Job Description

• Business-partnering with the Openreach UK Operations MD, as well as acting as a key member of the SD Finance leadership team and contributing to the strategic direction of the unit. 
• Accountable for delivery of performance execution of operational teams, including monthly performance as well as building long term plans. Driving performance by region to manage short and medium term performance. Driving financial performance through the lens of KPIs for efficiency, performance and resourcing.
• Driving insight leading to commercial decision making through product unit costing KPIs 
• You will be balancing the delivery of service levels with cost of delivery and support the development of future operating frameworks, driving transformation activities to improve efficiency of operations. 
• Will operate in a highly complex and dynamic environment with high risk (potential financial or service / business risk)
• The role holder will need to business partners across the business at Managing Director level. The role holder will need to be an excellent business partner and stakeholder manager, ensuring they can build deep relationships up and down the business. 
• Will have direct people management responsibility for a team of 6 finance managers and indirect responsibility for two finance professional in the India support team

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) 
• 15% on target bonus
• Cash / Car allowance 
• Pension scheme
• Private Medical cover 
• Share save scheme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong executive level relationships 
• Experience of positively influencing business performance by using data, commentary and analysis to inform decision making.
• Strong team management experience. Advisor and coach to others both within own team and elsewhere, formulates their operational guidelines or in-depth knowledge and advises on specialist area 
• Drives judicious use of field and desk resources to maximize productivity and drive cost efficiency and instrumental in driving expansion of margins
• Leads, champions and manages conflicting priorities with ownership of successful delivery of key organization-wide finance programmes 
• Sets agendas, identifies opportunities and promotes the highest standards of best practice and provides insight on finance work area(s) or specialism
• Full qualified accountant