Job Description

The role holder will demonstrate strong control and analytical thinking and have overall responsibility and accountability for business partnering, to include reporting of actuals, management accounts and analysis of the unit (including on unit cost, partner performance and process improvement opportunities.

You'll have the following responsibilities

• Business partner with Fibre Build regional teams to provide financial insights to inform strategic decision making. Key stakeholders will be Regional Directors, Programme Directors and regional sub-units 
• Show financial accountability, control and stewardship over significant capital expenditure
• Understand key financial risks to programmes and provide reasoned recommendations on how to mitigate 
• Drive great decisions that optimize financial and business outcomes. Lead on development and implementation of insight and reporting that supports delivery of the operational and business strategy whilst managing financial risks and opportunities
• Create a robust and insightful control environment for accurate and predictable measurement of capex and KPIs 
• Hold regions to account for successful delivery of programme aims
• Work closely with the Senior Finance Manager, Fibre Build to control risks, opportunities and provide world class reporting and insight 
• Steward, lead and partner with the business, to ensure all business activities are carried out in accordance with, and in the spirit of, local legislative requirements, and enhance and protect BT for now and the future
• Deliver transformation in to and across the programme, working alongside the Transformation team 
• Driving creation of quarterly forecasts and annual budget

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) 
• 10% on target bonus
• Pension scheme 
• Share save scheme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary and analysis to inform decision making 
• Strategic thinker with proven experience driving daily concepts to deliver longer term vision with the ability to cut through barriers to bring real clarity and focus to delivering for our customers
• Pragmatic team player, adept at holding others to account through a challenging and supportive leadership style, whilst consistently delivering on their own commitments 
• An ability to matrix-manage cross-business teams to complex and multi-phase solutions (across technology, commercial, product and process design, network design and build)
• Financial authority on new business opportunities and investments.
• Personally accountable for all business unit costs/revenue performance and business results 
• Drives judicious use of resources to maximize productivity and drive cost efficiency and instrumental in driving expansion of margins
• Sponsors/guides the planning, facilitation and completion local finance programmes 
• Sets agendas, identifies opportunities and promotes the highest standards of best practice and provides insight on finance work area(s) or specialism
• Fully qualified accountant