12 months Senior Finance Planning & Analysis Manager, Mobile

This role is critical in delivery of the Mobile P&L across the EE & BT brands. Business partnering with the accounting, trading and marketing finance teams as well as the Commercial teams in order to deliver ~£5bn Revenue & £2bn Direct Costs per annum

The role provides leadership in forecasting, budgeting and analysis and frequent temperature checks on performance driving corrective actions where needed.

What you'll be doing

Providing leadership of Commercial insights and analysis on Mobile Revenue and Margin performance

Lead in driving clear narrative for Mobile performance in month end reporting, outlooks incl Budget and key drivers for variances to official target and year on year performance

Ownership of forecasting & budgeting process and output for Revenue and Direct Margin for the Mobile brand, working directly with MDs and Directors

Lead the Mobile FP&A Team and challenge teams to ensure commercial understanding of drivers behind performance and any variances to Forecast

Lead in identifying process improvements across Consumer Finance and manage cross-team working groups to deliver improvements to drive enhanced levels of efficiency and effectiveness in Consumer Finance processes

Working collaboratively with Commercial Accounting team to align processes, improve accuracy and drive transparency in month end reporting and budget processes

Accountable for stewarding, leading and partnering with the business, ensuring all business activities are carried out in accordance with local legislative requirements, which enhance and protect BT for now and the future.

Substantial knowledge and broad experience in finance, covering a breadth of activities and best in class practices and policies ideally from a finance generalist or finance specialist role.

Advanced financial modelling (excel) skills - ability to build/manipulate detailed models to arrive at appropriate outputs/metrics to support decision making

Proven ability to influence and coach at MD / Director level and below and to build key relationships with appropriate business partners

Communication skills - translating complex financial outcomes to senior financial and non-financial stakeholders through both oral and written communication. Ability to tailor message to the relevant audience, distilling key messages without losing the appropriate level of detail

Ability to quickly establish credibility and respect and build strong working relationships.

Able to identify issues, get to root causes through the use of financial analysis and insight to diagnose and solve problems

Bias towards bold and confident thinking, challenging the status quo where appropriate

Able to deal with ambiguity, identify resources to implement and determine pragmatic solutions

Proven coaching and line management experience with the ability to lead and motivate team members

Our leadership standards

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.

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.