, BBC Group Finance

LOCATION: Based in Belfast with some Hybrid working

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: c.£50,000pa, 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. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Finance Business Analysts (FBAs) support the BBC in delivering best value from the licence fee within each business area. FBAs focus on forward looking, large scale and/or high-impact commercial and investment decisions, and support effective financial planning within their area. They work alongside Finance Business Partners delivering financial and business analysis to help solve key business problems, progress local initiatives answer business questions and influence business decisions.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Nations Finance team within BBC Public Service and will work across both Northern Ireland and Nations’ business Operations. Work will include supporting the drafting of business cases and their implementation, monitoring delivery of financial benefits for the whole division alongside data driven analysis and insight as required, working with the business to develop investment cases (often in TV), identifying and implementing process improvements, and supporting business reporting. The role will report directly into the Senior Finance Business Partner.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

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 business and 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

Reference and champion external and BBC-wide knowledge of best practice in financial analysis, ways of working and commercial performance

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Whatever stage your career is at, what’s important is that you can demonstrate your experience in the following areas:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Analytical skills – The right candidate will also be able to demonstrate a high proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, able to manipulate large financial and non-financial datasets and extract useful insights which they can present clearly and compellingly – ultimately driving and influencing decision making.

Problem solving – identifying key objectives and resolving challenges on a timely basis; communicating next steps to ensure management take informed decisions

Task management – scoping of work from the outset, establishing clear timelines and milestones, and prioritising/escalating issues to ensure timely delivery

Relationships – building strong relationships and influencing a broad range of stakeholders, including those in executive leadership positions

Industry knowledge – either experience working in the media sector, or a keen interest and ability to discuss its trends, direction of travel, and relevance to the BBC

DESIRABLE BUT NOT REQUIRED:

A professional accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification or part qualification would be of significant benefit.

Note this is not a technical Business Analyst role

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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